“Big Red Chewing Gum” Food Review
Hey, Frayed Wire readers! This is a review Josh made on his old site, but is now being moved here!
A food review!? Yeah, that’s right. I’ve decided to do a quick food review to get people reading about non-technology-related things on this blog for once.
Big Red Chewing Gum has been around since 1975, but its flavor was changed in 2001 to make it hotter and more cinnamon flavored. Not many gums have a cinnamon flavor, so that’s why Big Red has become such a hit.
But how does Big Red cinnamon compare to more normal flavors of gum like bubblegum or wintergreen? In my opinion, I like those usual gum flavors better. Big Red doesn’t taste bad at all, but it can be a bit spicy to the point where it numbs your taste buds and you can’t really recognize the cinnamon flavor anymore. Other gum flavors don’t do that, and you can recognize their respective tastes for a long while after you first start chewing it (of course, the length of the taste depends on the gum). The Big Red taste lasts for a while, but you can’t taste it for that whole time because it messes up your taste buds with all that cinnamon. Big Red is a good gum, but keep in mind that your taste buds will be screwed up for a little while after you chew it.
(By the way, I was chewing a piece of Big Red gum the whole time as I wrote this, so don’t say I’m making this up.)
Final Score: 7 out of 10
By Josh60502
So, what makes it so hot? When I chew this gum it literally makes me break out in a sweat. I’m serious. I’ve been trying to check all of the ingredients to see if there is a spice or something in the gum that I might be allergic to. Do you know of anyone having a similar issue? Thanks much, Rick
i dont know rick but when ever i chew big red or even dentine fire i have a, well what i think is an allergic reaction. My gums and tounge start to hurt. My mouth swells up and i have a very soar throat. This last for several days and the only thing my docter says is to gurgle salt water.
Well I’ll tell you something funny, I recently developed an allergy to this gum. Actually having the same reactions as Bolter40k has… My tongue starts to hurt, my tonsils swell, and my throat gets sore.
I get the same reactions. But I get ulcers in my mouth also. Around my tongue and in the inside of my cheeks. I was concerned. I haven’t went to the doctor yet, instead just decided not to chew on it any more. But, I found myself sometimes getting a soar throat just from being close to someone chewing Big Red. I thought it was an allergy to cinnamon. What do you think?
I happen to have the same allergic reactions! I thought it was all in my mind the last time but I recently tried Big Red again and have ulcers on the sides of my tongue and difficulty eating, very uncomfortable. The last reaction spell I went to emergency room because symptom would not go away. Dr. gave penicillin shot. Don’t know why this would be necessary but it worked. Hesitant to try that again. Any suggestions??
I’m having the same reaction to Big Red, my tongue started irritating and it hurts when I eat. I sure hope I get over it soon because it’s a very uncomfortable feeling.
I also have the same reaction to Big Red gum. I used to chew it all the time when I was young and never noticed it until I got older. Now, whenever I chew Big Red gum, my tongue, inside of my mouth, and throat swells. I don’t ever chew the gum anymore after the last reaction to the gum. I was told that I am probably allergic to the red dye in it.
OMG!!! I’m so thankful I’m not just crazy. I was chewing this gum for the first time in many many years and my tongue, inside of my mouth and thoat swelled up. I thought I was just strange. It is good to know that I’m not the only one. I have a doctor appointment tomorrow to check it out. It really hurts and once everything is swollen I keep accidentally bitting my tongue when talking at work and it makes me want to cry.
ME, TOO!!!! There should be a warning on the wrapper!!! It took me a few times to figure it out. I would buy the gum and have a piece or two…then my children would eat the rest. I ended up with what I thought were canker sores, which I haven’t had in years, and didn’t think much of it. Then I bought more Big Red…more canker sores…repeat…until I finally thought I figured it out. Now, I see that lots of other people have this reaction and I won’t chew it again!!! Ouch!!!
Same here, I finally figured it out. At least I know now.
Well, I’m so glad I’m not the only one. I went through almost 4 packs before this started, but it’s miserable. Guess I won’t be chewing this anymore. Thanks for the info!!
Hi! Guess what? I think that the entire planet will dwevelop an allergy to cinnamon after a few solid weeks of high-powered ingestion of the Big Red and Dentyne Fire level of cinnamon overload.
I work as a chef/driver in the Toronto film industry. My position is know as craft service, and we feed and socialise with the cast, crew and office production staff of movies and television series being made in Toronto and the GTA.
