PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a sweetener composition for chewing gum which makes it possible to prepare chewing gum with sufficiently improved sweetness persistence as well as an excellent chewing feeling.SOLUTION: A sweetener composition for chewing gum comprises (a) 1.0-50 mass% of high-sweetness sweetener, (b) 40-98 mass% of vinyl acetate resin with an average molecular weight of 10,000-50,000 and (c) 1.0-30 mass% of glycerol unsaturated fatty acid ester.COPYRIGHT: (C)2015,JPO&INPIT【課題】チューインガムの甘味持続性を十分に高め、且つ咀嚼感の良好なチューインガムを調製可能なチューインガム用甘味料組成物を提供する。【解決手段】(a)高甘味度甘味料を1.0~50質量%、(b)平均分子量10,000~50,000の酢酸ビニル樹脂を40~98質量%及び(c)グリセリン不飽和脂肪酸エステルを1.0~30質量%含有することを特徴とするチューインガム用甘味料組成物。【選択図】 なし