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Welcome! We're Amber and Goo
Our Products
Browse our selection of wildcrafted spruce gum, Ivan chai and natural skin care products
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AmberGoo Bomb (Traditional Spruce Pitch Salve)
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Canadian Spruce Gum 15g
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Canadian Spruce Gum 30g
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Canadian Spruce Gum Trial Size
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Lip Bomb: Honey and Grass-fed Tallow
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Master the Art of Ivan Chai Tea – 33 Minute Video Course
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Russian IVAN CHAI Wildcrafted in Alberta
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Whipped YAK BOMB: Grassfed Yak Tallow Salve Infused with Essential Oils
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YAK BOMB: Grassfed Yak Tallow with Beeswax
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What customers are saying
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Cameron, Canada
"If you’re thinking about ordering the Spruce gum, don't hesitate! It's clearly made with love, and feels so good to chew. It's like having a tree in your mouth in the best of ways! I will definitely be getting more."
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Jake, Australia
"I stumbled across this spruce gum on etsy and I'm so glad I did! I was fed up with super sweet chews that only last a few minutes and wanted to do the right thing for the planet by switching to natural, biodegradable gum. I wasn't sure on the flavour at first, it's like comparing celery to a lollipop, but the flavour has grown on me and it is impressive how long the gum lasts. Highly recommend this old fashioned gem!"
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Jennifer, USA
"Excellent. This is the third chewing gum I have tried like this and it is the best! I’ll be sticking with it and buying from this fabulous seller again. Thank you so much!"
Why Spruce Gum?
Nature’s best kept chewing secret and the missing piece in your oral health routine. The ultimate chewing gum for health and adventure, but not for the faint of heart!
Spruce gum freshens your breath, can last for 3 DAYS, and strengthens your jaw muscles, giving you a more defined jawline. Chisel jaw, anyone?
Throughout history people have chewed Spruce Gum for pleasure, to clean their teeth, and to aid digestion.
What's in it?
AmberGoo's Spruce Gum is one simple and all natural ingredient: spruce pitch.
ZERO SWEET! No more chewing plastics and ingesting toxic sweeteners! It's time to chew natural and avoid waste, not only for our bodies, but also the environment.
It tastes like a tree, but chews just like gum.
How's it made?
Our whole process is done by hand and in small batches.
The pitch is hand collected from spruce trees all across western Canada before undergoing a gentle filtering process in order to remove debris such as needles and bark.
Finally, each batch is carefully tested to ensure that our customers experience the best possible chew found in nature!
How it all began...
We're two sisters, Amberlin (Amber) and Julia (Goo - yes, that's really her pet name), who live in Alberta, Canada, and have a passion for wild, natural and traditional.
Amber first heard about chewing spruce gum around the age of 8 from an older fellow from Missouri. She was with her Dad and siblings camping out at their mouse-infested trapper's cabin deep in the woods of Northern British Columbia when her curiosity got the best of her. She remembered what Mr. Argile from Missouri had said about chewing spruce gum when he was a boy, however, when she saw the sticky goo on the tree she thought, "How in the world can you chew THAT as GUM?" Despite her logical reasoning, she climbed up the noble spruce, removed some of the pitch and put it in her mouth. Bit of a sticky business: of course the fresh sap got all over her hands, in in hair, and of course completely stuck in her teeth! "That does NOT turn into chewing gum!" She told Mom when she got home and they got the pitch out of her hair using peanut butter.
Despite her first attempt of chewing spruce gum being unsuccessful, she couldn't shake off what Mr. Argile told her, and about 10 years later she decided to try again. This time she did some research and found out that spruce gum used to be very popular in the early to mid 1800's before other chicle and paraffin gum came to the market. Amber found successful chew in a raw piece off the tree and was hooked!
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Common FAQs
Do you add ANYTHING to the Spruce Gum?
Due to its many ingredients and additives, chewing gum is highly regulated in many countries. Most of our well known chewing gum brands contain titanium dioxide, artificial food dyes, plastics (gum base), BHT, Calcium Phosphate, Aspartame and Sugar. Talk about toxic overload!
