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The Process
Quality Control specialists carefully inspect and test all ingredients before processing to make sure that every batch of Amurol gum is pure and wholesome. Also, each batch of gum is tested during the processing operation to ensure the finest quality. The manufacture of takes place in spotless, air-conditioned rooms and is closely monitored to meet the high standards of quality. The process begins with the accurate weighing of all the ingredients. The gum base materials go into the mixer first (a large vessel with rotating blades). Next, the sweeteners, softeners, and colors are transferred and added. Following the initial mixing, the flavors are added, and then blending is continued very slowly, for just the right amount of time required by the formula. At this point, the gum looks like stiff, colored bread dough. When the blending is completed, the gum passes between rollers that press it into a flowing ribbon. The thick ribbon of fragrant gum moves through a sheeting machine, which is a series of rollers, each pair of rollers being set closer together, reducing the gum's thickness in stages. When the rollers press it to the exact thickness desired, the ribbon of gum is scored in a pattern of single sticks, long tapes or prepared in another way for packaging. The next stop is the conditioning room. Here the temperature and humidity are carefully controlled to make sure the finished gum will stay fresh. The process for making chunk bubble gum is essentially the same except that after the ingredients are blended, the mixture goes through an extruding process. This process changes the bubble gum into a solid, rope-like form. To visualize what happens during extrusion, imagine pushing toothpaste out of a tube. This rope is then put on a moving belt and passed through a conditioning tunnel to cool it and develop its texture. Immediately after this, the rope-shaped gum is cut into one-inch long chunks and individually wrapped. The final stage is packaging. Because of the various shapes and sizes of the various gums, packaging must take place on special machines. These machines package each gum according to its type, whether it's Shredded Bubble Gum or Bubble Tape or plain Bubble Gum.