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Tic Tacs and Eclipse Gum

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oddlefty
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I think I lost a little love for those 1 calorie breath mints today.

If you look at the Nutrition Facts on Tic Tacs and Eclipse gum, you will see as one of the last ingredients "Carnauba Wax".

This Carnauba wax is the main source of candles and surfboard wax, is also used for automobile wax, shoe polish, and furniture polish and buffering.

http://www.carnaubawaxshop.com/content/images/carnauba-wax-by-hand-01.jpg

Does this at all make you want to eat less Tic Tacs, Eclipse gum, candy corn, or Altoids?

http://www.valiantspares.com.au/images/Carnauba%20Wax%20Liquid.JPG

Jan 27 2009 10:48AM
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oddlefty
Posts: 46 - Karma: 10
Yeh, I know. But using it as a preservative and outside coating still makes me sad for my Tic tacs.
Jan 27 2009 10:56AM
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SteezethePirate
Posts: 506 - Karma: 34
they are so tasty.
Jan 27 2009 11:00AM
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marc_sncl
Posts: 612 - Karma: 16
i heard spinach contains a lot of iron. iron, that's what ... is made of.

do you get my point? doesn't have to be bad at all
Jan 27 2009 11:12AM
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wh@t
Posts: 6204 - Karma: 51
i have chronic anemia, my blood doesnt retain alot of iron. stop making fun of me!
Jan 27 2009 11:15AM
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oddlefty
Posts: 46 - Karma: 10
Iron is a good thing to have in your blood though.. the main ingredient of surfboard wax isn't.
Jan 27 2009 11:15AM
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Moonlight
Posts: 905 - Karma: 18
Ah I eat orange tic tacs by the carton
Jan 27 2009 11:28AM
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ClownPrince
Posts: 500 - Karma: 10
Maybe you should eat more wax.
Then you would run faster. You know, less friction and all...
Jan 27 2009 1:53PM
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Jake...
Posts: 11976 - Karma: 296
those orange tic tacs.. love em. thanks for ruining my day asshole.
Jan 27 2009 2:07PM
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steezeaholic.
Posts: 894 - Karma: 39
thats nasttyy
Jan 27 2009 5:56PM
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k-rob
Posts: 14217 - Karma: 2,891
why would it turn me off of tic tacs? they're still awesome, and i'm still going to eat them.
Jan 27 2009 6:27PM
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.Asain-Skiier
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man i love tic tacs they are fun for your mouth.
Jan 27 2009 6:29PM
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Jordan
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+1

Those orange tic tacs, I down those like nobody's business.
Jan 27 2009 6:31PM
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freezed
Posts: 12973 - Karma: 500
lots of fruits naturally contain wax. it's not gonna hurt you. just because something is also an ingredient in shoe polish does not mean that you are eating shoe polish when you eat that ingredient. that would be really silly logic.
Jan 27 2009 6:35PM
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k-rob
Posts: 14217 - Karma: 2,891
haha, there's that one Brita commercial where they say that your tap water and your toilet water comes from the same place, as if it's a bad thing, and i'm sitting there thinking "well what the fuck? that doesn't mean somebody took a shit in my toilet water, it means i shit in the same water i drink. fuck you Brita."
Jan 27 2009 6:38PM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
believe me, if it was enough to be harmful, we'd have heard about it by now
Jan 27 2009 6:39PM
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ski93
Posts: 1280 - Karma: 84
agreed
Jan 27 2009 6:54PM
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