Peppersmith Chewing Gum
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Peppersmith is a brand of natural chewing gum
Chewing gum
Chewing gum is a type of gum traditionally made of chicle, a natural latex product, or synthetic rubber known as polyisobutylene. For economical and quality reasons, many modern chewing gums use rubber instead of chicle...

 available to buy in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.

The company itself is independent, based in London and was founded in 2009 by two friends, Mike Stevens and Dan Shrimpton, formerly of Innocent drinks
Innocent Drinks
Innocent Drinks is a UK-based company founded in 1999 whose primary business is producing smoothies and flavoured spring water, sold in supermarkets, coffee shops and various other outlets nationally as well as in Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Austria, Denmark and Switzerland...

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Peppersmith chewing gum is made from real mint, natural chicle
Chicle
Manilkara chicle is a tropical evergreen tree native to Mexico and Central America. The tree ranges from Veracruz in Mexico south to Atlántico in Colombia...

 and contains no artificial flavours, colours or preservatives, no aspartame
Aspartame
Aspartame is an artificial, non-saccharide sweetener used as a sugar substitute in some foods and beverages. In the European Union, it is codified as E951. Aspartame is a methyl ester of the aspartic acid/phenylalanine dipeptide. It was first sold under the brand name NutraSweet; since 2009 it...

 and no petro-chemical bases.

Currently, peppersmith only makes peppermint
Peppermint
Peppermint is a hybrid mint, a cross between the watermint and spearmint . The plant, indigenous to Europe, is now widespread in cultivation throughout all regions of the world...

gum and according to the official website they are looking to launch cinnamon and spearmint flavours.

Peppersmith will be launching their first non chewing gum product, a Peppermint Fresh Mint in March 2011.

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