Reginald Mitchell's List: Digital literacy MythBuster- Do Bubble yum have spider eggs in them ?

• Bubble Yum was the first soft bubble gum to hit the market, making its debut in 1976. It was an instant success and sales of the candy quickly soared.

   
• Prior to Bubble Yum, bubble gum was hard and took a fair bit of vigorous mastication to render it into a suitably soft bubble-blowing state. Bubble Yum was a breakthrough, a gum that was ready for bubble blowing after being chomped only a few times. As to how soft it was, even a little tyke could squish a block of Bubble Yum between his fingers.
• Any confection that revolutionary is going to spawn speculation among the younger set. “Why is it so chewy?” was the question on everyone’s lips. It didn’t take long for kids to invent a plausible answer. There had to be something chewy in there. What’s more chewy than spider eggs? By the spring of 1977, sales had slipped noticeably. Rumors that Bubble Yum contained spider’s eggs or was made from their webs abounded.

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• In 1976, Life Savers introduced what would quickly become the country's most-popular chewing gum, Bubble Yum -- selling 300 million packs in just its first 15 months on the market.
  
• About a year later, the rumor started. Bubble Yum's soft texture was due to a certain additive: spider eggs.
• To combat the panic and resulting dive in Bubble Yum sales, the company spent over $100,000 on full-page ads in newspapers across the United States with the headline "Somebody is Telling Very Bad Lies About a Very Good Product."
• It worked. Once the far-fetched urban legend was debunked, sales returned to normal (which, prior to the spider egg story, were so high that production couldn't keep up with demand) and all was right in the world of chewing gum

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• Bubble Yum never contained spider eggs or legs or any other arachnid part as a chewable secret ingredient.
• This myth is almost as old as the gum itself and caused quite a stir in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when it spread inexplicably from playground to lunchroom among the younger set.

• After the Life Savers Company addressed the issue with an official full-page rebuttal printed in newspapers, to dispel the rumor and restore public confidence.

   

  Not long after, the gum became the most popular bubble gum brand.

   

  Bubble Yum was the first soft bubble gum created, and was introduced in 1975 by LifeSavers.

   

  Floyd D. Duck, an anthropomorphic punk-style duck character, is Bubble Yum’s official mascot.

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• Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Bubble Yum is a brand of bubble gum marketed by The Hershey Company. Introduced in 1975 by LifeSavers, the bubble gum was the first soft bubble gum created. In 1977, rumors began to spread that the gum's soft, chewable secret was the addition of spider eggs.
• Bubble Yum is a brand of bubble gum marketed by The Hershey Company. Introduced in 1975 by LifeSavers, the bubble gum was the first soft bubble gum created. In 1977, rumors began to spread that the gum's soft, chewable secret was the addition of spider eggs.
• Sales of the gum soon surpassed sales of Life Savers candy, and it became the most popular bubble gum brand. Nabisco bought Life Savers in 1981, and The Hershey Company acquired the brand in 2000.

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• • Bubble Yum was introduced by Life Savers in 1975. It is regarded as the first soft bubble gum to hit the market. As Dubble Bubble gumballs were the popular gum at the time, consumers found this new form of soft bubble gum to be quite different.

     
     
   
   
• Although Life Savers was the first company to create and promote Bubble Yum, the company was eventually bought out by Nabisco in 1981. In 2000, Nabisco was bought by the Hershey Company.
• Due to the introduction of a new and soft gum, rumors began spreading that the gum was so chewy because it included a special ingredient -- spider eggs. This rumor was proven untrue and renounced with a $100,000 advertisement campaign elicited by the company.
• Bubble Yum comes in numerous different flavors including chocolate, original, watermelon and grape. Each piece of gum contains 25 calories.

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