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minus-squareT156@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoInteresting. Always thought chewing gum was more like when you made “plastic” out of the caesin in milk.
minus-squareVenus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoYou can buy chewing gum made from natural materials but it’s not the norm. Most chewing gum is made from mineral oil.
minus-squarefristislurper@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoAlso, chemically they are identical. Plastic made of a plant is still a plastic.
minus-squareVenus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoNah it’s just rubbery dried chicle sap, no chemical refining like with oil This is what it looks like
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI can almost taste the six seconds the flavor added to that will last! Five minutes of microplastics or a blink of flavor? Answer might just be no gum :(
minus-squareVenus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoYeah no idea why this is so hard to achieve but it’s a very noticeable difference.
Interesting. Always thought chewing gum was more like when you made “plastic” out of the caesin in milk.
You can buy chewing gum made from natural materials but it’s not the norm. Most chewing gum is made from mineral oil.
Also, chemically they are identical. Plastic made of a plant is still a plastic.
Nah it’s just rubbery dried chicle sap, no chemical refining like with oil
This is what it looks like
I can almost taste the six seconds the flavor added to that will last!
Five minutes of microplastics or a blink of flavor? Answer might just be no gum :(
Yeah no idea why this is so hard to achieve but it’s a very noticeable difference.