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Why is gum pink? I've always been wondering about this.

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i mean there’s several different types of gums with different colors such as blue,green, and even black
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Answer: Bubble gum got its distinctive pink color because the original recipe Diemer worked on produced a dingy gray colored gum, so he added red dye (diluted to pink) as that was the only dye he had on hand at the time.

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