My point is that I work with 100 to 300 people every day on any gicven show, and food is free. Including massive amounts of Big Red or Dentyne Fire gum, and other hot cinnamon iitems.
As we all know, free means gluttony rules. We all become gum pigs and stuff our favourite gum into our faces at every opportunity. We can even take some home and have it later.
Within days or weeks, but never months, every single person on my show that eats cinnamon gum ends up with a big fat tongue and/or sores in their mouths. The funny thing is, they can all still sprinkle a little cinnamon on their oatmeal or in their favourite latte concoction. So the reaction is not like other allergic reactions. Then, the guys get bold and suck on a piece of raw cinnamon stick, not gum, and their throats shut.
We have Benadryl on hand for such cases of allergic reaction. Epi pens will be the next step. This has been going on for over ten years. You would think that we would just ban the gum, but no. And don’t we all break down and give it just one more try?
Oh, yes we do.
I am going to look into why having almost died from a cinnamon overdose from the offending gums, and cinnamon sticks, everyone is still fine with eating the little sprinkle on the cereal.
Usually, once one is allergic, even a little bit will bother you, or, a little bit will help your system adapt to a larger dose later.
Neither scenario seems to apply to cinnamon.
I’ll check out why and let you know on my website, if you like.
It’s what I do.
Cheers!
Pat
It’s eugenol and cinnamic aldehyde that numbs and burns and is in cinnamon. Just a lot more in gum than a bit sprinkled on cereal etc. Not allergy for most people, but an actual valid known reaction to those specidfic chemicals. If we play with fire, we don’t say that we are allergic to the heat. Same here.
Not the same here. Before I play with fire, I know what I’m about to do. How does that apply to the piece-of-shit Big Red “product”? The makers need to be sued, and the shit taken off the shelves. It’s poison, without labels.
Can’t find an answer to a quirky question? i wasn’t a researcher for nothing back in the day. Got to watch my typos, though, I’m tired, sorry for typos in last two posts at this site. Catch me at Over The Hill Health Matters, if you like. Any subject is fine. — Pat
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I hadn’t eaten big red gum for years and saw it advertised and ordered 40 packets. After eating only 3 or 4 sticks the next day I had mouth ulcers inside my cheeks and on the side of my tongue. I won’t eat this again for sure. !
Hello there everyone! Well, I too have experienced the allergic reaction nightmare that you all speak of. On Christmas day my tongue started to feel as if I had burnt it; this made no sense for I had not eaten anything hot temperature wise. So giving no thought, periodically through the day I would pop another stick of Big Red gum in my mouth. I did take a notice that my tongue started to feel numb but thought, “hey it’s spicy gum, it’s supposed to feel like this.” HA! The next day, My tongue felt HORRIBLE!!! The pain, I can’t even begin to describe! However at this time I was unaware that it was the gum doing this to me, soooo, foolishly I popped at least 3 more sticks that day. By the end of the night, I was talking with a lisp.
The following day was indeed the worst. I couldn’t so much as talk or eat for that matter! The pain was so overwhelming it brought me to tears! I couldn’t taste ANYTHING! The only thing I could eat (barely) was ice cream…and even that hurt. Seriously, ANYTHING that touched my tongue (even my own teeth) would send me wincing in extreme pain.
Thankfully My loving mother looked up this gum product and found people with similar symptoms. Needless to say, NEVER EVER…EVER again, will I chew this gum! The excruciating pain as if my tongue were set on a never ending fire, was enough for me.
THE SAME!!! But I now have the shakes and nausea
since i started chewing big red i have been having the same reaction i thought i was just going crazy but i am glad that it isn’t just me during christmas holidays i stopped chewing it and my mouth got better but after the holidays i started chewing it again and a day later my tongue has a big white splotch on it and the side of my cheek looks pretty bad too and its only on the one side that i chew my gum on so it has to be the gum i think i will go back to chewing winter green by the way it is killing me to eat.
