Bubblegum

Bubble gum is a popular type of candy that is not eaten, but instead chewed. Before being chewed bubble gum is hard. When it is chewed it is soft. It is called bubble gum, because once soft a person could create a bubble with the gum by blowing air into it. Bubble gum comes in many flavors.

A woman blowing a bubble with bubblegum

Bubble gum is made with organic latex, a milky fluid produced by a variety of seed plants. Latex is also the principle component of rubber.[1] It has water and sugar in it as well.

Bubble gum was invented in 1928 by Mr. Walter Diemer[2] when he was doing something else. He only had pink food coloring. That is why most bubble gum is pink. His gum was called Dubble Bubble, which was the first bubble gum ever made. Bazooka was the second made bubble gum.[3] Thomas Adams made a kind of bubble gum called Black Jack.[4]

References
  1. "Chewing Gum". Retrieved April 14, 2010.
  2. New York Times News Service (January 13, 1998). "WALTER DIEMER, INVENTOR OF BUBBLE GUM IN 1920S". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 21, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  3. "Bubble Gum History - Invention of Bubble Gum". www.ideafinder.com. Archived from the original on 2018-01-28. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
  4. "Chewing Gum History - Invention of Chewing Gum". www.ideafinder.com. Archived from the original on 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2010-04-15.


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