Chicle

Examples

• It is next passed to the cooking department and placed in huge steam-jacketed kettles, which revolve continually and thus keep the chicle from scorching. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• These chunks are then run through grinding machines, which reduce the chicle to a coarse meal. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The bulk of the crude chicle manufactured is shipped in blocks to Canada, where it is further evaporated and carefully refined prior to importation into the United States. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• During the process of filtration the chicle is also sterilized, and comes from the machine as pure as distilled water. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Though its employment in the manufacture of chewing gum is of comparatively recent date, chicle was used by the Indians prior to the days of Columbus as a means of quenching their thirst. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• When the chicle arrives at one of the chewing-gum factories it is immediately turned over to the grinding department. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• In 1885 the United States imported 929,959 pounds of chicle. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• This machine has practically solved the perplexing problem of separating impurities and foreign substances from chicle. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Sometimes this breaking and grinding is done in Mexico, but the duty on ground dried chicle is five cents per pound more than upon cube chicle. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Later, pure white paraffin wax, variously flavored, took its place, but only in its turn to give way to the chicle now almost exclusively employed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Crude chicle is obtained by simple boiling and evaporation of the milk, accompanied by frequent kneading. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

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