Save My Marriage: Is Gum "candy"

[Majestic Lane Poultry]

NO silly. It's G U M

 

[SarahFair]

Candy Candy Candy

C-A-N-D-Y


I love gum. Gum is my friend.
Dont chew this because its candy.
Throw it out with candy
Not gum.

 

[muttly]

Yeh moms are always right

 

[Wifezilla]

If I toss some apples and peaches into a blender and drink them, its still fruit

It's candy too

Most of what passes for food these days is actually just "candy". Breakfast cereal is one of the worst offenders.

As for sugar free gum, that is actually good for your teeth. I consider that dental therapy

 

[SunAngel]

The main base of most 'candy' is sugar...then it is flavored with different things...flavors, cocoa, etc.

Gum:
Chicle is the natural gum from Manilkara chicle, which is a tropical evergreen tree native to Central America. It was traditionally used in chewing gum. While the Wrigley Company was a prominent user of this material, today there are only a few companies that still make chewing gum from natural chicle. This is because by the 1960s chicle was replaced by butadiene-based synthetic rubber which was cheaper to manufacture.

Butadiene-based synthetic rubber, with flavor and even some sugar added...does not make it a candy.

 

[Wildsky]

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I think we all agree then, its CANDY for sure.


They took the caffeine out my coffee and still called it coffee. Whats up with that? surely it would just be called hot flavored water.

 

[SunAngel]

If they took the sugar out of gum, it would still be called gum. But if they take the rubber out of gum, then it would be candy (flavored sugar)!

 

[PortageGirl]

If it has sugar in it, it's candy. If it's sugar free it may be less bad for them, but it still promotes the idea that you gotta have something sweet in your mouth all the time or you are deprived somehow. It's a stepping stone to bad attitude about food/treats.

 

[SunAngel]

Hmmm....cake, cookies, pastry, bread, milk, etc etc etc cannot all be candy.

There is even sugar in Stove Top Stuffing and I know thats not a candy.

 

[Wildsky]

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Yes, and if you peel an apple its still an apple. which happens to be a fruit, and a fruit is still a fruit even if you peel it.

Gum is still candy even if you take the suger out. (yes it will also still be gum)