Question

Chewing gum is produced from
A. Prunus
B. Achras sapota
C. Cajanus
D. Cocos

Answer 1

Chewing gum is a soft, rubbery material that is produced to be chewed but not swallowed by humans. The recipes of chewing gum can vary between brands.

Complete Answer:
- Chewing gum is a soft, unified substance planned in order to be chewed without being swallowed. Modern chewing gum is made of gum base sweeteners, plasticizers, flavors, colors, and typically a hard or powdered polyol coating. Its texture is suggestive of rubber because of the physical and chemical properties of its polymer, plasticizer, and resin components, which contribute to its elastic-plastic, sticky, chewy characteristics

- Chicle is a type of gum that consists of the coagulated milky latex of the sapodilla tree, a tropical American fruit tree primarily from regions of Central America. Chicle is obtained as pinkish to reddish brown pieces and is observed to contain both rubber and gutta percha. It is introduced as an alternative for rubber. Chicle was imported to the United States in quantity as the major ingredient of chewing gum by about 1890. But in the 1940s it was largely replaced by synthetic products. The latex is collected by making deep intersecting zigzag cuts in the bay to a height of 10 metres or more up the trunk. The milk runs bit by bit to a holder at the base. Chicle is a natural gum conventionally used in making chewing gum and other products.

- The drumming of the gum is similar to the tapping of latex from the rubber tree after the collection of the gum, it is then boiled until it reaches the correct thickness the chicle tree, Achras sapota or Manilkara sapota is a large leaf evergreen. Hence, the correct option is B, “Achras sapota''. The primary sources of chicle are Mexico, Belize.

Note: John Curtis of the United States is recognized with the first viable production of chewing gum in 1848. A striking boost in chewing gum consumption took place during World War I.