Common FAQs

If you want your order soon with insurance, then select a TRACKED SHIPPING method.

If you are fine with the slight risk of loss and a potentially longer wait time, but want to save on cost, select our Canada Post NO TRACKING or INSURANCE (5-20 days.) But remember: We are NOT responsible for lost or damaged packages when using this shipping option.

We stock two stores in our Grande Prairie area: Homesteader Health Gateway, and The Crooked Creek General Store. Besides that we're strictly online.

Spruce Gum is a potential choking hazard and for this reason we do not recommend children under the age of 8.

Also, those with dentures, braces, weak or few teeth, jaw issues, allergies to trees, or who have a difficult time chewing things like raw carrots, hard candies or crunchy croutons or tougher meat like steak and jerky should avoid chewing AmberGoo Spruce Gum.

If you decide to chew our Spruce Gum despite this warning, we are not responsible for any harm that might occur.

• Helps clean teeth
• Promotes healthy gums
• Increases saliva which helps remineralize the teeth
• 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 4-8 hours or multiple days! Once removed from your mouth it will be become firm again, so save it (in the little bag or the tin, or set on your bed post) 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.

Traditionally, spruce pitch was believed to have powerful antibacterial properties and was used to make an incredible salve (check out our AmberGoo Bomb!) that rivalled the healing abilities of raw honey and colloidal silver as seen in these studies, 1, 2.

SCIENCE:

View this evaluation of the anti-inflammatory, anti-plaque efficacy, and biocompatibility of Norway spruce (Picea abies) resin extract for oral care applications

PubMed article on Spruce Resin for treating chronic wounds.

This article explains the Antibacterial Activities of Spruce Bark (Picea abies L.) Extract and Its Components Against Human Pathogens

No!

Our Spruce Gum is one ingredient: Canadian Spruce Pitch. Picked straight off the tree, carefully filtered, hand cut, and packaged into a tin, ready for you to chew.

Some people wonder if we dust our Spruce Gum with anything. Again, no. The fine powder is super fine spruce resin created during our cleaning and packaging process.

In contrast, because of its many ingredients and additives, modern chewing gum is highly regulated in many countries. Most of the well known chewing gum brands contain titanium dioxide, artificial food dyes, plastics (gum base), BHT, Talc, Calcium Phosphate, Aspartame and Sugar. Talk about toxic overload!

After chewing a piece of Spruce Gum for 4-8 hours or multiple days, simply let it go back to the earth! But if you happen to swallow it, no harm done :) Some people actually will ingest Spruce Pitch for its medicinal properties.

*Primarily Black and Red Spruce pitch with traces of Pine and Tamarack pitch. May contain traces of natural debris.

One piece of Spruce Gum can be chewed for 4-8 hours or multiple days. You know it's done being chewed when it gets too tough for your liking or begins to become brittle and loose its gumminess.

The odd time there is someone who is unable to get their piece of Spruce Gum into a gummy consistency. It either dissolves or they end up with pieces of spruce pitch all over their mouth.

Try these tips and tricks to get your Spruce Gum 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. But once it comes together you'll be delighted by the quality chew!

It's all part of the wild experience :)

Spruce Gum tasteslike 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.

If you're trying to stop smoking, chew Spruce Gum!

If you want to stop chewing tobacco, chew Spruce Gum!

If you want to stay awake while driving, chew Spruce Gum!

If you love chewing firmer gum to enhance your jawline, chew Spruce Gum!

If you love chewing gum but hate 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?

Because our Spruce Gum is handcrafted and a product of nature each batch is a bit different. However, 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 chew: In general, one piece can be chewed for 4-8 hours or multiple days. Sometimes it's 1-2 days but we've also had some customers chew a piece for 4 days!

4) Toughness of chew: Some pieces are tougher or softer than others. Either way, they still provide more of a full bodied chew than most other chewing gums.

5) Size: Because our Spruce Gum is hand scored 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 simple and natural.