Rubber is one of the most important ingredients of the gum base. At the beginning of the gum base, natural rubber was mainly used; the gum base was made of natural rubber called natural gum base.
Synthetic Rubber vs. Natural Rubber
The typical natural rubbers are Chicle, chiquibul, jelutong, leche caspi, couma, massaranduba balata, hevea brasiliensis, balata, and gutta-percha.
With the continuous progress of the times, there is a growing demand for chewing gum, and the low availability and high cost of natural rubber have limited its use. Now, people use synthetic rubber to replace natural rubber. According to different countries and requirements, the synthetic rubber used for making gum bases mainly includes:
With over 20 years of experience and providing the complete Gumbase Solution in more than 50 countries we have a very good idea and which products are popular in which countries. We are also continusously doing R&D to try and find the next big gum end product. Here is a selection of some popular products in 2022. If you would like to see a complete list, click here for more information.
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