Yum! Eventually most of the sweetener and flavoring slide down your throat with your saliva and the great taste becomes a memory. Gum base does not dissolve in saliva. This is why you lose the flavor, ...

While the gum base is long-lasting and doesn't dissolve ... for example -- you can't easily make your own bubble gum at home. Still, despite all this modern food engineering, bubble gum flavor ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Bubble gum starts out with gum base, then flavorings and sweeteners are added. When it's all mixed up, it looks like a giant pink monster. The way it's streamlined ...