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minus-squarefristislurper@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoAlso, chemically they are identical. Plastic made of a plant is still a plastic.
minus-squareVenus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·21 hours agoNah it’s just rubbery dried chicle sap, no chemical refining like with oil This is what it looks like
minus-squarebrbposting@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoI can almost taste the six seconds the flavor added to that will last! Five minutes of microplastics or a blink of flavor? Answer might just be no gum :(
minus-squareVenus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours agoYeah no idea why this is so hard to achieve but it’s a very noticeable difference.
minus-squarefristislurper@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·18 hours agoYes really, still a polymer: it forms polyisoprene upon drying. You also find the stuff (synthesised from oil, yes, but chemically indistinguishable) in tires and condoms.
Also, chemically they are identical. Plastic made of a plant is still a plastic.
Nah it’s just rubbery dried chicle sap, no chemical refining like with oil
This is what it looks like
I can almost taste the six seconds the flavor added to that will last!
Five minutes of microplastics or a blink of flavor? Answer might just be no gum :(
Yeah no idea why this is so hard to achieve but it’s a very noticeable difference.
Yes really, still a polymer: it forms polyisoprene upon drying. You also find the stuff (synthesised from oil, yes, but chemically indistinguishable) in tires and condoms.
That’s a different plant