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[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You can buy chewing gum made from natural materials but it's not the norm. Most chewing gum is made from mineral oil.

[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also, chemically they are identical. Plastic made of a plant is still a plastic.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Nah it's just rubbery dried chicle sap, no chemical refining like with oil

This is what it looks like

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[–] fristislurper@feddit.nl 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes really, still a polymer: it forms polyisoprene upon drying. You also find the stuff (synthesised from oil, yes, but chemically indistinguishable) in tires and condoms.

[–] ThoGot@feddit.org 0 points 1 day ago

That's a different plant

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 :(

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 0 points 1 day ago

Yeah no idea why this is so hard to achieve but it's a very noticeable difference.