“Chewing Gum”

Presented by: Abdul Rahim

Presented To: Sir Ayyaz Abdullah

University of Engineering and Technology Lahore KSK Campus.

Contents

• What is Chewing gum• Ingredients of Chewing gum• History of Chewing gum• Flavours• Companies• Brands of chewing gum• Fun Facts• Dental Help• Improves Focus• Benefits of Mint Chewing Gum

What is Chewing gum

• Chewing gum is a type of gum made of chicle, a natural product, or synthetic rubber known as polyisobutylene. For economical and quality reasons, many modern chewing gums use rubber instead of chicle.

Ingredients of Chewing gum

• chewing gum contains sweeteners, flavorings, and softeners. Softeners are ingredients such as glycerin or vegetable oil that are used to blend the other ingredients and help prevent the gum from becoming hard or stiff.

History of Chewing gum

• The first successful bubble gum was invented by Walter Diemer in 1928. He was an accountant who knew nothing about chemistry, but created it in a tiny laboratory in Philadelphia.

Walter Diemer

Beeswax

Flavours

• There are many great gum flavours that people enjoy, These include cherry, grape, watermelon, strawberry,

sour apple, cotton candy, spearmint, juicy fruit ,mango, peppermint, winter-green , winter-mint, citrus mint,

lemon , paradise, chocolate, vanilla and tropical twist.

There are 187 flavors of chewing gum.

Companies

• There are many gum companies around the world, in places like the USA , UK, Canada, (Dubble Bubble), Australia, (Eclipse Ice) New Zealand , Japan, (Fusen Gum), Pakistan, (Hilal), Finland, (Jenkki), Netherlands, (Mentos), and Denmark.

Brands of chewing gum

• There are much more brands of chewing gum. For example, Bubble gum, Chiclets, Dentyne, Double mint, Excel, Europe, Extra, Ice Breakers, Juicy Fruit, Orbit, Ding Dong bubble , Tidal Wave, Think Gum, Trident , Winter fresh, Wrigley’s Spearmint and Fruit Stripe Gum.

Fun Facts

• The biggest piece of chewing gum ever made, was equivalent to 10,000 pieces.

• If you swallow chewing gum it will stay in your stomach for seven years.

• North American children spend about half a billion dollars on bubble gum every single year.

• The largest gum bubble was about 23 inches long, and blown by Susan Montgomery.

• Peanut butter can be used to remove gum from your hair.

• More than 1,000 types of gum are manufactured and sold in the United States.

Susan

Montgomery

Dental Help

• Freshens breath

• Increases amount of saliva in

your mouth

• Reduces plaque and cavities

because of xylitol

• Strengthens teeth

• Reduces stains

Improves Focus

• Athletes chew gum in games to “keep their head in the game”.

• Reduces tension by keeping the body relaxed.

• Improves ability to learn and retaining information.

Benefits of Mint Chewing Gum

• Breath Freshener Mint chewing gum is most commonly used for

its breath freshening properties. • Nausea The aroma of mint is often used to soothe

nausea and an upset stomach.• Indigestion The secreted saliva also contains digestive

enzymes, which help with digestion.