Alpengummi

The teeth marks of a native were already found on a 9000-year-old piece of birch pitch in Scandinavia. Likewise, the Egyptians chewed frankincense, the Greeks chewed mastic (resin from the pistachio nut), and the Maya chewed chicle (the sap of the sapotilla tree that grows in the rainforest). In 1848, John Curtis took up this phenomenon in the USA and sold the first chewing gum (made from spruce resin and beeswax). However, chewing gum made from chicle gum became more successful and soon flooded the market. Gradually, however, these natural chewing bases were replaced by synthetic chewing bases based on plastic.

Chewing gum today:

Synthetic

On chewing gum packs, only "gum base" is declared today, but no explanation is given of what it consists of. If you look more closely, you will come across the information that petrochemical substances are the starting point for most gum bases. These include unpronounceable substances such as polyvinyl acetate and polyisobutylene. These plastics are not easily biodegradable and thus pollute the environment and cities.

Our idea:

How Alpengummi came about

Claudia and Sandra had the idea of ​​Alpengummi during a joint course. In the beginning it was “only” about an innovation in the forest sector, but it quickly became a real business idea. Both learned a lot of new things; among other things, which ingredients conventional chewing gum consists of - and that tree resins have anti-inflammatory properties in addition to antiviral ones. When, in addition to this knowledge, they also learned that pitching in Lower Austria is an endangered craft, it was clear to them: Alpine rubber must be. 

We chew nature.

We chew alpine gum.