Beemans gum

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Beeman's Pepsin Gum from the American Chicle Company
A pack of Beemans Chewing Gum purchased in 2019 in the USA.

Beemans gum (originally Beeman's Gum, see image at right) is a chewing gum formulated by Ohio physician Edward E. Beeman in the late 19th century. It originally contained pepsin, but no longer does.

History

Beeman originally claimed the gum contained

Warner-Lambert in 1962. Production ceased in 1978 due to lagging sales. In 1985 the brand was revived in a nostalgia campaign, as an ordinary chewing gum without the medical claims, marketed along with Clove and Black Jack
chewing gums.

The original wrapper had a pig

Cadbury Adams as a nostalgia gum, along with the other historic gums Clove and Black Jack. In 2015 the company announced it would no longer produce any of these popular gums. Since then, because of regular demand, all three brands have been reintroduced. In 2019, Gerrit J. Verburg, one of America's largest candy importers, purchased the exclusive rights and resumed production. The gum is no longer made in the United States but rather in Morocco. Packaging is similar to the "original" as is the formula. The gum is sold sporadically in the USA by the Gerrit J. Verburg Co.[1][2]

The gum is prominently featured in major movies

Shia Labeouf) in Indy home scene. Most recently the gum features on the inventor's workbench of young Frank Walker in Disney's Tomorrowland
, as Frank is working on his homemade rocket jet-pack.

Medical claims

The "lucky" gum of pilots is a

seasickness, but applied to flight airsickness
. Chewing any type of gum is thought to promote equalizing pressure in the ears.

The current product no longer contains any pepsin or chicle, and instead follows the ordinary modern chewing gum recipe of sweetened and flavored synthetic gum base.[3] The original medical claim that the chewing gum "cures indigestion and sea-sickness" was never substantiated and would not be permitted today by food and drug regulations dating to the 1930s.

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Beeman's Pepsin Gum - Advertisement - 1897
Fin de siècle Beeman's ad.

References

  1. ^ Conte, Erin Del (2019-01-22). "Retro Gum Brands". Convenience Store Decisions. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  2. ^ "Vintage Gum Nutrtition Facts". gerritjverburg.com. Archived from the original on 2019-02-04. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
  3. ^ "Beemans Ingredient List". Candy Nation. Retrieved February 15, 2020.

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