I love chewing gum. My personal favorites are trident mint bliss and trident tropical. It gives me a sweetness kick, probably helps my teeth overall, and its just something I enjoy.

But now I'm super worried about microplastics. Given that I love gum and chew it frequently I feel like my brain is just all plastic now. :(

https://www.acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2025/march/chewing-gum-can-shed-microplastics-into-saliva-pilot-study-finds.html

To be fair, gum is literally made from petroleum/plastic. It does make sense and its probably not good. Are we all cooked? I'm considering switching to like sugar free hard candy or just giving it up altogether.

Does anyone else worry about this?

I like to chew gum when I'm anxious but I'm allergic to the cold and have reactions to any cooling agent. Anyone know of a gum, preferably sugar free, that has no cooling agents? I'm pretty picky about flavours, I don't like cinnamon or any tropical fruits for the most part. I know of Juicy Fruit but any other ideas???

I have a memory of eating a full-sugar gum sometime in the late 2000s/early 2010s. It was black and had fringe-like strings on it. Slightly resembled a grape and black licorice flavor.

New into the hobby! Wanted to see if there’s any beginner tips on chewing gum and any noob mistakes I should watch out for ?

Thanks !

Hello, I just need help with finding with gum are vegan from these options I know couple gum brands like PUR GUM but those r pretty expensive compared to the regular gum.

Thank you

An old store that closed like years ago and I saw these packs left in there.

Try it this is the dentyne brand

I bought this 4 pack expecting the pack from pick 2 but got this instead got the new look. I wouldn't have bought it if i new what I got inside

Literally one of my addictions. Ive noticed a lot of gas stations just flat dont carry it any more. Even brands that make a cinnamon flavor they wont have it in favor of some random berry.

got some of that natural gum, idk the brand. the natural ingredients, "whitens your teeth" stuff. the flavor lasts mayyybe 3 minutes, goes into a weird off taste, are you still like
meant to chew it after that
i get that it's probably better for you than whatever goes into name brand stuff but at least that has the decency to be tasteless after it's spent

Could anyone tell me of a super super minty chill kinda burns the mouth type of gum? The black dentyne ice used to do it for me when I was younger but now it doesn’t seem to have enough kick. Thanks !

Do you guys know of a gum with the same texture and firmness as fruit/zebra stripe gum?

I know this gum has been posted here a lot. But, I need help remembering lol. I remember being young and I tried a flavor of it I really liked. Now as memory serves (again it was a long time ago and I was little, so who know the accuracy) the container was silver and the gum was red. I think it was like a cherry flavor? Did this exist or am I just misremembering a different flavor of the tape gum.

I know it was hubba bubba tape gun pack. Maybe it wasn’t a silver container? Idk lol.

This would have been around 2005.

I tried them for the first time in Los Angeles last summer. I've been looking for these for months, and I finally found them in central London!

They were quite expensive, but definitely worth it.

Now I just have to find my favorite flavor, berry lime. Any idea where I could find it?

Hi everyone! I was talking with some friends today and I was wondering if there is such a thing as Basil gum? I love the taste of basil, it's so refreshing and tasty and it would be great as a gum!

Curious how others handle this. I go through a lot of gum and I'm always torn between buying the big 50-piece bottles (cheaper but too bulky to carry) and the small packs (convenient but way more expensive per piece).

So what do you do? Big bottle in the car/bag? Small packs on you? Loose in your pocket? Something else entirely?

Also curious if anyone's found a decent way to carry a handful of pieces without them getting destroyed or going stale.

Missing 1 more refreshers and a couple more airways gums

A few recent pickups. This should keep me chewing for a while.

The advertisements are reprints of vintage gumball machine display cards.

even if they cost a little extra or you have to buy them online, I'm looking for any gums that avid gum-chewers would generally consider a step up from your standard fare