Notes from the Forest...

A look behind an Alberta Wildcraft spruce gum tin — from long drives and resin-covered trees to raw harvest, hands-on preparation, portioning and packing.

Buying natural spruce gum? Learn what to look for in ingredients, tree species, sourcing, traceability, preparation, texture, natural batch variation and seller transparency.

Is spruce gum good for you? A look at sugar-free natural resin gum, chewing and saliva, spruce resin research, traditional use, and my own experience with teeth, gums, jaw strength...

A Guide to What's Actually Being Chewed What Is the Most Natural Chewing Gum? A Guide to Resin, Chicle, Mastic & Modern “Natural” Gum “Natural chewing gum” sounds like it...

From Forest to Factory Why Did Chewing Gum Stop Being Made From Trees? From Spruce & Chicle to Modern Gum Base For most of human history, if you wanted something...

Before Your First Piece Spruce Gum vs Chewing Gum: Taste, Texture, Ingredients & What to Expect If you've chewed regular gum your whole life and you're about to try spruce...

Working With Real Tree Resin Why Does Spruce Gum Shatter? The Science of Resin, Temperature & Texture The first time I tried to make spruce gum, I thought I had...

What's Actually in the Chew? Is Chewing Gum Plastic? Understanding Synthetic Gum Base vs Natural Resin I spent most of my life chewing regular gum. I loved gum. I still...

The Answer Is Weirder Than a Number How Long Does Spruce Gum Last? Can You Really Chew the Same Piece Again? One of the strangest things about spruce gum is...

Before the Modern Pack of Gum The Spruce Gum Industry Before Modern Chewing Gum Took Over When raw resin customers first started asking me if I could make spruce gum,...

A Very Old Human Habit Natural Chewing Gum Around the World: Spruce, Mastic, Chicle, Birch & More When you spend as much time around tree resin as we do, you...

Natural Gum Guide Natural Gum vs Regular Chewing Gum: What’s the Difference? Open two packages of gum and they might look almost identical. Put them in your mouth, though, and...