“I was chewing sugar-free gum constantly at work ... several companies now produce natural alternatives using chicle base (derived from sapodilla trees) instead of synthetic polymers.

Chewing gum is made by first melting down the base ... and mold it into large bricks of natural gum. Called chicle (Spanish for gum), the natural gum is distributed to over 30 countries throughout ...

Originally, chewing gum was made of chicle, a latex sap from the sapodilla tree. Today's products rely on a gum base that may contain resins, fillers, emulsifiers, and waxes, among other things.

Trees provide thousands of products we use every day and they are a great blessing to our society. Some tree products are ...