In the instance where a sugarless gum is prepared, the sweetener comprises a sugar substitute, including saccharin and its various salts such as the sodium or calcium salts, cyclamic acis and its various salts such as the sodium salt, the dipeptide sweeteners such as aspartame; dihydrochalcone; glycyrrhizin; Stevia rebaudiana (Stevioside); and sugar alcohols such as sorbitol, sorbitol syrup, manni