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1. Carol says:

   January 30, 2009 at 11:37 am

   Have you found any gum without aspartame? It is impossible! I search the shelves often. If I ever do find a kind, I’m sure it will have artificial colors and flavors anyway!
2. axavier says:

   February 2, 2009 at 3:22 am

   Hi Carol, there are some gums without aspartame. I will try to get you a list. But you a right, that if they do not contain aspartame they will have lots of other stuff in them. In a couple of weeks we’re launching our full site beta version which will have 10,000 + food lists in it.. you’ll be able to find aspartame and color free gums yourself. Watch this space. AX
3. FAB says:

   February 7, 2009 at 7:10 pm

   Trident cinnamon and Stride cinnamon are the readily available sugarfree chewing gums. I have recently had a hard time finding the Trident option, but Stride should be much easier to find everywhere. There are a few companies on line which make gum w/o aspartame. Your local health food store will also carry various brands. Good luck.
4. dbxavier says:

   February 10, 2009 at 7:38 am

   Hi Fab

   Thanks for the info – much appreciated!

   DX
5. tara says:

   May 12, 2009 at 7:34 am

   Even Juicy Fruit has aspartame!!! You can buy Aspartame-less gum at Trader Joes
6. dxavier says:

   May 12, 2009 at 7:23 pm

   Hi Tara,

   Thanks for taking the time out to comment!

   I am also a big juicy fruit fan – can’t get enough of it! So was also disapointed when i found out it had aspartame. But once in a while is okay????

   Also heard that trader joes and whole foods were not too bad for finding aspartame-free gum, but that they were on the $pricey$ side – is that right?

   Thanks again Tara

   Dagan
7. Joyce says:

   October 24, 2009 at 3:45 pm

   Even the gum with sugar or corn syrup have Aspartame. One has to wonder why they are both added. Check out this website: http://www.wnho.net/aspartame_chewing_gum.htm
   Aspartame is a poison yet they are continually adding it to more and more foods, etc. Guess I will have to become a recovering gumoholic!
8. axavier says:

   October 30, 2009 at 9:25 am

   Hi Joyce,

   thanks for your comments. There is definately much conflicting information out there as to the potential ill effects of ingredients like Aspartame. Most government organizations take the position that it is generally safe but that there may be people who have some intollerance to aspartame. If you feel that you might be one of those people then perhaps you should avoid it.

   Best of luck,
   Anton and the FoodEssentials team
9. Mayra says:

   May 7, 2010 at 1:01 pm

   I need to know what food contain Aspartame? can you help me with this.

   Thanks
10. David Mason says:

    May 26, 2010 at 8:45 am

    This has been really useful. My daughter has been suffering from fainting fits for the last 2 months (as well as severe mood swings!) on a daily basis… Just by cutting out sweets she has not had any fainting episodes and she is back to the daughter we know and love!
11. axavier says:

    May 27, 2010 at 4:23 pm

    Hi Mayra,

    We have an iPhone application called the foodessentials scanner that you can use to scan foods and it will tell you whether or not they contain aspartame as well as any other allergens or additives. you can check it out here.

    Hope that helps

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