I am so glad i found this page. I have been chewing this gum for a few months now. I had also noticed that the side of my cheeks were very sore with little ulcers in them. Every time I ate something it was like i had a coating and the sores swelled up. Then i notice that i started to puff out my cheeks with air, because it made my cheeks feel better. I started to get scared not knowing what it was. But i knew it didnt make any sense it was on both sides of my cheeks. Eatting in my car one evening, I place my rear view mirror in the sunlight and I looked in my mouth, i could see the reddness and the swealling of my cheeks. I was so scared. I dont know what it was that told me to stop chewing this gum and try another one. I did for a week. My mouth healed. I made the mistake of chewing it again, and now the same thing has happened. They are all swelled up again with ulcers. What i cant understand is how come when i would eat , my cheeks really felt swollen. Kind of spooky to think this gum can do this to someones mouth. Makes me wonder now what it has done inside the body. Thank you for this site, I am glad now that i actually saw many people has this reaction too. What a relief. Thank you people!
Has anyone had the problem when you ate food, that your cheeks were really swelled up? It made it hard to eat. Good luck with this gum
Big Red gum isn’t too common in Australia, however I was kindly offered a piece by a girl in class. Once I took the gum I noticed my mouth started to burn, in the past I have never had any problems with big red. My class was having a debate and I could not participate because my tongue felt so limp and swollen!
Cinnamon allergy is very very rare. But cinnamon sensitivity is very common. The oil in cinnamon is can be an irritant and that is how it operates as a microbicide. Usually the irritation will disappear after 1-2 hours and in some cases overnight. However cinnamon has abundant medical benefits such a lowering blood sugar level and even modulating mood and behavior. If you like cinnamon gum and it causes irritation, combine it with a mint gum (mint acts as a mild anesthetic) and chew on it. However if cinnamon causes difficulty in breathing and nasal/throat congestion stop using it. However adding a pinch or two (not a teaspoon/tablespoon) into the coffee or on very sugary food helps quite a bit with blood sugar level. It is believed that most of the people who are allergic or sensitive to cinnamon have had a huge and overdose exposure to it in their childhood. SOrry about the note without reference. I did not have time to add references. You can always search pubmed. CHeers.
I verified that fact that I am allergic to this gum also, I amost took myself to the hospital. My mouth and tongue swelled and burned, felt like I burned my mouth with hot liquid. next day my tongue was still swollen.
I would advise people to be careful using this product.
ps; I also had a reaction to Tic-Tic cinnamon breathmints.
So even if Yo breff stanks, don’t use Big Red
I thought I was the only one who had a reaction to this stupid gum, all my friends thought I was crazy. About four days ago I chewed almost a whole pack….it was so good, I couldn’t help my self. The next day my tounge felt strange and rough. It wasn’t too soon after that I got sores on the sides of my tounge…OUCH! My tounge feels rough like sand paper,I can barely talk and I cant eat anything! (But I have found that chewing other gums minimize the pain). The only other thing that I’ve had this same reaction to was the Red Hots candy. Hmm, never eating those again.
wow I am so glad I decided to look this up…cause man my tounge hurts and even under my tounge..I really thought I was gonna have to see a doctor. I was telling my mom and husband about my tounge and they looked at me like I was a wierdo. How long did it take for your tounge to heal from the gum??
Hey amanada, it takes only a few days to heal, not more than a week.
Hey amanada, it takes only a few days to heal, not more than a week.
I used to chew the gum when i was a kid, and i even tried it a couple of months ago and nothing ever happened, however, i just moved to hosuton from mexico city, ad remebered i love it, so i bought a big pack, and ate it all. the next day my toung hurt soooo much, i had kind of blisters on the side, and even kind of a hole in my tounge without the thing that makes you taste the food. I was worried and was about to see a doctor, but it went away after a while so i didnt.
I never even imagined it was the gum, a couple of weeks later i bought another pack, a small one, i ate it all, and now my toung is hurting so much again, it hurts so much that i can hardly talk because my teeth touch my tounge when i speak and it hurts like a moderfker, so then i used my brain and thought, what the hell am i eating that makes my toung go like this, or is it a virus?
So i came to the conclusion that in both situations i had recently eaten big red. and bam, i google it up and found this page. so i can be at peace now knowing it was the shitty gum that caused it…
It takes only a couple of days to heal, but screwww chewing this gum again, no more cinammon gum for me
Good luck with this everyone,…
Big Red, Americas #1 Tongue Fucker
ok im not the type of person who has any allergies its not in me at all and i had this gum a week ago and got the worst reaction to it my tongue looked like it had all cuts on the side and went sour even if i hate soft rice it felt like sand paper on my tongue and my gums were in pain for about 3-4 days even if my mouth was closed my tongue would still be in pain as its pressed against my teeth, i was so confused what was going on and couldnt figure out what it was, then yesterday i had this gum again and it happened again! less severe this time as i only chewed it for about 15 mins this is so bad if someone like me can react to this am not surprised everyone else is.. i think this should be stopped or the ingredients should be changed?
