| The Bubble Gum has gone through a lot
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| | where they are cooked at high
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| over its long history. In the early
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| | temperatures until melted and become as
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| 1900s, a man named Frank Fleer tried to
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| | thick as maple syrup. While maintaining
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| come up with the perfect bubble gum
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| | the high temperature, the syrup is passed
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| recipe for his candy company. He
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| | through mesh screen filters. They are
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| experimented with a lot of gum recipes to
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| | then moved into vacuum strainers. After
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| find it. His first bubble gum however
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| | this, the hot liquid mix is poured into a
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| turned out to be too sticky and his
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| | machine that has slow revolving blades.
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| recipes were never sold.In 1928, Walter
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| | It is here that sugar, flavoring and corn
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| Diemer was able to discover the bubble
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| | syrup are added into the mix. In making
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| gum recipe by accident. He was
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| | sugarless gum, sweeteners like sorbitol,
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| experimenting with different gum recipes
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| | xylitol, or mannitol substitute the
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| when he stumbled upon a mixture that
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| | sugar.After this step, the sweetened
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| started to form bubbles. He took this
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| | liquid moves to a cooler where the
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| discovery and brought it to a grocery
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| | temperature is dropped to slightly
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| store to test it. All the gum was sold
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| | solidify the gum and is prepared for the
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| in a single day.Walter Diemer brought his
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| | extruder machine. The extruder machine
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| invention to the Fleer Company and was
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| | will maneuver the gum to achieve a
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| named and marketed as "Dubble Bubble"
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| | certain texture. When set, the mix is
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| gum. To help sell the gum and help
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| | passed through a roller where the gum is
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| people understand, Diemer taught the
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| | flattened. The thinnest sheets are made
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| salesmen how to blow bubbles using the
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| | into stick gum while the thicker sheets
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| gum. The salesmen in turn taught the
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| | are made into candy-coated gum. The
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| people who bought the gum. It was a huge
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| | stick gum then goes through high powered
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| success and for many years the Dubble
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| | machines where it is wrapped, packaged
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| Bubble gum was the only bubble gum on the
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| | and shipped to different candy stores
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| market.The Topps Candy Company started
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| | around the world.The candy-coated gum
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| manufacturing bubble gum at the end of
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| | though needs to go through more work.
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| World War II. The company introduced the
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| | The thick sheets are cut into pellets and
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| famous Bazooka Bubble Gum. This was
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| | then sprinkled with powdered sugar. The
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| named after the musical instrument that
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| | sprinkled pellets are then set aside and
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| was created in the 1930s by Bob Burns.
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| | allowed to set for 48 hours. When set,
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| As an added gimmick, the gum had "Bazooka
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| | these pellets move into large revolving
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| Joe" comic strips on the gum wrapper
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| | machines that coat them with candy until
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| which contributed to its popularity.
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| | they reach the desired coat thickness.
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| Also as incentives for children, the
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| | They then go through high powered
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| Topps Company included gum to the Bazooka
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| | machines where they are wrapped, packaged
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| Joe baseball cards in 1953.Each type and
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| | and shipped to the different candy
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| brand of bubble gum, may it be bubble or
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| | shops.At the present day, blowing bubbles
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| chewing gum, has its own unique formula.
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| | has become a tradition that friends and
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| But generally, these steps are followed
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| | families have where they pass on the joy
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| in making gum. The ingredients are
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| | of blowing bubbles with bubble gum.
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| placed in large steam-jacketed kettles
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