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Trident Layers Report

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I never realized how gross wild strawberry and tangy citrus flavored Trident® Layers TM chewing gum tasted after 15 minutes. 58.6% of the mass of my sugar free piece of gum was lost after the experiment. Because the company had claimed that the gum contains no sugar, a type of sweetener must have been added instead. The flavor created by the sweeteners faded as the gum was chewed for a longer time. The sweetener had been absorbed and on its way to be digested little at a time. As the amount of sweetener decreased, the flavor rating naturally decreased as well. The percent sugar was only 22.04 for Trident® Layers TM in the class data. That is approximately half of the percentage I calculated. However, my percentage of sugar was similar to the
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