Do we really want to continue to put these flavorful, colorful peices of chewy chem in our mouths or the mouths of our children? Read what's in our bubble gum and you decide.
"Bubble gum is available in many colors and flavors. A "bubblegum flavor" is the taste of the unflavored gum, made from chemicals such as ethyl
methylphenylglycidate, isoamyl acetate, fruit extracts and others, although the exact ingredients were kept a mystery
to customers. When blended, the chemicals and extracts fuse to make a sweet, palatable flavor. Gums made with vanilla, coconut, peppermint and almond extracts are available.
Flavors include blue raspberry, lemon, strawberry, apple, cherry, watermelon, cinnamon, banana, peppermint, cotton candy 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 flavors such as berry,
cola, lemon lime, peach, tropical fruit, pineapple, orange fruit punch can also be found, as well as novelty tastes such as bacon or popcorn.
In taste tests, children tend to prefer strawberry and blue raspberry flavors, rejecting more complex flavors as they say
these make them want to swallow the gum rather than continue chewing."
THE BIG QUESTION? A MYSTERY POSSIBLY...COULD IT BE THAT THESE CHEMICALS ACTUALLY DO MORE HARM, CAUSE OUR BODIES TO BECOME MORE SUSCEPTABLE TO SICKNESS OR EVEN WORSE, COULD IT BE THAT IT'S A MAIN CAUSE FOR MOST IF NOT ALL CHILDHOOD ILLNESSES? WE ALREADY KNOW THAT VACCINES ARE THE MAIN CAUSE FOR WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEMS AND CHILDHOOD DISEASES THAT CONTINUE WAY ITO ADULT LIFE. HOWEVER, COULD THERE BE A SECRET PROBLEM WITH THESE ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS THAT BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS ENJOY ON A PERIODIC BASIS? I'M THINKING "YES" SO, PROVE ME WRONG!