Cute Animals That Are Not Dogs Or Cats!

[Catch-up]

What a cutie!

[Conforumist]

Yes, very cute bird!

[Bouncy Castle]

[michelanCello]

OK, I know it's not a real animal, but a friend of mine at university showed this to me today, and I think it's just soo cute

[Conforumist]

Looks like a bubblegum flavoured pig.

[Dotsie]

Don't they make bubblegum out of pigs?

[michelanCello]

Don't they make bubblegum out of pigs?

Idon'twannaknowIdon'twannaknow!

[Dotsie]

Then I won't elaborate.... they make it out of wishes and fairy dust!

[jaznbonnie]

Accroding to Wikipedia:

Chewing gum is a type of gum made of chicle, a natural latex product, or synthetic rubber known as polyisobutylene.

[Dotsie]

As much as I love wiki, if it didn't mention pork gelatin it wasn't telling you the whole story. Maybe it's not such a popular ingredient these days.

[The Mad Collector]

Lots of things you wouldn't expect are made from pigs but bubblegum appears to be one of the few things that isn't at least not nowadays.

Current ingredients

Elastomers: provide the elasticity or bounce, and can be natural latexes (e.g. couma macrocarpa (also called leche caspi or sorva), loquat (also called nispero), tunu, jelutong, or chicle which is still commercially produced), or synthetic rubbers (e.g. styrene-butadiene rubber, butyl rubber, polyisobutylene).

Resins: provide a cohesive body or strength, and are most often glycerol esters of gum, terpene resins, and/or polyvinyl acetate.

Waxes: act as softening agents and are most usually paraffin or microcrystalline wax.

Fats: behave as plasticizers and mainly come from hydrogenated vegetable oils.

Emulsifiers: help to hydrate, the most common being lecithin or glycerol monostearate.

Fillers: impart texture and the most commonly used are calcium carbonate or talc.

Antioxidants: protect from oxidation and extend shelf-life; the most common type is BHT.

Sugars: Either natural or synthetic usually dextrose.

Glucose syrup: Another sweetner normally tapioca syrup

Flavourings: Could be anything but unlikely to be a natural product.

Colouring: You really don't want to know

[Selkie]

No wonder you're supposed to spit not swallow when you're finished with gum!

[Dotsie]

Goodness this is an interesting conversation. But, if you are vegetarian, you should know that some chewing gums still contain pork gelatin. Different countries presumably have different requirements or preferences. But I don't know why people bother anyway

Are your products suitable for specific diets such halal, kosher, vegan and vegetarian?
The vast majority of our products are suitable for halal, kosher, vegan and vegetarian diets. However, to check specific product suitability please visit the brand section of our website.

[Bouncy Castle]

From today's Mail.

[Tonyblack]

From today's Mail.

Was the caption: "Why are you waving that club around mister?"