Yes, this should be BANNED,
totally agree!
I am off work sick because of BIG RED! its a new job I started last week, im violently ill, can hardly breathe, have a rash, the shakes, and acid style burns all over my mouth.
ITS DISGUSTING!!!!! RECALL IT!!!
I tried the gum once ten years ago, and was ok, but my friend brought me some from the USA, and iv’e been chewing all week, getting worse and worse, to the point that its now SERIOUS!
Cant eat,sleep,drink, talk or barely breathe
Class action lawsuit? Let’s do it..
Oh my goodness. I’ve been chewing Big Red for about three months now, but at first I chewed it in moderation, having one or two pieces every few days. Recently, I bought a huge pack of it and have been chewing it non-stop. The result? An aching mouth (so severe that I’ve been talking with a lisp) a sore tongue, (restricting the amount of food I can taste) a swollen throat, congestion, and a fever. I absolutely love this gum, but I’m very disappointed at the amount of pain it’s caused me. I really wish Big Red would modify its ingredients. I mean, come on. It’s the twenty-first century, I’m sure there’s something they can substitute this deathly substance with.
OMG, I thought something super crazy was going on in my mouth. I forgot that I’ve been chewing big red all this week. It is the worst gum in the world. My inner cheeks are so swollen and I feel like my tongue has a hole in it. ugh.
OMG I am in agony…I bought 2 packs of gum last night because I was cramping and I did not have cinammon sticks. My tongue is so sore I feel like someone cut little slits and dipped it in hot water. Eating is agony! Thank you all for the posts my friend did not believe it when I suspect the gum was the reason for the pain and discomfort!
I chewed two sticks of Big red today……one before I ate at Mcdonald’s, the whole time the burger taste like nothing, my taste buds are messed up. Driving on my way home, traffic made me bored, so I chewed another Big Red, when I ate dinner, same thing happened earlier, that’s when I figured it was the gum…..and I checked my gum and tongue in the mirror, they are red and it feels numb….never again BIG RED..tsk tsk!!
So, I have this sore mouth bad, what can I do for relief?
Mine is a reaction to orbit cinnamon gum
No wonder they named it Dentyne Fire-OUCH! Small ulcers on both borders of my tongue! (It happened once years ago when I brushed with Toms of Maine paste too). It’s definitely the Cinnamon Oil! I keep reading that ice or water neutralizes it but I’ll try mint gum too. I wonder if anyone has ever actually gotten any medical advice on it or if anyone has contacted the company? I would love the reference on overexposure to it in childhood being a factor! Thanks to you all for your comments!
Oh, and I read, “don’t touch it with your hands”-that just introduces bacteria/infection-adding insult to injury! Use a mouthrinse it says, but what kind? I’m hoping prayer will work too! This is driving me crazy!
I also have a issues with any type of cinnamon flavored gum or candy.. even the toothpaste at the dentist or mouthwash will put ulcers in my mouth and make my tongue swell… However, I can tolerate regular cinnamon in recipes, on food, in drinks, etc just fine. I think it’s a common ingredient or dye in these foods that is causing the issue.. I always tell people that I am allergic to “artificial or fake cinnamon” things.. Real cinnamon does not seem to bother me.. I have just learned to stay away from them.. Also, I have just recently learned that a very strong mint flavored gum made my mouth sore (not as bad, but close)… Must be a common ingredient..
Hello, fellow Big-Red sufferers.. I think this ‘food product’ should be fucking banned, and the ingredients investigated by the FDA. Motherfucking assholes – how can they get away with selling this shit without warning labels. Chewing gum should not lead to this much pain and misery.
Like so many people describe, I too got sores on both sides of my tongue, on my cheeks plus lower lip.It hurt like fuck when I talk, swallow or chew normal food. WTF? This is an evil product, should be off the shelves.
Thanks for this page. Now I know I’m not alone…
Saty
I’m with you Saty!
I’m with you both! It sucks!
