How can sugar-free gum taste sweet?


Watch our episode on what makes gum chewy.


Join MIT-trained chemist and science educator George Zaidan as he tries to re-create everyday household products like toothpaste, lipstick, or shaving cream using only natural ingredients … and no recipe! He’ll have to decode long lists of intimidating chemical names, figure out what they all do, try to find natural substitutes, and then cook up the do-it-yourself versions in his chemistry lab (kitchen). While George may or may not succeed, we'll all learn something new and surprising about the products we take for granted every day.


Copyright 2016 Free Energy Productions LLC. Produced in partnership with National Geographic.

Credits:
Editor: Daniel Carbone
Graphics and Animations: Per Hoel
Illustrator: Brett Paci
Overlays: Ceri Riley
Director of Photography: Adam Morrell and Emily Wathen
Theme Music: Pickup Stix
Created and Executive Produced by: George Zaidan and Elizabeth Choe

For National Geographic:
Vice President, Digital Video: James Williams
Executive Producer: Danielle Steinberg
Producer: Will Halicks
Associate Producer: Milaena Hamilton
Associate Producer: Lindsay Benson
Special thanks to Stephanie Atlas, Lisa Covi, Dan Steinmetz, Rebekah Barlas, Nicola Overstreet, Anna Kukelhaus, Kelsey Taylor, Gabe Bullard, Becky Little, Todd Hermann, Teresa Tate, Brett Weisband, Liane DiStefano

Sources:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/262568/leading-us-sugarless-gum-brands-based-on-sales/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18451371
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19089107
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/alternative-sweeteners-3rd-ed-revised-and-expanded-2001-naborsobrien-editor-pp-572-marcel-dekker-17500-isbn-0-8247-0437-1/BABD476C82B81C00E322CAEE2137E066
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24741154
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14356007.a25_413.pub3/abstract
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14356007.a26_023.pub2/abstract
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00217-015-2437-7
https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/324534
http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/retrieveECFR?gp=1&SID=17e0a3cb4ba88858f08e8c99a0d278d1&h=L&mc=true&n=sp21.2.101.e&r=SUBPART&ty=HTML#se21.2.101_180
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25809586

How can sugar-free gum taste sweet?


Watch our episode on what makes gum chewy.


Join MIT-trained chemist and science educator George Zaidan as he tries to re-create everyday household products like toothpaste, lipstick, or shaving cream using only natural ingredients … and no recipe! He’ll have to decode long lists of intimidating chemical names, figure out what they all do, try to find natural substitutes, and then cook up the do-it-yourself versions in his chemistry lab (kitchen). While George may or may not succeed, we'll all learn something new and surprising about the products we take for granted every day.


Copyright 2016 Free Energy Productions LLC. Produced in partnership with National Geographic.

Credits:
Editor: Daniel Carbone
Graphics and Animations: Per Hoel
Illustrator: Brett Paci
Overlays: Ceri Riley
Director of Photography: Adam Morrell and Emily Wathen
Theme Music: Pickup Stix
Created and Executive Produced by: George Zaidan and Elizabeth Choe

For National Geographic:
Vice President, Digital Video: James Williams
Executive Producer: Danielle Steinberg
Producer: Will Halicks
Associate Producer: Milaena Hamilton
Associate Producer: Lindsay Benson
Special thanks to Stephanie Atlas, Lisa Covi, Dan Steinmetz, Rebekah Barlas, Nicola Overstreet, Anna Kukelhaus, Kelsey Taylor, Gabe Bullard, Becky Little, Todd Hermann, Teresa Tate, Brett Weisband, Liane DiStefano

Sources:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/262568/leading-us-sugarless-gum-brands-based-on-sales/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18451371
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19089107
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/alternative-sweeteners-3rd-ed-revised-and-expanded-2001-naborsobrien-editor-pp-572-marcel-dekker-17500-isbn-0-8247-0437-1/BABD476C82B81C00E322CAEE2137E066
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24741154
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14356007.a25_413.pub3/abstract
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14356007.a26_023.pub2/abstract
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00217-015-2437-7
https://www.karger.com/Article/Abstract/324534
http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/retrieveECFR?gp=1&SID=17e0a3cb4ba88858f08e8c99a0d278d1&h=L&mc=true&n=sp21.2.101.e&r=SUBPART&ty=HTML#se21.2.101_180
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25809586