Chewing Gum as a Medicine in Real World?
Chewing gum is a traditional sweets loved by individuals of all age group. Confectionery manufacturers in India would like to bring some useful facts about the chewing gum and how it can be treated as a medicine in real world. Let’s read and discover.
Chewing gum is bit different from bubble gum. Confectionery manufacturers make chewing gum from natural gum i.e. chicle, which is harvested from a tropical tree- Sopapilla. Such chewing gum is chewy yet you cannot create big bubble from it. Whereas bubble gum has several starches and polymers made and formulated in laboratory to form big bubbles.
How chewing gum is made?
Unit staff heat the chicle and mix it with desired flavour and sugar to get a new gum. The process is performed in a fully-fledged facility.
Initially, chewing gum is heated to 115 degrees Celsius to form a thick syrup.
This syrup is later filtered and refined under supervision of expert team.
Later, other ingredients like sugar, corn syrup, preservatives and softeners are added to the recipe.
The team allows the mixture to cool down so that they can send the batch for cutting into final bits of gum.
These gum bits are finally packed and sent to suppliers.
Today, it’s just not chicle, manufacturers are also using elastomers, waxes, and resins to prepare chewing gum.
How chewing gum can be a healthy treat?
There are multiple benefits of eating chewing gum. Some of them are as under-
It increases 25-30% of blood flow to your brain
It enhances memory power and cognitive power
It increases glucose level
It reduces stress
It increases concentration
It reduces body weight by burning about 11 calories/ hour
It demineralizes tooth enamel
It has antimicrobial properties that prevent tooth decay
It moistens and refreshes the mouth
It whitens the teeth and prevent stains
It reduces the extra fat accumulated on face
It may help prevent heartburn
Do you know?
People in real world consume about 100,000 tons of chewing gum every year. You will find the largest bubble record in Guinness book, which is about 23 inches in diameter.
North American kids spend almost half a billion dollars on bubble gum every year. If you swallow bubble gum, it will remain inside the gastrointestinal tract for more than 7 years. You can chew gum while chopping onions to avoid teary eyes.
You can find chewing gum in several flavours. Some confectionery manufacturers in India are making sugar free range due to excess demand. You can buy sugar coated as well as sugar free range of chewing gum from your local shopkeeper.
