The number of packages of gum sold dropped by nearly ... Consumer demand has picked up only slightly since then. Last year, U.S. chewing gum sales rose less than 1% to 1.2 billion units, which ...

Experts have explained what actually happens when we swallow chewing gum and if it really stays in our body for seven years.

Of course, we had the off-flavors of licorice and teaberry plus candy-coated Chiclets and probably a few others that I — like most of America — can’t remember. When green chlorophyll-flavored gum came ...