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I would recommend this to anybody, it does have a strong taste of pine, which is not too tasty but it is very much worth it.-Belinda . Excellent product. pricey unless using for healing. will buy more.-Christopher . This is Gum Spirit of Turpentine; not the turpentine you use for cleaning paint brushes. It is often used in homeopathic health recipes. It is also used as a cleaning additive. You used to be able to find it in local drugstores, but not so much these days. I was glad to be able to find some on line.-Neem . I got the 16oz bottle.
Answer: Originally, chewing gum was made from the  latex sap of the sapodilla tree (native to Central America). This sap was called chicle. Other natural gum bases may be used, such as sorva and jelutong. Sometimes beeswax or paraffin wax is used as a gum base. After World War II, chemists learned to make synthetic rubber, which came to replace most natural rubber in chewing gum (e.g., polyethylene and polyvinyl acetate). The last U.S. manufacturer to use chicle is Glee Gum. In addition to the gum base, chewing gum contains sweeteners, flavorings, and softeners. Softeners are ingredients such as glycerin or vegetable oil that are used to blend the other ingredients and help prevent the gum from becoming hard or stiff.