We have already seen Wonka sweets on our shelves thanks to Nestlé's The Willy Wonka Candy Company. We've had Wonka Bars along with their golden tickets; we've even had Everlasting Gobstoppers (which were, unfortunately, not everlasting). However, scientist Dave Hart from the Institute of Food Research (IFR) has gone one step further and cracked the equation to turn Roald Dahl's multi-flavoured chewing gum into reality.

In Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (and subsequent film adaptations, the most recent of which being Tim Burton's Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory), Willy Wonka claims that his gum is able to convey the flavours of “tomato soup, roast beef and baked potatoes, and blueberry pie and ice cream”.