RUN GUM Bubblegum Energy Chewing Gum 50mg Caffeine Taurine & B-Vitamins Per Piece, 24 Pieces (Pack of 12) Sugar Free, Zero Calorie, No Aspartame, and Gluten Free

Caffeine triggers my acid reflux (GERD) symptoms, so I'm always on the lookout for products that deliver caffeine while bypassing the G-I tract. Chewing gums or lozenges help achieve this goal by delivering caffeine sublingually. There are other caffeine gums on the market, but they are all either mint or cinnamon flavored (which are also known GERD triggers). So, it's great to see a product that has a different flavor, and is therefore gentler on the stomach. Even if you're not a GERD patient, sublingual delivery is much faster than tea or caffeine -- it goes straight to your brain without needing to be processed by the digestive tract. The taste of this gum is great. Does the flavor wear off after a while and reveal a different undertaste? Yes, but so does every other caffeine gum I've tried. It comes with the territory -- that's just the taste of caffeine! If you want a chewing gum tastes like bubble gum with zero caffeine aftertaste, I suggest you stick with children's bubble gum instead. Buy yourself a pack of Bubble Yum or Dubble Bubble and leave this product for the adults. Does the texture change some after you chew this for a while? Yes, but again if that bothers you, you're using this wrong and for the wrong reasons. I chew the gum just enough to soften it and break the shell, after which I put it under my tongue and leave it there. If you keep chewing it until the end, you're going to swallow most of the caffeine with your saliva -- which will slow down the delivery process, trigger symptoms in those who can't digest caffeine, and just generally detract from some of the best features of this product. In summary: understand what this is, why it's so great, and use it accordingly. This product is invaluable for its quick caffeine delivery and gentleness on the stomach -- but it's not the bubble gum of your childhood and it needs to be used differently to leverage its benefits. For those of you just looking to recreate your childhoods, buy some kiddy bubble gum and stick to coffee. This is not for you.

Gets you straight. A guarantied energized buzz, the only issue is after chewing two pieces it’s really hard to come down from the buzz. Also if chewing on an empty stomach mixed with nerves, could start throwing up due to malnourishment. I’d say it works so good to a faulty. Chased a lot of PRs with this stuff, definitely a game changer in my athletic career.

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I'm a long time buyer of this product, I have bad Acid Reflux and can't have coffee but still very much need caffeine, and this has been very much preferable than drinking Coke in the morning like I did while I was in college. According to my amazon account, I've bought it upwards of 60 times. During this time, occasionally I would get a pack that would start out like gum, but turn into fuzzy liquid in my mouth, which sounds gross because it is really gross. But it's only ever been a one off, until my last two purchases, both bubblegum flavor. The first pack has had all of the gum disintegrate, I continued to try them but it was the same all along. So I went to order more, figuring this was just a bad batch, and I wouldn't have the same issue again. I wanted to get fruit flavor, but it didn't have prime shipping for some matter, so I got bubblegum again. It arrived last night and I just tried it.....same problem. And of course this isn't returnable and there's no way to contact the seller directly, so I'm making a last ditch effort here to make this right, because I'm currently out $40 and that's a lot for gum. Unless I can get a refund and an assurance this isn't going to happen with future purchases, I'm going to have to move to a different product because I can't keep doing this and risk wasting money. Sorry for the gross photo of my garbage can, but the white liquid pictured is what the gum turns into.

Great gum to chew while on a run. Tropical is my favorite, although it’s hard to find. I also like the mint and bubblegum flavor. I feel great and energized while on a run. When I go long distances, I will discard old piece and chew a new one