HARAM products by Wrigleys

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Dear Akbar, Thank you for contacting us about animal ingredients and our products. To answer to your question, the vast majority of Wrigley products sold in the U.S. are free from ingredients of animal origin, including egg anddairy products. At present, the only chewing gum exceptions are Extra®Polar Ice stick gum and Juicy Fruit® pellet gums. Extra® Polar Ice gumand Orbit® Crystal Mint contain tiny flavor beads encased in a microscopiclayer of gelatin, which is animal based. We have requested the developmentof a gelatin-free flavor bead that is currently being worked on by our supplier.

Juicy Fruit Grapermelon and Strappleberry gums use shellac as a coating agent. The different varieties of our ALTOIDS mints do contain very small quantities of gelatin which is derived from pork .Gelatin does not impart any flavor to ALTOIDS, but it's a necessary ingredientfor the texture of the mint. When we use gelatin it is thoroughly purified and dried during its manufacturing process. Our staff is continually looking at alternatives to animal gelatin, but at the moment we've not been ableto find a substitute that produces the same quality you've come to lovewith ALTOIDS. Our LifeSaver gummies do contain small quantities of gelatin, which is also derived from pork. It followsthe same drying and purifying process as with the Altoids. If your diet does not allow you to consume animal by products such as dairy, our CremeSaver line does contain cream, which is a dairy by product. On the same note, our LifeSaver Fusions and LifeSaver gummies are produced on the same line as our CremeSavers, so there is a chance of cross contamination. Our CremeSaver soft chews also contain a small amount of gelatin, which is pork based. We hope this information has been helpful and thanks again for contacting the Wrigley Company. Sincerely, Ryné King Consumer Affairs Representative

Therefore according to the info above the following products of theirs are Haram: Extra® Polar Ice stick gum and Juicy Fruit® pellet gums. Extra® Polar Ice gum and Orbit® Crystal Mint Juicy Fruit Grapermelon and Strappleberry gums ALTOIDS mints Our LifeSaver gummies CremeSaver LifeSaver Fusions and LifeSaver. The remaining are halal