Should plastic gum base be replaced with a plant-based alternative?
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Did you know that most of gum you chew is made from plastic? Happy plastic free July!

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  • THCDenton@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I can’t chew gum without swallowing. It just does not compute. I don’t chew it anymore.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Before that was the case, chewing gum as we know it today came from the sap of the chicle tree. It was chewed without much processing by indigenous people in mesoamerica, but it was (of all people) former Mexican general Santa Ana who brought the concept to the U.S. when he emigrated to New York- yes, he decided after fighting against the U.S., it might be a good place to live- and a partner helped him to develop it into chewing gum.