A STICKY Situation.(product development of chewing gum)

From: Prepared Foods | Date: March 1, 2001| Author: BRANDT, LAURA A. | Copyright information

Product developers create chewing gums with longer-lasting flavor, sugar-free sweeteners and health benefits.

Gum chewing dates back to ancient civilizations. In 50 A.D., for example, Greeks chewed mastic tree resin. During the 2nd century, Central American Mayans chewed chicle, a natural gum. American Indians chewed spruce gum made from spruce tree resin that was eventually replaced by paraffin wax gum.

Today's chewing gums--made mostly of synthetic materials...

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