The oral cavity is an ideal-site for small molecule, nutrient and/or nutraceutical delivery to the systemic circulation due to the highly-vascularized, oral mucosa, near-neutral pH conditions, and avoidance of gastric and first-pass degradation. Accordingly, novel, saccharide-based, food-form, portable, individually wrapped, oral delivery systems that attach to these four, highly absorptive surfaces (e.g. gingival, buccal, soft palatal, sublingual) for a longer contact-duration than current orally available formulas resulting in greater, small molecule bioavailability, and a more rapid, therapeutic effect are preferred and described.
