Today, most companies’ gum base is a proprietary blend of synthetic and natural ingredients: If a packet lists “gum base” as an ingredient, that gum most likely contains synthetic polymers. The FDA ...

Chewing gum is an everyday item we often buy on a whim, chew for a little while, and then throw away without much thought.

Some people are biting off more than they can chew by searching for the ingredients used to make gum. Perhaps the most shocking additive — also used commonly in skin care products — is lanolin, an ...

Chewing gum that wakes you up sounds like something from a science fiction movie, but the technology has been around for ...