As you chew, the sweetener and flavoring dissolve in your saliva and spreads over your tongue. Yum! Eventually most of the sweetener and flavoring slide down your throat with your saliva and the great ...

The plastic connection Today, most commercially available chewing gums are made with a synthetic "gum base," usually a combination of synthetic rubbers, resins, and waxes. The synthetic parts are ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Bubble gum starts out with gum base, then flavorings and sweeteners are added. When it's all mixed up, it looks like a giant pink monster. The way it's streamlined ...

Researching the chemistry of chewing gum, she discovered that its main ingredient, the gum base, is commonly a synthetic rubber, a type of polymer similar to plastic. Councils in the UK spend ...

Your saliva enzymes and your stomach acid can't touch the butyl in the gum base. But that doesn't mean it just hangs out. Your body is equipped to handle gum in the same way it deals with other ...

Bolus likes to start with a base wood like oak for the heavy lifting of the smoking, but then throw in another wood, such as cherry or perhaps bourbon barrel pellets, to add a layer of flavor ...

Since its introduction in 1929, P.K chewing gum has captivated consumers with its unique pellet form and delightful flavors.

A rescue cat had to undergo a £2,000 operation after an air gun pellet was discovered lodged in its gum. Cats Protection said an x-ray revealed Butler’s injury after he was taken to its West ...

In the 2000 movie Bounce, Gwyneth Paltrow's character, Abby, explains that she really isn't a smoker at heart, but has started puffing on cigarettes to help her get off the nicotine gum to which ...