BUBBLE GUM

HISTORY

• spruce sap and beeswax
• 1848- John B. Curtis: State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum
• 1850- Flavored chewing paraffin gum
• 1869- William Semple: first person to patent gum

HISTORY

• 1871: Thomas Adams patented a machine to manufacture gum
• 1880: John Colgan invented a way to make gum taste better longer
• 1888: Tutti Frutti was the first to be sold in a vending machine

HISTORY

• 1899: Dentyne gum was invented by a NYC druggist Franklin Canning
• 1906: Frank Fleer: first bubble gum- Blibber Blubber- was never sold
• 1914: Wrigley Doublemint

DUBBLE BUBBLE

• 1928: Walter Diemer invented Double Bubble
• Used Salt Water Taffy machine to wrap gum
• First batch was 300 pounds
• Sales surpassed $1.5 million dollars
• Diemer taught people in sales to blow bubbles

HOMEMADE BUBBLE GUM

THINGS YOU'LL NEED

• 2 tsp of corn syrup
• Powdered sugar
• Measuring spoon
• Mixing bowl
• Waxed paper

THINGS YOU'LL NEED CONT.

• Oven mitt
• Cookie cutter or knife
• Cutting board
• 1 TSB gum base
• Flavoring & Food Coloring

WHERE TO FIND A RECIPE

INTERNET

TOP 5 GUM FLAVORS

• Bubble Gum
• Wintergreen
• Bubble Mint
• Orange
• Cinnamon

TOP 5 GUM BRANDS

• Juicy Fruit
• Trident Gum
• Orbit Gum
• Doublemint
• Stride Gum

TOP BUBBLE GUM BRANDS

• Big League Chew
• Hubba Bubba
• Bazooka
• Bubble Yum
• Bubblicious

MAIN INGREDIENTS OF BUBBLE GUM

• ethyl methylphenylglycidate
• isoamyl acetate
• Fruit extracts

5 UNUSUAL USES FOR BUBBLE GUM

• Gum sculptures
• Catfish bait
• Fill cracks in flower pots
• Improve your memory
• Secure documents together

JAPANESE GUM

• No Time Gum
• Sparkle Ninja
• Fuwarinka Scented Gum
• Black Black Gum- caffeine
• Pepperfruit

GUM FLAVORS YOU DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED

• Cupcake
• Meatball/Bacon
• Pickle
• Wasabi
• Ghost Pepper

BIGGEST BUBBLE EVER

• 1996- Susan Montgomery Williams
• Fresno, California
• 23 in.