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Mayan Gum • The Mayan Indians
practiced the art of chewing gum to clean their teeth
• Zapote or Chicozapote are the common names of the tree from which “chicle”, the chewing gum resin is extracted.
• This tree extracts a latex sap which gives the gum its rubbery texture
The Zapote/Chicozapote Tree Sap is extracted from trunk of tree
• An 1869 inventor Thomas
Adams, Sr. , realizing that chicle was superior to all other gum bases then available, produced some chicle-based gum and persuaded a local druggist to carry it. This rediscovery of what the Mayans had known over one thousand years earlier revolutionized the manufacture of gum
Chicle-tapped from a Zapote Tree. Notice the texture which allows for a natural chewing gum
Why We Chew Gum Today
• To clean teeth• To curve appetite• To stop smoking• To relieve stress• To have fresh breath• For fun!
Manufacturing Gum
• Thanks to the Mayans there are many types of gum that are now manufactured every day.
• Approximately 374 billion pieces of gum are sold worldwide every year.