Chewing gum (and bubble gum) is a kind of candy based on natural gum or glycerin resin, and added with syrup, mint and sweetener. And is made by mixing and pressing. You can eat and play, which is very popular with children and young people. At the same time, dressing up cool and fashionable has become the new favorite of most young people. While improving oral health, the facial muscle movement brought by chewing gum also has multiple functions in the cognitive field.

The history of chewing gum

Chewing gum is one of the oldest sweets in the world. Archaeologists have found that long before the historical records, human ancestors loved to chew natural resin for fun, which is the most primitive "chewing gum". For thousands of years, people from different regions and cultures have the habit of chewing gum. For example, the ancient Greeks cleaned their teeth with resin to keep their mouths fresh, the Indians loved to chew the sap of tree trunks, and the Mayans in Central America loved to chew gum. There is a deep affection between the United States and chewing gum, not only because chewing gum is one of the important export products of the United States, but also the pride in the history of American invention. The chewing gum we ate today can be traced back to 1848. At that time, John Curtis of the United States made the first piece of chewing gum for sale and processing. 1869, Thomas Adams produced the first chewing gum product made of chewing gum. The following year (1870), he introduced a chewing gum "Black Jack" flavored with licorice essence, and sold it in strips instead of blocks, which was very popular and can still be found in the market. 1906 invented chewing gum, but the first kind of chewing gum was too sticky to sell. Until 1928, the technology of making chewing gum was finally perfected and successfully entered the market. The first batch of chewing gum was pink and named "Dubble Bubble". Sugar-free chewing gum came out in the 1950s. Today, the main materials for making chewing gum are sugar, syrup, seasoning, softener and gum base. In Mexico, there has been a habit of chewing wild pear juice since ancient times; 1860, Adams of the United States solidified this sap and sold it, named it "Jikuru" (meaning chewing); Then, after the odor of Kikuru was eliminated, he renamed it "Adams Gum" and sold it in large quantities. From 65438 to 0880, Regal in the United States added sugar and mint to chewing gum to make fragrant and sweet chewing gum.

Gum source

Chewing gum is a kind of sugar for people to chew in their mouths. Chewing gum originated in America. 1836, a Mexican general was captured in the Battle of Jasento. After being released, he went to new york with a kind of dry pectin, and wanted to study it with adventurers to replace rubber. He took gum to meet Adams, an adventurer in Jersey, USA. But the experiment of replacing rubber with it failed. The general escaped because of debts. When talking with the general, Adams found that he took a small piece of chewing gum from his pocket from time to time and put it in his mouth to chew. Adams' son likes it, too. One day, Adams saw the shopkeeper selling a piece of paraffin to the little girl in a drugstore (paraffin was used for chewing at that time). This incident reminded him of the general's chewing gum and his son's interest. So it was agreed with the drugstore owner that he would process the chewing gum brought by the general into a new round chew. Then, Adams bought a batch of chewing gum, rented a house and started mass production. This is the earliest chewing gum. After World War II, people began to experiment with chewing gum synthetic agent and synthetic resin, and achieved success. Since then, chewing gum has swept the world.

Benefits of chewing gum:

Improve oral health

Chewing helps improve attention, concentration and alertness.

Chewing is good for simple weight loss.

Chewing gum helps to relieve stress.