Gum Industry
Modern Chewing gum
• Modern chewing gum products appeared in 1869.
• Gum made with chicle and similar latexes became more popular than spruce gum or paraffin gum. Chicle-base chewing gum was smoother, softer and held its flavor better than any previous type of chewing gum.
• By the 1900s chewing gum was manufactured in many different shapes and sizes (long pencil-shaped sticks, ball form, flat sticks and blocks) and flavors (peppermint, fruit and spearmint).
• Today, synthetic materials replace natural gum ingredients to create a chewing gum with better quality, texture and taste.
• Although chicle and other natural gums are still utilized by the chewing gum industry, because of ever-increasing demand, are being extended by man-made materials.
• The man-made materials have proven beneficial in providing the high consistency of chewing quality that the industry prides itself in.
• Corn syrup, sugar, and flavoring agents are later added to the gum base in the gum-making process. These agents are of the highest quality, produced under spotless, rigidly controlled laboratory conditions.
• In more recent times, sugar free sweeteners have been added to the process to provide an even greater variety of product offering.
The Future of chewing gum industry
For many years the custom of chewing gum has not only continued, but expanded among the populations of the world. This is probably because the chewing of gum is fun. It tastes good and continuously releases its pleasant flavor sensation over a long period of time with the total ingestion of only approximately 1.9 to 10 calories per portion.
The chewing gum industry guards the purity and integrity of its products and annually invests a substantial share of its income in the thorough investigation of every ingredient and aspect of manufacture, as well as in research and development. These manufacturers want their customers to continue enjoying one of the finest food products in the world!
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