Wrigley's Extra Sugarfree Chewing Gum, Refreshing Strawberry Flavour, Freshens Breath, With Xylitol, Helps with Oral Hygiene for Healthy Teeth and Gums 30 x 10 Packs

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Chewing gum advert banned over fears children could copy it and choke". Metro.co.uk. 21 February 2018 . Retrieved 19 July 2018.Orbit gum will be rebranded as Extra from January". Betterretailing.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018 . Retrieved 19 July 2018. Mentos Pure Fresh Peppermint and Spearmint, Mentos Sugar Free Gum Peppermint, Spearmint & Mentos Air Action are vegan friendly. Mentos 3 Layer, Strawberry Squeeze and Juice Burst gum are non-vegan.

Natural flavors can come from both animal or plant sources, but the natural flavors in candies are typically from plant sources. Those natural flavors from animal-origin will be highlighted if known. Carmine is a red food dye derived from the cochineal insect. Just to keep us on our toes, it can be listed on the ingredients in a number of different ways, including simply carmine but also the following: crimson lake, carmine lake, natural red 4, carminic acid, cochineal, cochineal extract or by its E number, E120. And, to really keep us on our toes, its Colour Index International number is c.i. 75470. Got that?In almost all candy products, one of the first few ingredients is Sugar. Sugar is a controversial product in the vegan community because refined cane sugar is processed with bone char to achieve the pure white color. The sugar itself does not contain any bone char particles, but is not vegan due to the processing methods used. Since the type of sugar is typically not stated, it is assumed to be vegan in this analysis. If you choose to avoid non-vegan sugars than all of the products in this analysis should be avoided. A full rundown on if sugar is vegan can be found in our article titled “ Is Your Sugar Vegan? Lets Find Out!“ One more gum ultimately owned by Mars and another where most flavours are vegan but some (containing gelatine) are not As you can see from the lists above, as is so often the case, the waters of veganism are muddy and many popular UK and global brands bring out some products that are vegan and some that are not. That means that knowing how to discern whether a gum is vegan or not is crucial, especially as most brands do not clearly label their products one way or the other. Many that are vegan friendly may still be marked as suitable for vegetarians (leaving vegans guessing!) or simply may not be labelled at all.