As sugar coat ingredients for forming a sugar-coating layer of a sugar-coated chewing gum composition comprising a chewing gum main body and the sugar-coating layer for coating the surface of the chewing gum main body, maltitol and lactoferrin are blended. Further, as an ingredient for forming the chewing gum main body and the sugar-coating layer, dextranase is blended. A sugar-coated chewing gum is produced by forming a chewing gum main body, coating the surface of the chewing gum main body with sugar coat ingredients containing maltitol and lactoferrin thereby to form the sugar-coating layer. The sugar-coated chewing gum composition of the invention has a high release rate by chewing of lactoferrin in the mouth, an excellent elution property, and also has excellent long-term storage stability and an excellent effect of inactivating a periodontal bacterial toxin by incorporating maltitol and lactoferrin in the sugar-coating layer. According to the production method of the invention, a sugar-coated chewing gum having the above-mentioned excellent properties can be industrially advantageously obtained.
