Researchers found that chomping on a single stick of chewing gum can release up to thousands of shards of microplastics.

The Fleer Corporation quickly became a national success. One of its first hits was “Chiclets,” the original candy-coated gum. By 1920, the company’s founder was a millionaire, but he still ...

A new study reveals that a single piece of gum can release thousands of microplastics into your saliva—adding to your yearly ...

One common—but often overlooked—animal protein is gelatin, found everywhere from candy to plastic-free packaging. In Physics of Fluids, researchers from the University of Ottawa present gum ...

Chew on this: Chewing gum can be good for you. Not only can it freshen your breath, it can help you overcome cigarette cravings, improve your memory -- and even help you lose weight. Contestants ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. By the time Wrigley began his business venture, Americans had grown accustomed to chewing gum sold as candy-coated balls or packaged sticks. The base of ...

In an essay for The Conversation, microplastics expert David Jones of the UK's University of Portsmouth revealed that most ...

Yet, chewing gum as a potential source of microplastics hasn’t been widely studied, despite the candy’s worldwide popularity. So, Mohanty and a graduate student in his lab, Lisa Lowe, wanted to ...

The family of tycoon Husodo Angkosubroto—among the wealthiest clans in Indonesia—and its partners are exiting Yupi Indo Jelly Gum days after the company debuted on the Jakarta bourse.

We aimed to clarify the effects of sucking candies on salivary secretion and oral bacterial counts to improve the oral ...