Health Considerations
Along with chocolate, chocolate chips and buttons, fudge, chocolate coated nuts and fruit, bubble gum, lollipops, toffee, jelly beans, marshmallows, sherbet, and Turkish delight, gummies landed on the "What's out in 2009" list for some Canadian schools. An audit in parts of Victoria, British Columbia was planned for 2009 to ensure the government ban on selling the confectionery in school canteens and vending machines is obeyed.
Scientists have studied adding tooth-protecting sugar substitute xylitol to gummies to fight tooth decay.
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“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”
—Constitution of the World Health Organization.