When was chewing gum invented?!


Question: When was chewing gum invented!?
Answers:
The ancient Greeks chewed mastiche - a chewing gum made from the resin of the mastic tree!.
The ancient Mayans chewed chicle which is the sap from the sapodilla tree!.
North American Indians chewed the sap from spruce trees and passed the habit along to the settlers!.
Early American settlers made a chewing gum from spruce sap and beeswax!.
In 1848, John B!. Curtis made and sold the first commercial chewing gum called the State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum!.
In 1850, Curtis started selling flavored paraffin gums becoming more popular than spruce gums!.
On December 28 1869, William Finley Semple became the first person to patent a chewing gum - U!.S patent #98,304!.
In 1869, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna introduced Thomas Adams to chicle!.
In 1871, Thomas Adams patented a machine for the manufacture of gum!.
In 1880, John Colgan invented a way to make chewing gum taste better for a longer period of time while being chewed!.
By 1888, an Adams' chewing gum called Tutti-Frutti became the first chew to be sold in a vending machine!. The machines were located in a New York City subway station!.
In 1899, Dentyne gum was created by New York druggist Franklin V!. Canning!.
In 1906, Frank Fleer invented the first bubble gum called Blibber-Blubber gum!. However, the bubble blowing chew was never sold!.
In 1914, Wrigley Doublemint brand was created!. William Wrigley, Jr!. and Henry Fleer were responsible for adding the popular mint and fruit extracts to a chicle chewing gum!.
In 1928, an employee of the Frank H!. Fleer Company, Walter Diemer invented the successful pink colored Double Bubble, bubble gum!. The very first bubble gum was invented by Frank Henry Fleer in 1906!. He called it Blibber-Blubber!. Fleer's recipe was later perfected by Walter Diemer, who called his product Double Bubble!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Inventor: Thomas Adams Sr

Story:
People have enjoyed chewing gum-like substances in many lands and from very early times!. Some of these materials were thickened resin and latex from certain kinds of trees!. Others were various sweet grasses, leaves, grains and waxes!.

For centuries the ancient Greeks chewed mastic gum (or mastiche pronounced "mas-tee-ka")!. This is the resin obtained from the bark of the mastic tree, a shrub-like tree found on the island of Chios, Greece!. Grecian women especially favored chewing mastic gum to clean their teeth and sweeten their breath!.

From the Indians of New England, the American colonists learned to chew the gum-like resin that formed on spruce trees when the bark was cut!. Lumps of spruce gum were sold in the eastern United States during the early 1800s, making it the first commercial chewing gum in this country!. In about 1850, sweetened paraffin wax became popular and eventually exceeded spruce gum in popularity!.

After he was defeated by the Americans in Texas, Mexican General Santa Anna was exiled to New York!. Like many of his countrymen, Santa Anna chewed chicle!. One day he introduced it to inventor Thomas Adams, who began experimenting with it as a substitute for rubber!. Adams tried to make toys, masks, and rain boots out of chicle, but every experiment failed!.

Sitting in his workshop one day,tired and discouraged, he popped a piece of surplus stock into his mouth!. Shortly, he opened the world’s first chewing gum factory making Adams New York No!. 1!.!.
After success with pure chicle gum, Adams tried to add flavor to it!. He created a licorice-flavored gum called Black Jack!. It was the first gum to be sold as a stick not in chunks, and was popular with the public!. The gum had one drawback; it could not hold flavor!.

The flavor issue was not fixed until 1880!. A man named William White experimented with flavors after receiving a shipment of chicle!. He solved the problem by adding sugar and corn syrup to the mix!. The first flavor he used was peppermint and it stayed in the gum during chewing!.

Gum made with chicle and similar latexes soon won favor over spruce gum and paraffin gum!. It made possible a smooth, springy, satisfying chew that the others lacked, and it held flavors longer and better!. By the early 1900s, with improved methods of manufacturing, packaging and marketing, modern chewing gum was well on its way to its current popularityWww@FoodAQ@Com

The Aztecs had a really basic chewing gum!. It didn't have much flavour, but the slaves used to have it!. They would chew it to stop them from becoming to hungry!. I think they basically invented it, and even now were using it!. Not many people know that, but i know its a fact, they made it from chewing gum from spruce sap and beeswax!.

In 1848, John B!. Curtis made and sold the first commercial chewing gum called the State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum!.

In 1850, Curtis started selling flavored paraffin gums becoming more popular than spruce gums!.
On December 28 1869, William Finley Semple became the first person to patent a chewing gum - U!.S patent #98,304!.
In 1869, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna introduced Thomas Adams to chicle!.
In 1871, Thomas Adams patented a machine for the manufacture of gum!.
In 1880, John Colgan invented a way to make chewing gum taste better for a longer period of time while being chewed!.
By 1888, an Adams' chewing gum called Tutti-Frutti became the first chew to be sold in a vending machine!. The machines were located in a New York City subway station!.
In 1899, Dentyne gum was created by New York druggist Franklin V!. Canning!.
In 1906, Frank Fleer invented the first bubble gum called Blibber-Blubber gum!. However, the bubble blowing chew was never sold!.
In 1914, Wrigley Doublemint brand was created!. William Wrigley, Jr!. and Henry Fleer were responsible for adding the popular mint and fruit extracts to a chicle chewing gum!.
In 1928, an employee of the Frank H!. Fleer Company, Walter Diemer invented the successful pink colored Double Bubble, bubble gum!. The very first bubble gum was invented by Frank Henry Fleer in 1906!. He called it Blibber-Blubber!. Fleer's recipe was later perfected by Walter Diemer, who called his product Double Bubble!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Chewing Gum Was Actualy Inveted In The 1800's By 2 Men Named Thomas Adams And Jhon Colgan!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

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