Removable Gum
A removable confectionery chewing gum is defined as a confectionery chewing gum which Revolymer has found in a range of removal tests using water and where appropriate detergents is 30% to more than 100% easier to remove from a surface than commercially available confectionery chewing gums. The surfaces tested include but are not limited to paved sidewalks, carpets, textiles, transport fabrics and clothing.
Revolymer®'s patented low adhesion technology offers a breakthrough in chewing gum production. The patented Revolymer® chewing gum polymer is easy to handle and can be incorporated readily into both chewing gum base and final chewing gum using current manufacturing processes. In some instances the polymer may replace certain other non-ingestible and tacky ingredients. The resultant gums have a good "mouth texture“ and can be easily be removed from many surfaces with water.
The expertise of the Revolymer® technical team is available to work with customers to develop low adhesion chewing gum solutions in their markets.
The incorporation of our polymer into a chewing gum formulation gives gums that are readily removed from most common surfaces including sidewalks, bricks, carpets, fabrics and clothing. In real street situations spontaneous removal through normal street cleaning and pedestrian traffic typically removes >70% of the gums.
Degradable Gum
A degradable confectionery chewing gum is defined as a confectionery chewing gum which Revolymer has found in tests using mild agitation in water will fully disintegrate into a fine powder within 6 months.
After chewing a Revolymer® gum, as in all conventional chewing gums the sweeteners and flavours are digested leaving a chewing gum cud. Because of our technology, water can infiltrate the cud causing it to breakdown allowing minerals to be released and providing micro-organisms access to the natural and biodegradable components. This will eventually leave an inert polymer which breaks down into tiny pieces, analogous to biodegradable plastic bags. In testing we have shown that our new gum will disintegrate into a fine powder within 6 months using mild agitation in water.