All commercial chewing gum contains synthetic polymer plastic that does not biodegrade. Thus, each year, these small colored chewing gums represent 100,000 tons of plastic pollution according to the organization Just One Ocean.

Chizca is the first and only 100% natural and biodegradable chewing gum ever produced certified Ecocert produced in Mexico in a sustainable and fair way. It is obtained from the sustainable exploitation of 1.3 million hectares of tropical forest, the Forest of Gran Peten and comes from the Chicozapote tree.