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Bubblegum is available in many different colors and flavors. A "bubblegum flavor" is the taste of the plain{{Clarify|date=July 2011}} gum, and it is made from synthetic chemicals, such as [[ethyl methylphenylglycidate]], [[isoamyl acetate]], fruit extracts and others, the true ingredients being kept a mystery to customers.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} When blended, the chemicals and extracts fuse together to make a sweet, palatable flavor. Like vanilla, coconut, peppermint and almond extracts, a bubble gum flavor oil can be purchased. |
Bubblegum is available in many different colors and flavors. A "bubblegum flavor" is the taste of the plain{{Clarify|date=July 2011}} gum, and it is made from synthetic chemicals, such as [[ethyl methylphenylglycidate]], [[isoamyl acetate]], fruit extracts and others, the true ingredients being kept a mystery to customers.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} When blended, the chemicals and extracts fuse together to make a sweet, palatable flavor. Like vanilla, coconut, peppermint and almond extracts, a bubble gum flavor oil can be purchased. |
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Flavors also include blue raspberry, strawberry, apple, cherry, watermelon, cinnamon, banana, peppermint and grape of which strawberry and banana can be achieved with [[ethyl methylphenylglycidate]] and [[isoamyl acetate]] limonene, respectively. [[Malic acid]] can be used for apple flavor, [[allyl hexanoate]] for pineapple, [[ethyl propionate]] for fruit punch, [[cinnamic aldehyde]] for cinnamon and [[acetophenone]] for cherry. More unusual ones like berry, cola, lemon lime, peach, tropical fruit, pineapple, orange and fruit punch can be found as well. They usually can only be found in special shops and the flavor is almost always cheap and artificial, as natural flavors are more expensive. |
I PUT BUBBLE GUM ON MY BUBBLE GUM. Flavors also include blue raspberry, strawberry, apple, cherry, watermelon, cinnamon, banana, peppermint and grape of which strawberry and banana can be achieved with [[ethyl methylphenylglycidate]] and [[isoamyl acetate]] limonene, respectively. [[Malic acid]] can be used for apple flavor, [[allyl hexanoate]] for pineapple, [[ethyl propionate]] for fruit punch, [[cinnamic aldehyde]] for cinnamon and [[acetophenone]] for cherry. More unusual ones like berry, cola, lemon lime, peach, tropical fruit, pineapple, orange and fruit punch can be found as well. They usually can only be found in special shops and the flavor is almost always cheap and artificial, as natural flavors are more expensive. |
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Bubblegum is a type of elastic chewing gum, designed to be blown out of the mouth as a bubble.
History
In 1928, Walter Diemer, an accountant for the Fleer Chewing Gum Company in Philadelphia, was experimenting with new gum recipes. One recipe was found to be less sticky than regular chewing gum, and stretched more easily. This gum became highly successful and was eventually named by the president of Fleer as Dubble Bubble. Original bubble gum was pink because that was the only dye Diemer had on hand at the time.
To test his new recipe, Diemer took samples of the new gum over to a local store and it sold out in a single day. To help sell the new Dubble Bubble gum, Diemer himself taught salespeople how to blow bubbles so that they in turn could teach potential customers. Dubble Bubble remained the only bubble gum on the market until Bazooka hit the market after World War II.
Flavors
Bubblegum is available in many different colors and flavors. A "bubblegum flavor" is the taste of the plain[clarification needed] gum, and it is made from synthetic chemicals, such as ethyl methylphenylglycidate, isoamyl acetate, fruit extracts and others, the true ingredients being kept a mystery to customers.[citation needed] When blended, the chemicals and extracts fuse together to make a sweet, palatable flavor. Like vanilla, coconut, peppermint and almond extracts, a bubble gum flavor oil can be purchased.
I PUT BUBBLE GUM ON MY BUBBLE GUM. Flavors also include blue raspberry, strawberry, apple, cherry, watermelon, cinnamon, banana, peppermint and grape of which strawberry and banana can be achieved with ethyl methylphenylglycidate and isoamyl acetate limonene, respectively. Malic acid can be used for apple flavor, allyl hexanoate for pineapple, ethyl propionate for fruit punch, cinnamic aldehyde for cinnamon and acetophenone for cherry. More unusual ones like berry, cola, lemon lime, peach, tropical fruit, pineapple, orange and fruit punch can be found as well. They usually can only be found in special shops and the flavor is almost always cheap and artificial, as natural flavors are more expensive.
Records
The 23-inch bubble blown by Susan Montgomery Williams of Fresno, California in 1996 still holds the Guinness World Record. [citation needed]
Chad Fell holds the record for Largest Bubblegum Bubble Blown at 50.8cm (20 inches), without using his hands, on 24 April 2004. [1]
See also
References
- ^ "Largest Bubblegum Bubble Blown". Guinness Book of World Records. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- The Great Idea Finder: Bubble Gum Retrieved September 29, 2011
External links
- FordGum.com, The Story of Gum
- IdeaFinder.com, Bubble Gum History
- bubblegumblog.com, Bubble Gum Swallowing Myth
- BubbleGumBubble.com, How to Blow a Bubble with Bubble Gum
- [1], Maple Leaf Amsterdam History