Disclosed is a method of forming chewing gum, the method including providing a sizing device configured to size a gum mass into a gum sheet of a desirable width, providing a collecting device upstream of the sizing device, the collecting device including at least a first compartment and a second compartment, the first and second compartments being separated by separator, inputting a first gum mass into the first compartment and a second gum mass into the second compartment, outputting the first gum mass and the second gum mass from the collecting device to the sizing device, and sizing the first gum mass and the second gum mass into a gum sheet of a substantially uniform thickness, the gum sheet including the first gum mass and the second gum mass.
