1/9/2022
The development of chewing gum is gradually formed on the basics of human needs. The gradual refinement, individual, and diversification of human needs have forced the continuous upgrading of the gum candy industry. The most important manifestation is the constant development of raw material of gum base, the continual innovation of the production equipment, and the continuous discovery and application of new types of packing material. Let’s do a brief description of the development history.
People may like ordinary beasts; they need to sharpen their teeth by constant chewing. They often ate raw food or dry food. It is essential for human instinct and survival needs, healthy teeth, and chewing actions such as cutting, tearing, pounding, and grinding food. They like to chew gum or gum plants even when hunting or farming.
Around the ancient Greeks, humans began to find different kinds of plants suitable for chewing. In the Mediterranean, surrounded by Europe and Africa, an evergreen tree called pistacia lentiscus. The resin exuded from the stock of lentiscus, which will be condensed into clumps or grains, can be used as medicine and spice. Ancient Greek women liked to collect the jelly and chew it in their mouths to clean their teeth.
People in the East and Southeast also habit of chewing gum plants. The Japanese appreciate the colloid properties of wheat and love chewing raw wheat. Southeast Asia has many areca catechus, its fruit tastes astringent and slightly sweet, so southeast people like to chew them. Someone chew borneol with Areca catechu; it tastes more flavorful.
Spruce in North America is a highly aromatic resin exudation which is Indians love chewing.
About 2000 years ago, humans found a more suitable plant for chewing. Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala in Central and South America are in the tropics, and it is ideal for the growth of Manilkara zapota. The local people have had the habit of chewing colloid of sap since ancient times; it is generally believed it is the natural origin of chewing gum. There is a kind of Manilkara zapota called sapodilla in the south of Mexico. It has a heart-shaped berry and yellow-brown flesh; it tastes sweet, and the trunk can also flow thick sap. Its elasticity is similar to rubber and tastes good when chewing. It can roughly trace back to 2000 years ago. At that time, Mexicans took dummies from trees, then boiled and condensed them; when dried into a gel, they became chicle. Almost everyone loves chewing, and this habit of chewing gum has been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years.
About 200 years ago, natural chewing gum with a bitter taste was invented. that chewing gum became a commercial commodity. The Mexican general named De Santa Anna deserves the most credit for creating chewing gum. During the war, Anna was captured by the American army and released to New York around 1860. He carried a large piece of chicle from Mexico to do a substituted rubber test. He went to find Thomas Adams, an American inventor, and failed in the experiment. One day, Adams came across a little girl buying and chewing wax pills one day. It turns out that Americans have a long tradition of chewing wax, especially among going-out children. Many unfixed vendors carry wax pills for sale. Adams also remembered that Anna also chewed gum pieces. He had an idea suddenly and made thousands of pearls from Anna's chicle and sold them in the shop on the streets of New York. The pills sold out within several days. Then they send people to Mexico to get chicle and make pills for sale. After that, Adams, Heilgland, Fria, and other people added sweeteners, flavors, and pepsin to chicle for purchase. It caused a sensation in the market. Commercial chewing gum came out formally then, and the gum industry was born in the United States.
At the beginning of the last century, modern chewing gum was released in the United States. In the past, the raw material of chewing gum was directly from the roots, stems, branches, leaves, or secretions of plants, which had congenital disabilities, such as bitter, irritating, and even toxic and harmful trace elements. With the progress of science and technology, the modern chewing gum was born formally to improve the feeling of chewing. The successful research and development of the gum base and its rapid promotion and application were also important factors. Chewing gum and bubble gum were produced around the world then.
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