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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Orbit gum will be rebranded as Extra from January". Betterretailing.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018 . Retrieved 19 July 2018. Find sources: "Extra"gum– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( June 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) 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.

As with many food and drinks we have looked at, the answer to the question “is chewing gum vegan?” can be summarised as “often it is… but not always”. We’ll look at what can make gum non-vegan friendly shortly, as well as how you might be able to ascertain whether or not your favourite brand is vegan or not. Used in a range of foods, including chocolate, bread and vegan butter substitutes, lecithin can be made from soy, rapeseed and sunflower but also from animals products, such as milk and, of course, eggs. Gelatine is one of the better-known vegan baddies and is a collagen product that is derived from various parts of one or more of any number of animals. Much gelatine comes from the hooves, skins, hide and bones of pigs and cows. Whatever part of whatever animal it comes from, when it is added to a gum or other foodstuff, it renders the finished product unsuitable for both vegans and vegetarians. Extra was launched in 1984 as the Wrigley Company's first ever sugarfree product, and became one of the most popular brands of chewing gum in the United States within a few years. [2] It was also the first sugarfree gum not to use saccharin, instead using the NutraSweet brand, a sweetener developed by G.D. Searle & Co. that had less bitterness and was believed to be safer in humans and laboratory animals; it was later reformulated with aspartame in 1997.Stearic acid is naturally occurring in chocolate and it is an additive to some chewing gums. Like glycerine, it can be produced from both animals and plants, and although it generally occurs in high quantities in animal fats, cocoa butter – used in chocolate – is a key exception. This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources. For now though, we’ll make things nice and easy by listing some key brands of chewing and bubble gum that are vegan. As ever, this comes with the caveat that manufacturers may change their ingredients or processes but equally that nowadays it is unlikely for a vegan brand to switch to become non-vegan. Brand 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. Extra® Gum, the Official Sponsor of the Mexican National Team, Brings CONCACAF Gold... – CHICAGO, 24 June 2011 /PRNewswire/". Prnewswire.com . Retrieved 4 March 2013.

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?E129 has been linked with various health issues and is being phased out in the UK, whilst being illegal in other countries. You might want to avoid it on those grounds but it is vegan and may also be listed as: Allura Red AC, FD&C Red 40, c.i. 16035, Red 40 Lake or Red 40 Aluminum Lake. Glycerine 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!“ 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. The brand identity of Extra gum varies considerably in different markets, often having completely different flavours, logos and slogans for each country. Extra is currently the sponsor of the Mexico national football team. [3]