Nutritonal Information

• One stick of spearmint chewing gum contains 10 calories. It has no fat, no sodium, no protein, two grams of carbohydrates and two grams of sugar.
  
  

Ingredients

• Ingredients in spearmint gum include sugar, gum base, dextrose, corn syrup and natural and artificial flavors. Also included are glyerol, soy lecithin, aspartame and acesulfame K.
  
  

Coloring and Freshness

• Spearmint gum contains yellow 5 lake and blue 1 lake for coloring. It also has phenylalanine (an amino acid) and BHT for freshness.
  
  

History

• Wrigley's introduced Spearmint in 1893. It was Wrigley's second brand, after Juicy Fruit.
  
  

NBA

• Wrigley's Spearmint, along with other Wrigley brands, became the official chewing gum of the National Basketball Association in 2007.
  
  

Favorite Flavors

• Spearmint is among the most popular gum flavors. It shares that honor with cinnamon and peppermint.