Up until WWII, Chewing Gum was made of a substance called chicle mixed with flavorings. Chicle is a latex sap that comes from the sapodilla tree (native to Central America). In other words, chicle is a form of rubber. Just like rubber bands don't dissolve when you chew them, neither does chicle. Chicle is a good bit softer than rubber bands and happens to soften more when it gets warm in your mouth. If you freeze chicle with ice, it gets very stiff -- chicle hardens and softens over a pretty narrow temperature range.
After WWII, chemists learned how to make artificial gum bases to replace chicle. These gum bases are essentially synthetic rubbers that have the same temperature profile as chicle. Gum bases (either natural or artificial) are mixed with sugar and other flavorings to make chewing gum. When you chew it, the rubber releases these flavorings into your mouth.
Gum is elastic. Wood is rigid. You can cut wood, but you can't bend it. You can do anything to gum.
virat kohli
You can make chewing gum bubbles by stretching it over your tongue and blowing into the space between your tongue and the gum. Gum itself doesn't make bubbles by itself, thought that would be freaking awesome.
Bubble gum was created in 1928 by inventor Walter E Diemer. Bubble gum is an elastic form of chewing gum, which has been chewed in different cultures and has no real birthplace.
Topps Company makes Bazooka Bubble Gum
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The expression gum band came from the state Pennsylvania.
Actually we get gum from whales.how we get gum from whales is that when they die there blaber be used to make gum.
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its called gum base. thats what makes the gum chewy.
dodo
The thing that makes gum chewy is...gum. Chicle is a natural gum, a form of latex, tapped from the rubber tree. This gum is used in the production of commercial Chewing Gum. Gums themselves are chewy because of their thickness (viscosity).