Chew On This

Is gum a food?

The answer seems to be… sorta?

It is something you put in your mouth and chew. But also if someone offered you ‘a bite to eat,’ and then handed you a piece of gum, you’d think they were insane. Because, while you might enjoy the taste of it, you chew it for what it does. It makes your breath smell good. Or it gives you an outlet for your nervous energy. Or it gets you energized for a run.

Oh, wait, sorry, that last one is not true of all gum. But it is true of the gum we’re selling today. Hence why it’s called Run Gum. It’s caffeinated, which means when you chew it, it gives you a little energy for your jog. Or your bike ride. Or your gym session. Or your slow plodding walk to work. Or whatever. According to the gum’s creators, some people chew it ten minutes before their activity, some twenty, and some even chew it as they go.

So, cool! Gum that gets you energized. But again, not a food.

In other words, if you’re hungry, we can’t help you here. But we can direct you to the huge food sale currently going on at SideDeal.

You see, in a lot of ways, food products are a great thing for us to sell here on Meh. Most, if not all of them, are given a best-by date. What does that mean? According to the USDA, it “indicates when a product will be of best flavor or quality.” According to us, on the other hand, it means… absolutely nothing.

(I say that from experience, by the way. I just had my final Belvita Banana Bread Soft-Baked Breakfast bar last week. It had a best-by date of October 2023. And let me tell you, it tasted just as good as the day it arrived on my stoop in late September! Moreover, I experienced no digestive issues, no gastric distress, and only a few minor hallucinations.)

But since supermarkets are hesitant to sell anything that’s within even a few months of its best-by date, we can get our hands on the stuff pretty easily and offer it for stupid cheap.

The issue is, if you find a hidden gem in the dustbin of weird edible stuff we sell, you’re basically screwed. When it comes time to restock, you can either hope we put it up again (unpredictable), or you have to buy it from someone else (expensive).

Hence why we create sales like this on SideDeal; it allows us to aggregate all our various food items in one place so you can go back for seconds, so to speak, without having to watch the days tick by just hoping you see what you want.

So go get some food. But only after you get the food we’re selling today. Which is caffeinated gum. So not really food. But kind of?