Candy and snack company Mondelez International said Monday it’s selling its U.S., Canadian and European gum business to Perfetti Van Melle Group for $1.35 billion.

I tried a 60-count of ice mint at first, way more than you’d get in a traditional pack anyway, and for $0.15 a chiclet, I was frugally chewing delightful sugar-free gum all day. Saved View ...

Mondelez International will sell its gum business, which includes brands such as Trident, Chiclets and Bubblicious, to the European gum and confectionary maker Perfetti Van Melle Group for $1.35 ...

One of its first hits was “Chiclets,” the original candy-coated gum. By 1920, the company’s founder was a millionaire, but he still had not managed to figure out how to make bubble gum.

As soon as he got there, his grandmother would quietly slip him a forbidden, non-kosher treat: Chiclets, the small, square pieces of gum. One day, when he was around 7, his mother happened to see ...