Is chewing gum heat resistant?

"Chewing gum" is a kind of natural gum or glycerin resin as a colloidal base, adding syrup, mint, sweetener, etc., and pressed into a kind of sugar for people to chew in their mouth.

It is loved by people all over the world, both to eat and to play, and is loved by children and young people. At the same time, it has also become the new favorite of most young people to play cool and fashion. In addition to improving oral health, the facial muscle movement brought about by chewing gum also has multiple effects in the field of cognition. As chewing gum is a snack of popular and interesting, some people are interested in the topic of whether chewing gum is heat resistant.



First of all, let's discuss some of the main ingredients of chewing gum. Though chewing gum is so popular among people and very common to see in daily life, many people may not know the main components of their favorite chewing gum.

The gum base, a polymer substance with good elasticity, is the main component of chewing gum. Besides gum base, the other common chewing gum ingredients are sweeteners, which may be sugar or sugar-free. Sugar sweeteners like white granule sugar, liquid glucose, sugar-free sweeteners like maltitol, xylitol, sorbitol, etc. Other chewing gum ingredients are some flavors, softeners, and moisturizers. All of these raw materials are mixed according to a certain proportion through the mixer, extruder, molding/forming machines, and other special equipment to produce different chewing gum, and use aluminum foil or wax paper or other oil-proof, waterproof packaging materials to package into different chewing gum we commonly see on the market. So far, the production and packaging of chewing gum have been completed.

Since we're discussing whether chewing gum is heat resistant, let's go back to analyzing the different ingredients' characteristics. The gum base, a polymer substance with good elasticity, is the main component of chewing gum. However, if the temperature rises to a certain extent (such as high temperature), it may cause its elasticity and viscosity to decrease, making it soft or melting. Therefore, at higher temperatures, there must be a change in the taste of the chewing gum. It is important to note that different chewing gum brands and types may respond differently to heat, and some brands may maintain a certain shape and quality at higher temperatures. Others are more likely to be affected by high heat, which causes softening and melting effects. In addition, factors such as different people's chewing methods, strength, and environment will also affect their perception of food changes, which needs to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis. Other ingredients like sweeteners, softeners, or flavoring may also change at heat temperature.

We know chewing gum is heat resistant in hot summers, even in Africa, but you may have questions about why some brands can keep the same good quality at hot temperatures while others can't. Then why do some brands can't keep their chewing gum with the same good quality in hot summer? We at Wuxi Gum Base Co. have a strong R & D team dedicated to developing and improving the gum base for different customer needs. To help our customers who are chewing gum or bubble gum manufacturers to make their chewing gum more resistant to heat, our R&D department already developed some models of gum base which are especially suitable for the hot zone. The choice of chewing gum or bubble gum produced by the kind of heat-resistant gum base can largely avoid the quality problems encountered by gum based on poor resistance to heat in hot areas, such as melting, poor taste, sticking to the wrapping paper, and other problems. On a hot summer's day, many chewing gum manufacturers struggle to maintain the quality of their chewing gum at around 20-25 degrees Celsius as the gum base is very sensitive to temperatures. The customers who select our gum base don't meet that problem, as we recommend the correct gum base models for hot areas.

We believe that after reading this article, you should know that chewing gum has a certain heat resistance in conventional climate and temperature conditions. We, Wuxi Gum Base Co., have been a professional gum base manufacturer for almost 20 years; our main task and difficult task is to continue to develop more suitable gum bases for different climates and temperatures for customers, such as heat-resistant gum bases, cold-resistant gum bases, and other different types of gum base to meet the needs of gum manufacturers to produce heat-resistant chewing gum and cold-resistant chewing gum. You are welcome to contact us anytime for any inquiries or questions about gum base or chewing gum. Our Wuxi Gum Base Co. will do our best to reply to your questions as soon as possible.



Author: Wuxi Gum Base
Publication Date: 11/24/2023