WRIGLEY CHEWING GUMS

My friends always ask me about the chewing gums. I've received this e-mail below from a friend. It is pretty detailed. Any of us can contact these companies and they give us the information. Please call or send an e-mail for the products you use to increase the awareness of Halal among the American companies.

Thank you for contacting us about animal ingredients and our products.To answer to your question, the vast majority of Wrigley products sold in theU.S. are free from ingredients of animal origin, including egg and dairyproducts. At present, the only chewing gum exceptions are Extra® Polar Icestick gum and Juicy Fruit® pellet gums. Extra® Polar Ice gum and Orbit® Crystal Mint contain tiny flavor beads encasedin a microscopic layer of gelatin, which is animal based. We have requested thedevelopment of a gelatin-free flavor bead that is currently being worked on byour supplier. Juicy Fruit Grapermelon and Strappleberry gums use shellac as acoating agent.The different varieties of our ALTOIDS mints do contain very small quantitiesof gelatin which is derived from pork. Gelatin does not impart any flavor toALTOIDS, but it's a necessary ingredient for the texture of the mint. When weuse gelatin it is thoroughly purified and dried during its manufacturingprocess. Our staff is continually looking at alternatives to animal gelatin,but at the moment we've not been able to find a substitute that produces thesame quality you've come to love with ALTOIDS. Our LifeSaver gummies do contain small quantities of gelatin, which is alsoderived from pork. It follows the same drying and purifying process as with theAltoids.If your diet does not allow you to consume animal byproducts such as dairy, ourCremeSaver line does contain cream, which is a dairy byproduct. On the samenote, our LifeSaver Fusions and LifeSaver gummies are produced on the same lineas our CremeSavers, so there is a chance of cross contamination. Our CremeSaversoft chews also contain a small amount of gelatin, which is pork based.We hope this information has been helpful and thanks again for contacting theWrigley Company.Sincerely,Ryné KingConsumer Affairs Representative
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Therefore according to the info above the following products of theirs are Haram:
Extra® Polar Ice Stick GumJuicy Fruit® pellet gums. Extra® Polar Ice gum and Orbit® Crystal MintJuicy Fruit Grapermelon and Strappleberry gumsALTOIDS mintsOur LifeSaver gummiesCremeSaverLifeSaver Fusions and LifeSaver
The remaining are halal