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title: "Origin of chewing gum"  
description: "A brief explanation about the origin of chewing gum and its interesting facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-10-25  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2994/origin-of-chewing-gum  
category: "foods"  
tags: ["chewing gum", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Origin of chewing gum

![Origin of chewing gum](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/486c196f-688f-4974-9cbe-c50af354f0ac/images/8d0a2405-f218-4d69-957f-337797c04676.jpeg) ![Origin of chewing gum](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/486c196f-688f-4974-9cbe-c50af354f0ac/images/8d0a2405-f218-4d69-957f-337797c04676.jpeg) Chewing gum's origins can be traced back thousands of years, evidence suggesting northern Europeans began chewing birch bark tar around 9000 years ago ![Origin of chewing gum](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/486c196f-688f-4974-9cbe-c50af354f0ac/images/28edeed8-751a-46fe-a260-52f693fae04d.jpeg) Chicle, a gum-like material originating from the sapodilla tree, was chewed by the Mayan and Aztec civilisations of Central America. ![Origin of chewing gum](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/486c196f-688f-4974-9cbe-c50af354f0ac/images/558b9090-2866-4dcc-b066-9c62554c6e17.jpeg) In the 1860s, Thomas Adams, an inventor from New York, attempted to use chicle as a rubber substitute, but was unsuccessful. ![Origin of chewing gum](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/486c196f-688f-4974-9cbe-c50af354f0ac/images/ed0e3414-ff84-4f87-af7e-209fd1997279.jpeg) Later, he discovered chicle could be transformed into a delicious chewing gum, which he marketed as Adams New York Chewing Gum in 1871. ![Origin of chewing gum](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/486c196f-688f-4974-9cbe-c50af354f0ac/images/90dca5e2-7ac0-4c58-80d1-2ee6031feb3f.jpeg) It gained popularity, late 19th and early 20th centuries with new flavours & brands, becoming a cultural icon enjoyed by people of all ages worldwide.

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