Chicle - Wikipedia The word is used in the Americas and Spain to refer to chewing gum, chicle being a common term for it in Spanish and chiclete being the Portuguese term (both in Brazil and in parts of Portugal; other areas also use the term chicla)
What Is Chicle? The Natural History of Chewing Gum Chicle refers to the original, natural rubber substance that served as the base for the first modern chewing gums This unique material transformed the simple habit of chewing tree resins into a global, mass-market product The history of chicle is a narrative of tradition, biological limitation, industrial innovation, and eventual substitution
Chicle | Definition, Description, History | Britannica Chicle, gum that consists of the coagulated milky latex of the sapodilla tree (Manilkara zapota), a tropical American fruit tree principally from Yucatán and regions of Central America Chicle is obtained as pinkish to reddish brown pieces and is said to contain both rubber and gutta-percha
Chicle Chewing Gum: Health Benefits | Nathan and Sons Chicle has its roots in the ancient Mayan civilization, where it was harvested from sapodilla trees in Central America The Mayans used chicle not only for chewing but also as a base material for adhesives and waterproofing
Chicle - from the Ancient Maya to William Wrigley - Loco Gringo Chicle is a history in four acts, all of them focused on the sticky white substance that seeps from the sapodilla tree when its bark is cut First, Jennifer Mathews recounts the story of chicle and its earliest — known adherents, the Maya and Aztecs
Chicle - History of Chicle-based Gum Chicle is the ingredient in the production of chewing gum It is a natural product of trees with gum characteristics traditionally used in making chewing gums Our prehistoric Neolithic ancestors used various resins or birch bar tars to chew for either pleasure or dental health
THE UNKNOWN HISTORY OF CHICLETS Explore the history of Chiclets, the iconic candy-coated gum from its ancient origins to modern ownership changes
Chicle Gum and Popular Culture in the Americas Chicle is a thick and odorless natural latex that comes from the Chicozapote tree (Manilkara sapota), which is indigenous in Mexico and Central America When the sapodilla tree is cut into with a blade or infested with insects, it produces latex as a protective response
Chicle: The Chewing Gum of the Americas, From the Ancient Maya to . . . In particular, it focuses on chicle (the resin used in chewing gum), from its earliest uses among pre-contact peoples to the boom and bust extraction industry of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and its small-scale use today