We interviewed with UC Davis Food Science Ph.D. Student Irene Lin RLT: Do you know what makes synthetic rubber? IL: Nope. RLT: Where do you buy lecithin? IL: Look online. Amazon might sell it. RLT: How is cane juice made? IL: If you boil sugar cane, sift out all the water, there's crystals. RLT: What's chicle? IL: It’s from a tree. It’s like maple syrup. You can buy it online. RLT: How do you add flavor to gum? IL: Use essential oils and have fun! RLT: What is rice flour? IL: It’s made of sticky rice, long grain rice, or brown rice. Stay away from brown rice flour. Try sweet rice flour or Mochiko! It's all natural. Mochiko is more like sticky/sweet rice flour. RLT: What is vegetable glycerin? IL: Sugar maybe. It's very sticky. Usually, it's used in granola bars and is like tapioca syrup. Found online. It sticks everything together. RLT: Can you throw gum in compost? IL: Yes, okay to do and you should. RLT: Should we make a song about this? IL: Yes but it's weird. RLT: What would happen if someone swallowed the bacteria? IL: It's okay. RLT: What is in gum that's hard to digest? IL: Weird plastic that is harder to digest. Or molecules. RLT: So it doesn't stay in stomach for seven years? IL: Nope. False. RLT: What would happen if you soaked chewed gum in water? IL: It would slowly decompose. If unchecked will take a little longer. Bacteria will decompose. RLT: Why does the flavor run out? IL: The molecules will go away RLT: How come when you chew gum it gets harder? IL: You're massaging it in your mouth and it squeezes water out. |
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