In complete contrast, our Spruce Gum is one ingredient: Canadian Spruce Pitch. Picked straight off the tree, filtered through a sieve, and packaged into a tin, ready for you to chew.
When you're done chewing a piece for about three days, simply let it go right back to the earth. And if you happen to swallow it, no harm done. (Honestly, you'd be better off swallowing spruce gum than eating a donut in our opinion!)
How LONG can you chew it?
Most people find they can chew a piece of spruce gum for three days. You know it's done being chewed because it becomes too tough to chew and more bitter tasting.
What if it DOESN'T turn into gum?
The odd time there is someone who is unable to get their piece of Spruce Gum into a gummy consistency, and instead they end up with pieces of spruce pitch all over their mouth, or it simply dissolves.
Why does this sometimes happen? We're honestly not sure. Our Spruce Gum is a pure product of nature and it could be a number of things: the PH of the person's mouth; perhaps they were just drinking alcohol; maybe they just finished eating something cold; maybe it's simply because it's their first time and they just don't have the technique; or, maybe there's another reason that we're just not aware of yet. In any case we recommend trying another piece or two to see if there's any better luck. Try and keep it in one side of your mouth, warming and working the pieces together.
We personally test each batch to ensuring that our customers receive the absolute best chewing experience possible. But if you happen to be one of those people who just couldn't get it gummy, no shame! Please reach out to us and we will see how we can help you :)
Does it actually get GUMMY?
YES!!
Often the initial shatter and pull-back-together takes between 20 and 60 seconds and so it can be a bit of a shocker if you don't know what to expect.
It's all part of the wild experience.
What does it TASTE like?
Spruce Gum tastes just like a spruce tree! Not sweet at all, but fresh and crisp like an evergreen forest on a summer's morning walk. Your mouth will be left feeling clean and your breath refreshed.
Who should NOT chew Spruce Gum?
We do not recommend children under the age of 10, people with false teeth, few teeth, or those who have a difficult time chewing things like raw carrots or tougher meat chew our Spruce Gum.
Who SHOULD chew Spruce Gum?
If you're trying to stop smoking, chew spruce gum!
If you want to stop chewing tobacco, try Spruce Gum!
If you love chewing firmer gum to enhance your jawline, chew Spruce Gum!
If you love chewing but hate the sugars and toxins, chew Spruce Gum!
If you love wild and rugged and are in for an experience, chew Spruce Gum!
If you value your health - chew Spruce Gum.
Now you tell me, are you chewing Spruce Gum?
Is it all the SAME?
Because our Spruce gum is a product of nature each batch is a bit different. We personally test every batch to ensure that our customers experience the best quality chew possible.
Some of these variations include:
1) Colour appearance: Some batches have a darker appearance while others are more golden.
2) Flavour strength and bitterness: Some batch are very sprucy, some lean more to the bitter side, and some are more mild in both spruce flavour and bitterness.
3) Length of chewability: Some pieces can be chewed for 4 days, while others maybe 1-2. It also depends on how many hours they are chewed for. But in general you can chew one piece for 3 days.
4) Toughness of chew: Some pieces are tougher or softer than others. Either way though they still provide more of full bodied chew than most gum.
5) Size: Because every piece of gum is scored by hand there are some pieces that are larger and smaller than others.
In all these variations we do our best to provide a consistent product while keeping things as simple and natural as possible.
What's it GOOD for?
- Cleans teeth
- Promotes healthy gums
- Freshens breath
- Incredible spruce flavour!
- Sugar-Free
- Strengthens jaw muscles giving you a more defined jawline
- Contains powerful antibacterial, antimicrobial, anti-viral, anti-septic, and anti-fungal properties
- Increases saliva production which aids digestion
- Unlike ordinary chewing gum, one piece of spruce gum can be chewed for up to 3 days! Once removed from your mouth it will be become firm again, so save it (in the little bag or the tin) for the next time you want to chew it! This can be repeated until it gets too tough to chew, falls apart, or becomes too bitter for your liking.
Shipping Options
We ship all across North America and Internationally, including United Arab Emirates, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Switzerland, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Hong Kong SAR, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Sweden, and Singapore.
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