And that by chewing it you are ingesting a bunch of microplastics? Please confirm if this is true. I don’t want to believe.
Side question: what alternative means is there for sustained, minty fresh breath that does not involve ingesting microplastics? (Mints don’t work that great imo, the freshness wears off too fast. Gum was my go-to. Now what is left?)
It’s usually a whole bunch mixed up, and not usually xylitol. At least not high up on the ingredient list. Instead it’s other sugar alcohols like sorbitol, erythritol, or maltitol. Xylitol is deadly to dogs, but also to bacteria, so some gums do contain it and then advertise it as especially good for bad breath.
Eclipse gum, for example, uses sorbitol, maltitol, aspartame, and acesulfame K as sweeteners. Orbit does use xylitol, but it’s way down on the ingredient list after the “less than 2%” indicator. I couldn’t find a Trident or Ice Breakers that uses Xylitol. Not that I tried that hard.
i’ve never heard of any of those which may explain a few things…