How Bubble Gum Has Changed Society

For a long time, people chewed almost anything until a sweet, pink invention was made. It was an invention used for many things. Bubblegum was made almost a century ago. Bubblegum changed society. People still chew bubble gum today. When Walter Diemer invented bubble gum society loved it, but some people still ask why. Before people had bubble gum people were still chewing on things. Ancient people were chewing parts of trees for thousands of years. Chewing gum was made 900 years ago. John Curtis made gum from spruce trees in the first chewing gum factory. Wrigley started Juicy Fruit and Wrigley Spearmint when giving it out for free. These things all led to the idea of creating bubble gum. Bubble gum was invented for many reasons. In 1928, Walter Diemer invented Dubble Bubble bubble gum. Bubble gum is pink because it was the

Diemer and Fleer invented Dubble Bubble as the first bubble gum. Instead of doing his job as an accountant, Diemer was trying different gum recipes. Diemer got promoted to head of Dubble Bubble making. Diermer got promoted to Vice President of Fleer’s company. “He never received any royalties for his invention, his wife told the newspaper, but he didn’t seem to mind.” Inventing bubble gum was enough of a reward for Walter Diemer. Bubble gum is important to society. A doctor, in 1969, said that gum would tire out the salivary glands and stick them together. Even though doctors said this, 1.5 million dollars of Dubble Bubble was sold in the first year. As soon as bubble gum was in stores, it was sold out by the afternoon. Society loved this new invention. People still use bubble gum today. There are 20 gum factories in America. “Today, of course, gum is sold in a variety of shapes and colors.” Doctors still think that it is unhealthy to chew bubblegum. “Today the average American chews 300 sticks of bubblegum a year.” To this day people still have a stick of bubble gum in their