How Bubble Gum Is Made

[Music] it all starts with the gum base the stuff that makes chewy traditionally the base came from tree resin today it's synthetic made of plastics and rubbers they pour the gum base into a mixer then add color and flavor as it begins mixing they pour in glucose syrup a sweetener because it's liquid it helps keep the gum base soft next they add dextrose a powdered sweetener they blend the ingredients for about 20 minutes the stirring action builds up heat which melts everything together [Music] the mixtures ready when it reaches the consistency of bread dough they transfer it by cart to a machine called the pre extruder the machine squeezes the mixture through a narrow opening like squeezing toothpaste from the tooth this transforms the big bulky wad into thin manageable strips that can then go through the extruders the extruder squeeze each strip down to the actual width of a piece of bubble gum it comes out as one long continuous stream to be cut into bite-sized pieces later on this extrusion process heats up the gum if they were to cut and wrap it now it would stick to the wrapper so the next stop is a cooling chamber the gum goes in for 15 minutes at temperatures between 37 and 45 degrees Fahrenheit [Music] when the Bubblegum comes out it's cooled down enough for what they call the cotton wrap one machine does both jobs in a fraction of a second watch the action in slow motion as the continuous stream of gum enters on one end the machine cuts it into bite-sized pieces pushes each piece into a wax paper wrapper then twists both ends of the wrapper closed [Music]

Channel: Design Insider

Views: 3,775,140

Keywords: bubble gum, gum, how it's made, factory, manufacture, science, insider, inventions, design insider

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Length: 3min 6sec (186 seconds)

Published: Wed Feb 21 2018