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.
