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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Purchasing a pack of gum can result in an unexpected source of plastic pollution winding up in your mouth. As detailed by Futurism ...

Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year . . . from our mouths. Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers—similar ...

Thousands of tons of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths. Most chewing gum ...

Simply Gum Inc. seems to want the federal government—as opposed to the advertising industry’s self-regulation process—to decide whether its claims regarding “plastic” and other ingredients in ...

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 ...

People carry all kinds of misconceptions and myths they learned about food as a kid with them through their entire lives. These pieces of food folklore often come from a parent or grandparent as a ...

The founder of UK-based ‘super natural’ chewing gum start-up Milliways is also calling for a single-use plastic levy to make it easier for consumers to switch to a ‘more sustainable’ option. Chew on ...