1 / 59

The History of Chewing Gum by Rocky Lundy

The History of Chewing Gum by Rocky Lundy. Timeline of Chewing Gum. Prehistoric Man - 9,000 year-old birch bark tar. Ancient Greece - Mastic Tree Resin (Mastiche). Mayan Indians - Sapodilla Tree Sap (Chicle). Native American Indians - Spruce Tree Resin.

wilton
Download Presentation

The History of Chewing Gum by Rocky Lundy

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. The History of Chewing GumbyRocky Lundy

  2. Timeline of Chewing Gum • Prehistoric Man - 9,000 year-old birch bark tar • Ancient Greece - Mastic Tree Resin (Mastiche) • Mayan Indians - Sapodilla Tree Sap (Chicle) • Native American Indians - Spruce Tree Resin • 1848 - John Curtis–St. of Maine Pure Spruce Gum • 1850 - John Curtis – Flavored Paraffin Gum

  3. Timeline of Chewing Gum • 1867 – Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna meets • Thomas Adams Sr. “Chicle” • 1869 – Thomas Adams markets “ Adams • New York Chewing Gum”.

  4. Manilkara zapota (L.)Sapodilla (Chicle)Tree • Trees found in Yucatan, Belize and N. Guatemala • Trees must be 70 years old before tapping • Can only tap (harvest ) once every 4 -6 years • Harvested during rainy season (July – Feb) • One tree = 10 gal latex = 2.5 lbs chicle (24 hr. tap) • 1943 US imported record 9,000 tons from Mexico • 13 pounds of chicle = 5,000 pieces of gum • 1930s gum contained 15% chicle & 60% sugar

  5. Manilkara zapota (L.)Sapodilla (chicle) Tree

  6. Manilkara zapota (L.)Sapodilla (chicle) Tree

  7. Chiclero scaling Sapodilla Tree

  8. America during the “Victorian Era”

  9. Timeline of Chewing Gum • 1870 - Adams produces 1st flavored gum (licorice) which was also the first stick of chewing gum. • 1871 - Adams patents 1st gum making machine.

  10. Timeline of Chewing Gum • 1879 - William White discovers how to flavor chicle choosing peppermint as the 1st flavor named Yucatan chewing gum.

  11. W.J. White Co. Gum

  12. Timeline of Chewing Gum 1882 - Dr. Edward Beeman adds pepsin powder to chicle & promotes as digestive aid.

  13. 1886 - Jonathan Primely makes the 1st fruit- flavored gum and a gum called Kis-Me.

  14. 1888 – Adams “Tutti Frutti” becomes 1st • chewing gum in vending machine. • Placed in NYC subway stations.

  15. 1890s - Gum vending machines

  16. 1897 – Pulver adds animated figures

  17. 1891 – William Wrigley Jr. entered the gum field with the Vassar, Lotta & Sweet 16 brands. • 1892 – Wrigley introduces Spearmint Pepsin gum. • 1893 – Wrigley introduces Juicy Fruit gum.

  18. 1911- Gum added to Beech-Nut product line

  19. 1890 – Henry Fleer invents Chiclets • Chiclets was the 1st candy-coated chewing gum commercially made and marketed in the world.

  20. 1899 - Dentyne gum was created by New York druggist Franklin V. Canning

  21. 1899 – American Chicle Company Formed Amalgamation of: Adams Gum (Thomas Adams), Yucatan Gum (William White), Beeman’s Gum (Dr. Edward Beeman), Kis-Me Gum (Jonathan Primley), and S.T. Britten. • 1907 – Gumballs and gumball machines introduced

  22. 1914 – Wrigley introducesDoublemint gum • 1914 – Adams introduces Clove gum Prohibition Period– “ It will take your breath away ”

  23. 1914 – American Chicle Company buysSen-Sen Company (Fleer, Curtis, etc.) • 1916 – American Chicle Co. acquires Dentyne Gum

  24. 1920 – Clark Bros. Chewing Gum Co. 1960s 1930s Tijuana Brass 1st Hit “On the Level”

  25. 1927 - Wrigley introduces PK Gum * Discontinued in 1975

  26. 1928 – Walter Diemer ( Fleer Gum Co.)invents Bubble Gum • Christened it Dubble Bubble Gum

  27. 1930s – Gum trading Cards Introduced

  28. 1933 – Peter Paul Co. sells a charcoal gum - advertise on Mounds box

  29. 1938 - Shorin Bros. begin Topps Company • Topps Bubble Gum becomes 1st change maker • After WW II Bazooka Bubble Gum becomes popular • 1939 – The Doublemint Twins make debut. • 1939 - The FFDCA Act passes • Classifies gum as a food • FDA tells gum companies they do not need to list ingredients like other foods

  30. 1944 - Wrigley takes Doublemint, Juicy Fruit and Spearmint gum off the market • Due to war rationing of raw materials • To protect quality and reputation of gums • Wrigley markets Orbit as war time gum • During WWII US military spread the popularity of chewing gum to Europe, Asia, Africa and around the world.

  31. 1946 – Wrigley reintroduces Spearmint and Juicy Fruit • 1947- Wrigley reintroduces Doublemint • 1950-Harvey’s Sugarless Gum Debuted Artificial sweetener Cyclamate introduced *1970 – Cyclamate banned in U.S

  32. William Wrigley Jr. 1862- 1932 “Chewing Gum King of Kings”

  33. 1891 - Wm. Wrigley moves to Chicago to sell family soap One can of baking soda with each bar of soap 2 sticks of gum with each can of baking soda

  34. Wrigley sells only gum but with premiums

  35. Wrigley’s Premiums

  36. 1907 Wrigley designs spear-like grinning gnome

  37. 1911 – Wrigley buysZeno Manufacturing Co.

  38. Wrigley’s Early Gums

  39. 1915 - Wrigley introduces “Mother Goose” “To the children of the World 6 to 60”

  40. Wrigley’s Mother Goose Ads

  41. 1915- Wrigley mails 3 sticks of gum to everyone listed in telephone directories (1.5m) • 1919 – Wrigley repeats sending gum to everyone listed in directories (7million).

  42. Wrigley mailed 2 sticks of gum to 750,000 2-year olds every year on their birthdays.

  43. Wrigley’s Lone Wolf Radio Program “The largest Indian tribe on record”

  44. Wrigley Electric Billboards Time Square & Piccadilly Circus

  45. Wrigley Electric Billboards New York Time Square - Today

  46. At one time during the early 1900s each of the 62,200 street and subway train cars in America carried a Wrigley’s poster.

  47. Wrigley Advertising (1930s)

  48. Wrigley’s Ads Yesterday & Today

  49. 1919 Wrigley Purchases Santa Catalina Island

  50. 1920 - 1924 Wrigley Building in Chicago Constructed

More Related