Are Gum and Candy Same?

Gum and candy are very popular for many years ago. Sometimes, we say gum is chocolate but actually, it’s not considered as chocolate all the time.

Chewing gum or bubble gum is a soft cohesive thing designed to be chewed without being swallowed. Modern chewing gum is made of gum-based sweeteners, artificial flavors, fruit colors, and, typically, a hard or powdered organic compound coating.

On the other hand, we all know about candy which is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. Candy is also called sugar confectionery, one kind of sweet confection including chocolate, chewing gum or bubble gum, and sugar candy.

Is gum a candy? This is the question that arise sometimes in our mind. The short answer is yes, gum can be considered as candy but there are many conflicting matters are present between them. You may also think if candy and chocolate are the same? but in this article Let’s discuss only, why gum is a kind of candy and what are the dissimilarities between them.

Why is gum considered candy?

Most people consider gum as candy. Some people think that only bubblegum is candy, not the typical chewing gum. Bubblegum comes with different kinds of flavors of fruit and food, that’s why it is a favorite to all kids and young people.

The candy carries the fruit flavor also like bubblegum. Chewing gum is preferred by adults and it contains some flavor, unlike candy.

Both the gum and candy are composed of sugar and are considered confectionery food. Many of them contain the same ingredients like different kinds of fruit and artificial color, direct sugar or substitute of sugar, etc.

Gumballs are so popular among young kids because of their shape and fruity taste that is similar to candy but softens like gum.

Candy-coated gum is most preferable. If we think of the manufacturing process, we can also observe that, without the gum base product, all are almost the same in gum and candy. That is the reason both are equally popular among young people.

If we consider the advantages of gum and candy, many similarities can be found. Both are good to reactivate the sleepy brain to work again.

Process oxygen to the brain and increase the blood flow. Both can enhance memory and cognitive function as well. Chewing gum is helpful to wake you up as candy did with drowsy people in the morning activity. Both can relieve you from dry mouth problems and emit a good smell from the mouth as well.

So, from the above article, we can say that bubble gum can be considered candy truly. Great sugary taste and loads of fun built-in every piece. But Gum has a big versatility as a candy item. So, we cannot say that all kinds of gums are truly candy.

Dissimilarities between gum and candy

Many things between gum and candy are not common. Candy has multiple definitions, so sometimes it depends on how you define candy and gum.

The big dissimilarity between gum and candy is the eating process. ‘Candy’ is a generic term or name of all sweet tasted confectionery products, people usually eat that food or product, never spit it out. But the gum is a chewy confection that lasts for a considerable length of time and people usually spit it out when they have finished chewing it.

If we consider gum as candy because of the common ingredient sugar, then what will we think about it when candy is sugar-free? Though a sugar-free candy also has artificial sweeteners but not similar to gum. 

Another difference is that we normally bite the candy and swallow it, and digest it just like other food. But if we accidentally swallow the gum, then it will not harm anything but does not digest like candy. It comes out just like undigested food in the toilet. 

Both gum and candy are bad for our teeth, because of the sugar, but chewing gum is slightly better than candy. During eating, candy broke down into tiny pieces and penetrates inside the teeth and spoils the teeth, then it may need to lose the teeth sometimes after a lot of suffering. But chewing gum is never broken down and no chance to get inside the teeth. It just contains sugar which is bad for teeth. We usually spit it out after a considerable time.  

Finally, one thing is obvious that the purpose of manufacturing these two products is different. When we want to eat sweet or sweetener food like other food, then we prefer candy most of the time. Candy is made mainly for kids and young people who like to eat sweets. On the other hand, chewing gum or bubblegum is made for adults. To wet the mouth and to keep the activeness of work, we chew the gum and continue the charm in mind and brain. 

So, we can easily consider the gum as candy but we have to consider many conflicting matters and dissimilarities also with it.