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Japanese brand of chewing gum

This article is about the caffeinated Japanese chewing gum. For the musical group, seeBlackblack.

Black Black (ブラックブラック,Burakku Burakku) is a brand ofcaffeinated chewing gum produced inJapan byLotte that has been sold since 1983.^[1] It is popular in Japan, partially due to itstelevision commercials that starJean-Claude Van Damme. After being mentioned byWired in 2003, which described its effect as "Sambuca spiked withVicks VapoRub",^[2] Lotte Black Black became popular in the United States^{[citation needed]}. The gum's name is derived from itscharcoal-likecolor.^{[clarification needed]}

Ingredients includesugar, starch syrup,grape sugar,erythritol,oolong tea extract,ginkgo extract,chrysanthemum flower extract, gum base, flavorings, coloring agents (cacao,gardenia),caffeine, andnicotinamide. A persistenturban legend holds that the gum containsnicotine, the misconception stemming from confusion with nicotinamide, a different substance related to theB vitamins.

^"ロッテ商品カタログガム, Lotte(Japan) products information of chewing gum" (in Japanese). Lotte (Japan). Retrieved2008-01-25.昭和58年6月に「眠気スッキリ！ブラックブラックガム」を発売 In June,Shōwa 58 (1983), the sales of black black gum started.
^"What Wired staffers bought this month". Wired magazine. February 2003. p. 1. Retrieved2016-10-02.

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