> Hmmm... It seems I am pretty much alone in swallowing chewing gum, which I do purely because spitting it out seems rather unhygenic. So, the argument that it isn't food because you don't swallow it is obviously wrong.
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> I don't know what the nutritional content of gum is, but I think there's sugar in there, and probably fat, which puts it above rice cakes. As rice cakes are food (albeit bland and unappatiseing food), gum fits that definition, too.
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> So, in conclusion, gum is obviously food.
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> winter"QED"mute

I'm pretty sure there is no fat in chewing gum. You would probably be able to tell. Fat has a distinctive taste. Sugar doesn't have fat in it, it's just straight carbohydrate. So, most pure sugar things have no fat. Therefore, gum is a nonfat nonfood.

Mel"Gum is not a food because you would never eat it with a meal"anie