WOW* I am so thankful right now I found this! Here I thought I had some to everyone unknown problem, for which I had two long visits with different doctors, 8 big tubes full of blood taken, was given a mix of potent liquid mouth flush as well as alpha lipoic acid and special tooth paste (gross stuff!) free of a certain ingredient . They also thought to sell me on menopause as the reason of my demise, hey I am still quite young…
Before my problem of swollen and very burning tongue on both sides +top, less in back or on the tip, some crack look lines across each side, and due to swelling some biting my tongues as well of my cheeks and lastly even purplish taste buds, like someone bruise my tongue; I had started to chew Cinnamon gum (Dentyne) approx. 2 weeks prior, due to quitting smoking and wanting something with a kick in temptation moments! I usually always chewed, if gum, spearmint flavor. Never much, if any, cinnamon. I have been through all my treatment almost 5 weeks and right around then I stopped the gum all together, for one it was painful to eat, but also because I ran out and never got more. Two days ago I bought two packs, had two gums in one day and another two yesterday. By evening I had the WORST case of burning tongue. I can barely eat anything, nor drink anything, that is how much my tongue burns/hurts right now! Funny thing is I mentioned that I ate this gum, but not much response from both doctors. I finally looked up the *burning tongue/ mouth problem* online and sure enough it talked about allergic reaction to gum. I am more then sure of it and will start an experiment for the sake of more then myself. I will stop the gum instantly until I am much better and start chewing it again, to be entirely certain. If anyone is interested, I will post what my findings in experience were!?
Thanks all my fellow tongue problems peeps. Ciao
WOW* I am so thankful right now I found this! Here I thought I had some to everyone unknown problem, for which I had two long visits with different doctors, 8 big tubes full of blood taken, was given a mix of potent liquid mouth flush as well as alpha lipoic acid and special tooth paste (gross stuff!) free of a certain ingredient . They also thought to sell me on menopause as the reason of my demise, hey I am still quite young…
Before my problem of swollen and very burning tongue on both sides +top, less in back or on the tip, some crack look lines across each side, and due to swelling some biting my tongue as well as the sides of my cheeks and lastly even purplish/ blue taste buds, as if my tongue was bruised;
I had started to chew Cinnamon gum (Dentyne) approx. 2 weeks prior, due to quitting smoking and wanting something with a kick in temptation moments! I usually always chewed, if gum, spearmint flavor. Never much, if any, cinnamon. I have been through all my treatment almost 5 weeks and right around then I stopped the gum all together, for one it was painful to eat, but also because I ran out and never got more. Two days ago I bought two packs, had two gums in one day and another two yesterday. By evening I had the WORST case of burning tongue. I can barely eat anything, nor drink anything, that is how much my tongue burns/hurts right now! Funny thing is I mentioned that I ate this gum, but not much response from both doctors. I finally looked up the *burning tongue/ mouth problem* online and sure enough it talked about allergic reaction to gum as a possible cause. I am more then sure of it and will start an experiment for the sake of more then myself. I will stop the gum instantly until I am much better and start chewing it again, to be entirely certain. If anyone is interested, I will post what my findings in experience were!?
Thanks all my fellow tongue problems peeps. Call me nuts, but then I will know for sure! Ciao
Sorry for the double post and now I got to add one symptom I forgot to mention_numbness of my tongue so I could taste nothing else really BUT honey drops for throat pains!
I had to comment on this one……I thougth i was going crazy too. I just got 3 packs and started having a swollen tongue BUT never related the two together. Then today as I am chewing my gum, with my swollen tongue – it occurs to me to google. i find this site and i am shocked to find out the gum has been causing my swollen tongue. Totally surprised.
I think Jesse Ventura summed up my views on this matter, perfectly
I’m so glad I found this website I just when to the Pharmacy to get something to calm down the burning. I have little sores and my throat really hurts. If a Gum can do that to you then it should be band!!
OMG! Thank goodness I found this. Here’s my story. I first tried Big Red in 1989 and thought it was totally disgusting, then a few years ago a ‘friend’ of mine told me they had changed the formula and that it would now make me a sexual tyrannosaurus. He was most insistent and persuasive and so I tried some. After chewing for about 10 mins my mouth and throat swelled up and I found myself unable to breathe. Unfortunately my ‘friend’ said I was a wuss and left me there, gasping for air like a beached fish. Eventually I died but St Peter said I was a big pussy and sent me back to earth to be reincarnated as a cat. Wouldn’t you know it, I had an owner who enjoyed Big Red chewing gum and because by now I had a very small brain, I stole some of his gum when he wasn’t looking. Both karma and St Peter are bitches because I retained my anaphylaxis and collapsed and died. Now I’m back again, and this time I’ll be avoiding Big Red.
