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Juicy Fruit Gum

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BamBam Community Regular
BamBam
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Jusicy Fruit gum is the only weird thing that I have eaten in the last few weeks. Today my system is all upset again, and was wondering if anyone has had bad luck with it?

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It could also be the aspartame in it. I haven't chewed gum in ages.

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celiac3270 Collaborator
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It's gluten-free. But the artificial sweeteners can give some people problems.

Carriefaith Enthusiast
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Is there anything at all that you ate or did different? Did you eat out or change products, even shampoo?

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jknnej Collaborator
jknnej
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Does anyone know of gum that is NOT gluten-free?

Rachel--24 Collaborator
Rachel--24
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I have reactions to the aspartame in gum.

Carriefaith Enthusiast
Carriefaith
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Some gum can be dusted with a powder to prevent it from sticking. I'm assuming that the powder is usually cornstach, but some companies may use wheat starch or wheat flour.

ravenwoodglass Mentor
ravenwoodglass
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Some gum can be dusted with a powder to prevent it from sticking. I'm assuming that the powder is usually cornstach, but some companies may use wheat starch or wheat flour.

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I stay away from gum for this very reason. I got poisoned by smarties because of this. They don't put what they dust the lines with in the ingredient labels, after all it isn't part of the item!!! :( . I always call and ask before consuming.

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Bernadette-

I do not chew any gum....pretty much any kind unsettles my stomach (definitely if it has artificial sweetners). I think sometimes it is simply that the gum gets our digestive system on alert, the chewing and the gum make our body think we're going to be eating, so the juices get flowing, so to speak :) That's always been one of my theories on why gum upsets me...

mookie03 Contributor
mookie03
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Bernadette-

I do not chew any gum....pretty much any kind unsettles my stomach (definitely if it has artificial sweetners).  I think sometimes it is simply that the gum gets our digestive system on alert, the chewing and the gum make our body think we're going to be eating, so the juices get flowing, so to speak :)  That's always been one of my theories on why gum upsets me...

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jenvan- totally agree. i have the very same rxn to gum and ive always attributed it to that. Especially since i dont have the same rxn to most mints and they have a lot of the same ingredients. The artificial sweeteners bother me in both gum and mints but its different from the feeling i get from just chewing gum

lovegrov Collaborator
lovegrov
Posted

Obviously I can't say it never happens, but in four years of being gluten-free, I've never found a gum where they "dust" the lines with wheat. Also, Smarties in the U.S. (in Canada Smarties are a different candy and are NOT gluten-free) are indeed gluten-free, either that or the company is lying to us.

richard

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FreeTigress Newbie
FreeTigress
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I think we need to take a logical approach when it comes to things like this. Does flour or cornstarch really seem a logical dusting powder for sweetened gum? Take a bit of cornstarch and dust it on your tongue. Does it taste yummy? Not really.

What's more logical to be dusted on these gums is powdered sugar, just like the sugar in the gum itself. After doing a little research, I found a quick site that supported my intuition:

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I'm all for being cautious on foods, especially the unknowns. But logic and common sense has to rule, y'know?

Karen

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Juliebove Rising Star
Juliebove
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I know this is a very old post. But I believe the Mentos gum is not gluten-free. I think there is gluten in the base. I could be wrong though.

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