the gum of the Manilkara tree. Although he first tried turning chicle into a rubber alternative, he pivoted to chewing gum ...

Chewing gum is made by first melting down the base ... and mold it into large bricks of natural gum. Called chicle (Spanish for gum), the natural gum is distributed to over 30 countries throughout ...

Trees provide thousands of products we use every day and they are a great blessing to our society. Some tree products are ...