Obtaining the sap is an art. Those in charge of this task are known as “ chicleros ” and own an ancient knowledge to identify the trees to extract the latex. This task has not changed at all; it is ...
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Chewing gum came from trees for thousands of years - then companies quietly replaced it with synthetic rubber
Chewing gum wasn't always made the way it is today. For thousands of years, people chewed natural tree resins, including ...
While a few major manufacturers in the United States were making millions on chewing gum, they were also having a major impact on the chicle extraction industry of Latin America. The majority of ...
GUM, PERHAPS the world's oldest confection, began as an edible treat from trees. Although far less sweet than today's gums, a chewy tree sap called mastiche was a favorite of the ancient Greeks. Its ...
From the Publisher: Although Juicy Fruit® gum was introduced to North Americans in 1893, Native Americans in Mesoamerica were chewing gum thousands of years earlier. And although in the last decade ...
Waving his hands as if conducting an invisible orchestra, Juan Trujillo sings an old song known to Carmelita settlers living deep in northern Guatemala's Mayan jungle. He walks through the ...
Chewing gum may be a $19 billion industry, but it's not a universally accepted practice. As Jennifer Mathews tells Liane Hansen, chewing gum is a crime in Singapore, and, in 15th-century Meso-America, ...
The milky latex bled from the Mexican rain forest tree as Alfredo Rodriguez Arzate swung his machete, climbing the trunk with a rope around his waist and spurs on his boots. Built like a featherweight ...
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