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American Chicle Company
American chewing gum company
The American Chicle Company was a chewing gum trust founded by Thomas Adams, Jr., with Edward E.
Beeman and Jonathan Primle.[1]
Thomas Adams
Thomas Adams (May 4, 1818 – February 7, 1905) was a 19th-century American scientist and inventor who is regarded as a founder of the chewing gum industry.
Adams conceived the idea while working as a secretary to former Mexican leader Antonio López de Santa Anna, who chewed a natural gum called chicle.
Thomas adams chewing gum biography
Adams first tried to formulate the gum into a rubber which was suitable for making tires. When that didn't work, he turned the chicle into a chewing gum called New York Chewing Gum.[2][3]
In 1870, Adams created the first flavored gum, black licorice, which he named Black Jack.
In 1871, Adams patented the first chewing gum making machine. In 1888, his gum was the first to be sold in vending machines.
Company history
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