Chewing Gum

Abstract

The production of chewing gum dates' back as far as to the first years of the 19th century. The pioneers Thomas Adams and William Wrigly founded the first worthwhile industrial production in the second half of that century. Since then chewing gum has developed from a mere sweet to an article of manifold uses. Nowadays even dentists recommend sugar-free chewing gum and also use it as an anaesthetic for local pains. Pharmacy, too, offers chewing gum preparations on a sugar-free basis, for instance to the general relief from pain or for the treatment of oral inflammations or angina. Some products serve as an aid to a slimming diet, others are vitamin- carriers or enticing medicines for children.