The neon stripes running through the chewing gum Peter Juul Regnersgaard produced from his bag after a meal with colleague and roommate Morten Ebdrup in 2017 worried both men. Something about the lurid colour unsettled them – as did the wads of discarded gum dotting the pavements around their apartment in Copenhagen. “We spent some time that evening and the days after Googling how chewing gum is...