• Question: If ther are not may wales how do they get the fat to make chewwing gum?

    Asked by rolina23 to Ed, Hayley, Jason, Nathan, Sophie on 18 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Hayley Evers-King

      Hayley Evers-King answered on 18 Mar 2013:


      This is a bit of a myth! Though Eskimos and Inuits will chew whale fat, it’s never been used to make chewing gum. Chewing gum was traditionally made from chicle – from trees and is now made from a man-made rubber called polyisobutylene.

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