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Jan 13, 1000
Mayans chew tree sap
The ancient Mayans chewed chicle which is the sap from the sapodilla tree. -
Jan 13, 1500
North american indians chew tree sap
North American Indians chewed the sap from spruce trees and passed the habit along to the settlers. -
settlers made gum out of beeswax and sap
•Early American settlers made a chewing gum from spruce sap and beeswax. -
First gum sold
In 1848, John B. Curtis made and sold the first commercial chewing gum called the State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum. -
flavored gum first sold
•In 1850, Curtis started selling flavored paraffin gums becoming more popular than spruce gums. -
gum first patented
•On December 28 1869, William Finley Semple became the first person to patent a chewing gum. -
a machine created to make gum
•In 1871, Thomas Adams patented a machine for the manufacture of gum -
gum flavor lasts longer
•In 1880, John Colgan invented a way to make chewing gum taste better for a longer period of time while being chewed. -
gum sold in vending machines
•By 1888, an Adams' chewing gum called Tutti-Frutti became the first chew to be sold in a vending machine. The machines were located in a New York City subway station -
dentyne gum created
•In 1899, Dentyne gum was created by New York druggist Franklin V. Canning. -
bubble gum invented
•In 1906, Frank Fleer invented the first bubble gum called Blibber-Blubber gum. However, the bubble blowing chew was never sold -
mint gum created
•In 1914, Wrigley Doublemint brand was created. William Wrigley, Jr. and Henry Fleer were responsible for adding the popular mint and fruit extracts to a chicle chewing gum -
bubble gum perfected
•In 1928, an employee of the Frank H. Fleer Company, Walter Diemer invented the successful pink colored Double Bubble, bubble gum. Fleer's recipe was later perfected by Walter Diemer, who called his product Double Bubble. -
Ancient greeks chewed tree sap
The ancient Greeks chewed mastiche - a chewing gum made from the resin of the mastic tree. -
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