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 ...

Gum has been chewed by humans for thousands of years, but its ingredients have changed over time. Find out what gum used to ...

Xanthan gum is a common food and drug additive. It’s a type of carbohydrate made by bacteria called Xanthomonas campestris. During fermentation, the bacteria break down sugars and produce a ...

THERE AREN’T MANY natural remedies that boast as many benefits as mastic gum. It’s said to support dental, heart, and gastrointestinal health. But is there evidence to support these claims?

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 ...

He experimented with a bubble gum base sourced from the US, made entirely of synthetic materials that become malleable when heated, which arrived as a greyish, opaque mass. After heating ...

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 ...

According to data based on the U.S. Census data and Simmons National Consumer Survey (NHCS), approximately 160.1 million Americans chewed gum in 2020. Many people are shocked to learn that what we ...

A rescue cat who was thought to have a snotty nose had to undergo a $2,640 operation - after an air gun pellet was found lodged in his gum. Butler, 10, was given to Cats Protection in April after ...

WE CAN’T HELP IT. Show us a list promising a Top 10 or Top whatever, and we look. I looked at such a list from the Washington State Department of Agriculture. It was a ranking of six crops for ...

DIY veteran Owen Ashworth used to put out music under the name Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, and he’s been known as Advance Base for many years now. Under either name, Ashworth writes ...