is sugarless gum like dentyne ice and trident really sugar free? if it is..how come its so sweet?

Answer 1

Most sugarless gum brands contain aspartame which is a sweetener, like sugar.

Answer 2

Yes they are.........

Sugar-Free Blues--Everything You Wanted to Know About Artificial Sweeteners
By Jim Earles

When William Dufty published his classic book, Sugar Blues, he probably did not envisage the dilemma that so many people would face in later years with the profusion of sugar substitutes. It’s a dilemma that many health-conscious people have witnessed, if not experienced themselves, and it frequently seems to "pop up" over pop (or soda, depending upon one’s regional vernacular).

The dilemma goes something like this: "I would really like to cut out all the sugar and empty calories I get from soft drinks, but I’ve heard that the aspartame in the diet drinks is bad for me too. What should I do?" Certainly the best answer would be to give up soft drinks entirely in favor of a more health-promoting alternative, but this is much easier said than done for many long-time addicts of the sugar-water industry. Unfortunately, the dilemma doesn’t end with our choice of beverages.

A cursory glance down the aisles of any grocery store these days will reveal a host of sugar-free, low-calorie products, all promising to be the dieter’s best friend. Readers of Wise Traditions may already know that the words "sugar-free" on a product label frequently translate into "DO NOT TAKE INTERNALLY--CONTAINS ASPARTAME," but what about all of the other sugar substitutes out there?

Answer 3

Because it uses an artificial sweetener. Have you ever heard of Sweet-n-Low, Equal or Splenda? Those are not made of real sugur, but artificial sweeteners.

A sugar substitute, or artificial sweetener, is a food additive which attempts to duplicate the effect of sugar or corn syrup in taste, but often with less food energy.

Check out the link below for more information on this product.

Answer 4

yes it is really sugar free. It is sweet because it has nutrisweet also known as aspartame. It is a sugar substitute that does not have any calories. Plus your teeth are much happier chewing sugar free gum since sugar causes cavities.

Lolly

Answer 5

I purely examine an editorial some great dane that picked up some gum on a walk and ate it, proprietor could not get it out of his mouth. He concept not something of it till the subsequent day and that they had to hurry the canine to the vet. Few hrs later the canine died. The necropsy chanced on the gum and the vet shown that it replace into Xylitol poisoning. that's like another project foodstuff for canine (chocolate, and so on) some canine can cope with slightly or lots yet some cant' cope with any in any respect....

Answer 6

I totally agree with Christian's answer ! and if you haven't read it, get a copy of SUGAR BLUES ! Those chewing gums, just like the sugar free yogurts, are using artificial and harmful sweeteners.

Answer 7

If you define "sugar" as "sucrose" (the white crystal stuff that people usually put in coffee etc. to make it sweet) then yes, it's "sugar free". It's sweet because it contains an artificial sweetener like sorbitol.

Answer 8

They use sugar substitutes like Sweet n Low, Splenda, and Nutra Sweet

Answer 9

Yes because my friend went to the dentist for cavities and the dentist said the cause is sugarfree gum because it still contains sugar.

Answer 10

sometimes sugar substitutes taste sweeter than the real thing. that is why some packets say = to 2 teaspons of sugar