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2006-09-29 14:39:40 · 18 answers · asked by ellica415 2 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
The chewing gum is made of a "gum base" with added flavoring and sometimes food coloring . The exact composition of gum bases is usually a trade secret, but common ingredients can be latexes (eg. leche, caspi, sorva, nispero, tunu, jelutong, or chicle, which is still commercially produced), paraffin wax or beeswax, polyethylene, polyvinyl acetate, stearic acid, and various natural gums.
2006-09-29 14:46:51 · answer #1 · answered by scotgirl55 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The chewing gum is made of a "gum base" with added flavoring and sometimes food coloring . The exact composition of gum bases is usually a trade secret, but common ingredients can be latexes (eg. leche, caspi, sorva, nispero, tunu, jelutong, or chicle, which is still commercially produced), paraffin wax or beeswax, polyethylene, polyvinyl acetate, stearic acid, and various natural gums.
2006-09-29 21:48:24 · answer #2 · answered by gothhick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The substance of gum originally came from the rubber tree. This type of tree is most abundant in South America. Children would go and gather the drippings from the tree ...which is not as sweet as the gum we chew because of the added sugars and flavorings. But they would run and play with giant wads of this rubbery sap in their mouths...just as content as modern day children with their bubble gum!
2006-09-29 21:54:13 · answer #3 · answered by cami 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sweet gum tree! Did areport on it last year, cows,just a story to scare ya!
2006-09-29 22:28:54 · answer #4 · answered by cheniah 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Modern chewing gum is actually a thermoplastic...polyethylenes or polyvinyl acetates. Some types of latex are also used. Throw in some color & flavor and there you have it.
Polyvinyl acetate is Elmer's school glue.
2006-09-29 21:50:01 · answer #5 · answered by Professor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok i think you might be legally retarded...a simple yahoo search on gum would tell you that it's not. Try checking on stuff before you post a question like this. I'll never get those 30 seconds of my life back, thank you.
2006-09-29 21:48:47 · answer #6 · answered by sublime2500 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's made from chicle, the gum of a South American tree. Look up the word chicle in wikipedia.org.
2006-09-29 21:47:56 · answer #7 · answered by quietwalker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cow tonge is about $2 a pound, they are not going to waste it in gum
2006-09-29 21:44:33 · answer #8 · answered by class4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you found out all the crazy chemicals it was actually made from you would probebly wish it was cows tongue
2006-09-30 02:44:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before you worry about chewing gum, I would worry about your lousy grammar.
2006-10-01 18:19:20 · answer #10 · answered by Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