Chewing Gum Recipe: Whenever we feel like chewing something, we buy chewing gum directly from the store. People also chew chewing gum to remove mouth smelling. Although chewing gum is considered harmful to health, there has been no ban on its sale yet. Small children swallow it instead of chewing it and throwing it away, due to which it goes into their stomach. Have you ever thought that we can make this pulled candy i.e. chewing gum at home, no? Then let’s learn how to make chewing gum at home.
First of all let us know how chewing gum is made?
Chewing gum is a candy with a soft and flexible texture that is chewed and eaten without swallowing. In earlier times, chewing gum was made with the help of sap coming out of trees. Now chewing gum is made in factories with the help of gum base, sweetener, softener, flavor, color and a powder coating. The ingredients in chewing gum are generally considered safe, but only for chewing purposes.
How to make chewing gum at home?
Material
1/3 cup gum base
1/4 teaspoon citric acid
1 teaspoon glycerin
2 tsp corn syrup
favorite flavor
sugar powder
food color
Method
First of all, you have to prepare the base of chewing gum, for this you have to fill a saucepan with water and heat it on the gas. After this, place a glass bowl on top, now put the base in it and melt it, after this add 1/4 teaspoon citric acid, 1 teaspoon glycerin and 2 teaspoon corn syrup. When this gum base takes complete liquid foam and all the ingredients are mixed together, slow down the gas. Now you have to add a few drops (at least 5 drops) of the flavor of your choice in it. After this, mix sugar powder and food color in it and turn off the gas after 1 minute.
Now after this, put this mixture in a candy mold or an ice cube tray and keep it to cool. If you do not have both then take out the mixture in a big tray and let it cool. When it becomes a little hard, cut it into pieces and cut them in the shape of chewing gum. These chewing gums can be stored in an air tight container.
FIRST PUBLISHED: October 2, 2024, 17:03 IST
