American Chicle Company

The American Chicle Company was a chewing gum trust founded by Thomas Adams, Jr., with Edward E. Beeman and Jonathan Primle.

[1] Thomas Adams (May 4, 1818 – February 7, 1905) was a 19th-century American scientist and inventor who is regarded as a founder of the chewing gum industry.

Adams conceived the idea while working as a secretary to former Mexican leader Antonio López de Santa Anna, who chewed a natural gum called chicle.

The business was composed of the chewing gum concerns in Brooklyn, New York (Adams Sons & Company); Cleveland, Ohio (W. J.

[6] American Chicle utilized Dancer Fitzgerald Sample in 1950 to promote its products via radio, newspapers, and television.

Beeman's Pepsin Gum from the American Chicle Company
Adams Pepsin Tutti Frutti Gum
An advertisement of Adams chewing gum
Two women operating gum-wrapping machine at the American Chicle Company Plant in Brooklyn, New York, 1923