Chewing Gum Arms Race

This week’s mission: a green tea cure-all and gum with a one-two flavor punch. (By James Norton)

Does Gum Really Take Seven Years to Digest?

It sounds like a digestive impossibility. (By Roxanne Webber)

If Mario Batali made a chewing gum, what would it taste like? (By Joyce Slaton)

Secrets of the Chip Aisle

The differences between “kettle-cooked” and standard potato chips; olestra and MSG. (By Barb Stuckey)

10 Japanese Sweets

Venture beyond M&M’s. (By Aida Mollenkamp)

10 Exotic Sweeteners

Go beyond white sugar. (By Lessley Anderson)

Country Breakfast Burrito and Hot Tamales Ice

This week’s mission: a burrito containing everything but pancakes, and a mint revamp of an old-school candy. (By James Norton)

What the Hell Is Ice Cream Soft Candy?

This week’s mission: Down-market candy gets a makeover, and a really bad idea for brand extension. (By James Norton)

Yet another reason to scour your local Central American market. (By Sarah Perry)

From the British Medical Journal: the horrifically effective chewing gum diet. (By Nicholas Day)

Special summer flavors to chew over. (By Sarah Perry)

New York magazine unpacks a gum taste test starring wd-50’s Wylie Dufresne. (By Traci Vogel)

Sure, it causes embarrassing digestive problems and makes you look like a Valley girl. But gum manufacturers (and some gum-manufacturer-funded scientific studies) now claim that chewing the stuff improves health. (By Christy Harrison)

A Canadian artist “paints” with bubblegum. (By Kara Zuaro)

Gum worth getting happy for. (By Meredith Arthur)