What is a "Bubble Gum" flavor

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There is a "flavor of bubble gum", not only for bubble gum, but also for kids toothpaste and milkshakes.

  • Is it possible to reproduce this taste in the kitchen?
  • What ingredients are required?
  • Are they available to consumers or are they 'commercial chemicals'?


Best Answer

Amazon offers several "Bubble Gum Flavoring" or "Bubble Gum Extracts" in both "Natural" and "Artificial" varieties. While the manufactures don't list specific ingredients this is one recipe:

Here is my basic bubble gum recipe based on "10 parts..." the key is really in the wintergreen, cinnamon and clove. Fruits can vary a bit-but you will find this to be the "ticket."

3 parts banana flavor 3 parts pineapple flavor 2 parts wintergreen, 1 part cinnamon and 1 part clove.

As I said Bubble Gum flavor is complex and not just one or two notes. The oldest formula included a fruit like "king fruit" or "passion fruit" but I find most any tropical flavor will pull through.

Whether you (or various manufacturers) choose to use "natural" or "artificial" versions of these flavoring is an individual choice, but it is clearly not limited to "Just artificial chemicals".

Beware that wintergreen oil is quite poisonous: as little as a teaspoon can be fatal. The Drugs.com page on it contains the following: "The highest amount of methyl salicylate typically used in candy flavouring is 0.04%." "Because of this toxicity, official labelling requirements have been changed so that no drug product may contain more than 5% methyl salicylate."




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What flavor is Dubble Bubble?

Flavors include: Strawberry (Pink), Blueberry (Blue), Lemon-Lime (Green), Orange (Orange), Cherry (Red), Banana (Yellow), Grape (Purple), and Pineapple (White). America's original gumball candy. Great for vending and gumball machines.

What are some bubble gum flavors?

The 20 Most Delicious Chewing Gum Flavors of All Time
  • of 20. Dubble Bubble Gum. ...
  • of 20. Fruit Stripe Bubble Gum. ...
  • of 20. Hubba Bubba Original Bubble Tape. ...
  • of 20. Bubble Yum Cotton Candy. ...
  • of 20. Bazooka Original and Blue Razz Bubble Gum. ...
  • of 20. Wrigley's Juicy Fruit Gum. ...
  • of 20. Bubblicious Watermelon Bubble Gum. ...
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Answer 2

From my perspective, the closest flavor to wintergreen is root beer. I don't think spearmint or peppermint taste anything like wintergreen.

I found this thread because I just ate a candy called "circus peanuts" which I never knew anyone to like them. It tasted like a bad peace of classic bubblegum. I can distinguish the banana flavor mixed with something like wintergreen. At least that's my impression. I will have to try a piece of bubblicious bubble yum some time and see how similar its flavoring profile is. That is the classic bubblegum flavor I grew up with. bazooka Joe was around too when I was too young to chew gum, but bubblicious really was the most popular when I was a kid.

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