Bubblegum flavoring and other everyday mysteries.
I always wondered what might be the source of bubblegum flavor, but I never bothered to look into it. I bought some the other night and as I was chewing it, I wondered if bubblegum has always had this cool sensation, which I don't usually think of when I think of pink bubblegum. It doesn't taste like mint, but it has a bit of a menthol sensation.
I always assumed bubblegum is some chemical concoction; otherwise, it would be named for its natural ingredients instead of being named for what you can do with it, right?
Well, lo and behold, the primary natural sources of bubblegum flavor are:
Banana
Pineapple
Cinnamon
Cloves
Wintergreen
Now that I know that, I taste banana overwhelmingly. And knowing wintergreen is in there, I can also taste it in addition to now knowing it's the source of the cool sensation.
So! Solve some other everyday mysteries for us in this thread, please.
Thenk yew!
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | November 20, 2020 2:55 PM
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I abhor anything bubble gum flavored that isn’t bubblegum. Same with watermelon.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | November 18, 2020 5:15 PM
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Someone used bubble gum flavoring (like an extract, I guess) in one of their recipes on Great British Bake-Off/Baking Show a couple of seasons back. It sounded gross, and the judges thought it tasted that way too.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | November 18, 2020 7:12 PM
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[quote] Someone used bubble gum flavoring (like an extract, I guess) in one of their recipes on Great British Bake-Off/Baking Show a couple of seasons back
Bubble gum & cream soda in the current season, which I can’t imagine anyone wanting to eat. Prue said “What I love is you’ve gone for everything artificial.”
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | November 19, 2020 7:25 PM
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But the whole point of this thread is that bubblegum flavoring is a combination of natural ingredients! I always expected it was just lab-made chemicals, but it's banana, pineapple, spices and wintergreen.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | November 20, 2020 9:36 AM
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Why are plastic bottles designed differently?
When the soda or soft drink bottles were engineered, two major things were kept in mind. The design of the bottles was not made so for looks. One reason is the bottle must be able to withstand the change in volume that occurs when the chilled liquid increases in temperature and shouldn’t topple. The second reason is it should be able to resist the process where the bottles are pressurized to fill the gas as the drinks are carbonated.
A “five-pointed” corrugation in most of the soda bottles makes them stronger. When you try to crush the top of a soda or soft drink bottle, it is easier to do so than to try and crush its bottom, as the latter has stronger resistance to force. The bottles become narrower towards the top to improve stability. In case of water bottles and juice bottles, since they are not pressurized, they don’t have as many bumps as the soda bottles. However, even water bottles have small indents on the bottom to improve stability.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | November 20, 2020 10:32 AM
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I really dislike banana flavoring so I’m amazed I can’t detect it in bubblegum. And such a bizarre combination, how did they ever think to combine those ingredients.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | November 20, 2020 2:39 PM
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