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yes please, find another ingredient that doesn't involve smuggling it out of a war-torn country, at the very least. Unfortunately i didn't know this when i boug
by genewitch 2y ago
yes please, find another ingredient that doesn't involve smuggling it out of a war-torn country, at the very least. Unfortunately i didn't know this when i bought some and now i got a giant tub of conflict gum that i'll probably never use. I got it to make "Chocolate Frosty" that wouldn't have the tiny ice crystals in it. It didn't work, i think you have to put it in something that is hot in order to activate it, and i didn't want to experiment to find out which part i could heat up without affecting the end result.
there are other gums, too. And now that i know about the collection of gum arabic i'll avoid it in processed stuff, too. I already boycott nestle, and i can do without coca-cola, too.
- Aloisius 2y agoCoca-cola itself doesn't appear to contain gum arabic, at least not in the US. Outside the US, there are Coca-cola products that do though like some Schweppes and Fanta sodas.
- genewitch 2y agoI feel like people misinterpreted what i was saying. I will now, when i am looking at a processed food, look for Gum Arabic in the ingredient list, and not purchase anything that contains it. I know what it is, because i have bought it for its intended purpose prior to learning it was possibly smuggled from a conflict area. I don't have any problem not buying products for reasons like this. No problem whatsoever. So if a company wants me to buy its product, they can use another ingredient that doesn't involve smuggling it out of a conflict zone.