Took me awhile, but I finally realized it was the fucking Big Red gum that nearly had me heading for the bloody ER. I’ve burned my tongue any number of times, but this was really horrible for a couple of days. I am going to write a letter to Wrigley’s and let them know their gum needs to come with a warning. Most of us were lucky with a bit of pain, some ulcers and a couple days of being uncomfortable, but sooner or later, someone with a really severe reaction is going to wind up “BIG DEAD!”
I have the same problem my tongue hurts and has ulcers on the side it’s very uncomfortable. Really stinks I love the flavor of this gum
The most recent time I chewed this gum, it not only made my mouth hurt and my taste buds go numb, but I actually was left with mouth sores down either side and under my tongue. These sores have lingered for several days now (up to 5 days so far.) It is completely miserable. I will never chew this gum again! I am not making this up.
My first reaction was swollen cheeks and burning tongue and numbness, After a few hours it went away. Weeks later My second reaction was much worse, it was halloween and I popped a piece in my mouth (not even thinking about it). Immediately my cheeks got numb I spit it out and within a couple hours my cheeks were so swollen and sagging over my jaw, my lips swelled and my tongue, I promptly took benedryl and zoomed over to the ER where they had to pump me with some stronger antihistimine type stuff and closely monitor me. VERY scarey experience to say the least. I never had a reaction to cinnamon before, don’t know what it is about this gum but I would strongly recommend avoiding it!!!!!
Four years since this blog post and comments are still full of people claiming to have the same symptoms – what is wrong with cinnamon gum?! My boyfriend knows I love cinnamon gum and a few days ago he spotted some Big Reds and bought me a pack. I had a couple sticks over 3 days and I am still regretting it. My taste buds are fucked up, my tongue is extremely irritated and sensitive. I can’t eat anything, and the thought of anything going near to my mouth puts off my hunger. I haven’t noticed anything swollen but I’m in a lot of pain, I’m actually surprised I can talk quite normally despite the hell my mouth is going through. I just want the pain and uncomfortable sensations to go away. Needless to say, I am never touching Big Reds again. I used to buy them last year and this had never happened. I don’t know what they’ve done with their formula but it’s not working.
I have a simular reaction but instead everything i eat is hard to taste. i chewed like 5 peices today so im guessing thats the problem ;D HAHA
I can’t actually believe this. I’ve had an awfully sore throat, tongue and gums the past 3 days after chewing a pack and a half of Big Red the Saturday just gone. I live in England but had previously lived in North Carolina and loved Big Red so I thought I’d treat myself and order some from overseas. Obviously I couldn’t wait to chew it so went through a pack and a half in a day. I woke up Sunday with the worst pains in my mouth, I could barely talk and couldn’t taste my food. I finally went to the doctor today (Wednesday) because it was still sore. Although it’s slowly getting better, the doctor saw that my throat was sore and I even had a swollen gland! I’ve been subscribed penicillin to take for a week, but I think I’ll not take it if it was only the chewing gum.
To deal with the pain I’ve been taking a couple of Nurofen a day which deals with the pain, and also drinking plenty of water and using mouthwash every time I brush my teeth.
I’ll never be chewing Big Red again that’s for sure.
Reassuring to read all these posts. I’ve been chewing a cinnamint gum (not big red) for months now on and off. Yesterday I developed a really sore mouth and tounge, even my face was puffy. Shame I loved the stuff.
Same here, whenever I chew this gum I get blisters all over the sides of my tongue, It hurts so bad when I eat or brush my teeth. After a few days it goes away then if I chew another piece it happens all over again. Never Again will I eat this gum!
Its so true! I chewed a pack of big red gum over a period of 30 hours and the next day all my taste was gone–which I expected because of the strong flavor of the cinnamon. Today, however, I woke up and my tongue was swollen and I have sores lining the side of my tongue. It is VERY painful because it rubs against my teeth when I talk and swallow–and it’s very painful to eat. Never eating Big Red again. Hopefully this will go away soon.
this gum has fucked me over…i have always wanted to go on a diet to lose more weight BUT NOT THIS WAY!!..i cannot eat anything because my tongue hurts !