Is chewing gum biodegradable?

Answer 1

Every commercial gum has a gum base, just like every trophy has a trophy base, and in some cases the two are disturbingly similar. The base makes up a percentage of the gum; the remaining ingredients are flavor and sugar. Gum bases are the part that we chew and chew and chew long after the flavor is just a memory. They are grouped in categories: elastomers (including natural and synthetic rubbers), resins, plasticizers (such as waxes, vegetable oils, and glycerides), adjuvants (including calcium carbonate, talc, or other charging agents), and antioxidants. In other words, the gum is, at base, plastic or rubber or wax.


The bottom line: Don't spit your gum out in the compost or on the sidewalk, and don't stick it under the table; put it in the trash. Contrary to persistent urban legends, you can also swallow your gum. It'll eventually pass right on through, undigested. Yum.

Answer 2

Prolamine blends including at least one polyester and methods of preparing same are provided. The blends can be used for making chewing gum bases, especially biodegradable chewing gum bases. The blends are also useful for making other edible products as well as eco-friendly packaging films, coatings, adhesives, and encapsulation vehicles for medicament delivery and the like.

Reference:
http://www.desertdustmanagement.com/199-Is-Chewing-Gum-Biodegradable.html

Answer 3

Mostly

Answer 4

i think so. Unless it has many chemicals or nuclear isotopes.

Answer 5

then i would not stop chewing