589261 Disclosed is process for manufacturing chewing gum. The chewing gum comprises a core formed by at least one gum base and at least one sweetener. The process comprises the steps of: a) processing a chewing gum formulation to obtain a plurality of cores b) spraying a fluid consisting of liquid water in a quantity between 0.1% and 20% by weight of the core so as to wet the outer surface of each core, and c) coating the wet outer surface of each core with at least one coating substance in particulate form having mean particle size between 100 mum and 700 mum.