# Bubblegum **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [January 31, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubblegum/648910 "2013-01-31T14:05:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ShadyLayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@ShadyLayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadyLayne)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubblegum/648910/1 "2013-01-31T14:05:22Z")
Regarding the question: [What is the flavor of bubblegum?](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2299/whats-the-term-for-people-who-cant-smell-or-taste) Original chewing gum was originally part of a tree and was an all natural substance as far as I remember. Having tried a primal piece of this gum tasted woody…earthy and very bland. I wouldn’t consider it bubble gum though, it was barely chewable let alone malleable enough to blow a bubble. Im sure the question was directed specifically at mass produced artificial gum made now days so yep. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bubblegum/648910/2 "2013-01-31T21:10:19Z")
Another column on the [history of chewing gum](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/309/the-amazing-history-of-chewing-gum). Unfortunately, it does not address the nature of “bubblegum flavor”.