There is some ingediants in my gum I am not familiaur with?

Question

Here they are:acacia, mannitol and something called BHT which ir meant to keep the gum fresh. What Are these?

Answer 1

~BHT: preservative
~Mannitol: sugar alcohol, makes it taste sweet w/o calories (oh, and more than about 2 peices a day of foods containing mannitol or xylitol will give you diarrhea)
~acacia: kind of tree; flavoring.