The UK's first biodegradable chewing gum

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| 23rd June 2009

Chicza - biodegradable chewing gum

Louise Parry chews over the facts behind Chicza, the UK's first biodegradable chewing gum

Louise Parry is a freelance broadcast journalist.

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