How could I make bubblegum last longer? Or What makes up the flavoring in bubblegum?

I was wondering how to make bubble gum last longer. If I can please post the steps and the ingredients. If I can't do that then my question is what makes the flavoring in bubblegum?





Thanks!How could I make bubblegum last longer? Or What makes up the flavoring in bubblegum?
After 59 years and 30 billion pieces of bubble gum, Bazooka is getting an extreme makeover.





Gone, for the most part, is the rock-hard, squarish piece of gum with its folded wrapper and tiny comic tucked inside.





BIGGER BUBBLES PROMISED





Replacing it is a twist-wrapped, rounder and softer chew that Bazooka officials promise will last longer and allow bigger bubbles.





And if messing with an American icon isn't enough, Bazooka's parent, the Topps Company of baseball card fame, also took on the gum's pitchman -- the mysteriously eye-patched Bazooka Joe.





For next month's official product rollout at the All Candy Expo at McCormick Place, Bazooka Joe was given wilder hair, a backward hat, ripped jeans and a multi-ethnic posse. It's all meant to give Joe some much needed ';street cred'; with today's kids, who are increasingly ignoring their grandfathers' gum, Topps says.





';We've had this little gem, and frankly haven't done much with it for a decade. It was dusty,'; said Paul Cherrie, New York-based Topps' managing director.





Touted as ';the most famous gum of all time,'; Bazooka has lost ground over the years to rivals such as Hubba Bubba and Bubblicious. Without providing figures, Cherrie acknowledged ';our market share has eroded over the years because we haven't been supporting'; the brand.





Some things about Bazooka won't change, notably the original flavor that accounts for 80 percent of its gum sales. ';Not a chance,'; Cherrie assured. ';We're not going to do New Coke with Bazooka, that's for sure.';





EYE PATCH STAYS





The comic inside will also remain, although it will now be printed on the inside of the wrapper to save money and trees. Joe's eye patch, given to him to add personality when he debuted in 1953, also stays. And the price will remain at 5 cents -- the same as when Bazooka was introduced in 1947.





The rest of the product is getting an overhaul, though.





';One of the things that was always synonymous with Bazooka was this rock-hard piece of gum,'; Cherrie said. ';While that is sort of quaint, it's not something that's preferred. . . . Nobody likes popping a piece of Bazooka into their mouth and having to gnaw on it before they can loosen it up and chew it.';





So Topps created a softer piece of gum with better elasticity for bigger bubbles. And the flavor lasts longer than the old formula.





';We all grew up with and remember how unbelievable this stuff tastes, but it tasted that way for about 30 seconds,'; he said.





Bazooka -- named for the musical instrument, not the shoulder- held rocket launcher -- is ditching flavors such as grape and strawberry and adding cotton candy and watermelon. It's also adding new gum balls and gum-filled pops. Topps will keep producing some of the old, square pieces, but the new design will be the product's centerpiece.





stoomey@suntimes.com





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Hi MGBubbles





Your hypothesis could be


If the bubble gum has more X content, then it lasts longer





You should go to the store and look at the main contents of the 2 bubble gum brands you mentioned. Then make a list of the contents you want to investigate. For example, one possibility to investigate is sugar.





Hence, ';If the bubble gum has more *sugar* then it lasts longer';





You should research and try to figure out which is the main ingredient of bubble gum that makes it last longer. It may not be sugar. It may be some additive for example.





ALl the best.








[quote=minnie30567746]A way to find this out is to chew a piece of gum for as long as you can until there is no flavor left. Then compare the ingredients, likw scienceiscool said, and see which has the most of what in it. Your hypothesis could look somewhat like this:


Which brand has the longest lasting flavor, and do the ingredients have an impact on how long the gum stays.


Or something like that I can't really write hypothesises well. But remember to keep your mind open to any ideas!Good luck!