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it comes from trees its the sap as Eggie has said chewing gum comes from it as well i think thats called gawa gum and alot of foods products come from it as well

Chewing gum, came from the South American Indians. They got it from the sap or resin of trees. Chewing gum is the oldest candy in the world. It has existed for at least 5000 years.

 Many years ago, archaeologists made a surprising discovery! It seems prehistoric men and women chewed on lumps of tree resin for pure enjoyment, making them the first-ever gum chewers in recorded history. The study of man has also found that almost every culture chomped "gum." Ancient Greeks routinely gnawed on tree resin to clean their <font style="position: static; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: blue !important; font-weight: 400;" color="blue">teeth</font> and freshen their breath, and called their treat "mastiche." Indians chawed on the sap from trees. The Maya Indians of Central America gummed chicle. Early settlers bit into hardened tree sap and beeswax.

Found this bit of info from wikipedia...Chewing gum is a type of gum traditionally made of chicle, a natural latex product, or synthetic rubber known as polyisobutylene. For economical and quality reasons, many modern chewing gums use rubber instead of chicle. Chicle is nonetheless still the base of choice for some regional markets, such as Japan.

Weather or not it is seems like in the end it tastes like it is..

Here's something I found. Since I gave up all artificial sweeteners I set out to find a chewing gum that does not use them. The only one I can find is Chiclets, and owing to it's name thought that it waas made of chicle, the natural latex - but looking at the label just now, they list "gum base," whatever that is as their second ingredient to sugar. Hmmn.

Colleen

In other words, gum chewers are chewing on chemicals.