Re: What is the chemical formula of chicle (gum base)?

Date: Sat Nov 25 12:52:42 2000
Posted By: Amanda Quirke, Staff, Chemical Engineer, Rohm and Haas
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 972065294.Ch

Message:


This chicle gum base is
naturally occurring.  Most gum manufacturers have gotten away from using
this because it is a limited natural resource.  They have now been using
synthetic gum bases, which is proprietary information. I have looked
everywhere, but with no success finding the molecular formula.

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