How many calories are in a normal sized 'lick and stick' glue on a postage stamp in the USA?
A US lick-and-stick postage stamp glue is 1/10 of a calorie. Don't worry; the US Post office says they are also gluten free. A British stamp of the same size is 5.9 calories. The larger commemorative British stamp can contain a whopping 14.5 calories.
Postage stamp glue in the US has to have FDA approval. It is the only glue that has to have such approval.
Sources also state that licking an envelope is 3-5 calories. It is also gluten free. The glue is made from mostly corn.
Thank goodness we can skip the calories with the self adhesive stamps that are now available.
More Info:
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10 Comments
ebitnet
calories or Calories…there’s a factor of 1000 difference. 1 Calorie = 1000 calories. UNITS!!!!
Naked Kitty Slave
Guess its a thing of beauty stamps are self-stick now. Who comes up with this stuff!?
Benedicte Corneliussen
A single standard postage stamp contains 5.9 calories and Special or Commemorative stamps 14.5 calories.
Steve McVey
marc bishop, comments in English please...
Gery Tillmanns
What a strangely worded question.
Dirk A Schnarr
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How many calories are consumed when licking stamps?
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According to Essentials, people consume one-tenth of a calorie every time they lick a stamp. A standard postage stamp contains around 5.9 calories due to the adhesive on the back. However, not all of these calories are consumed simply by licking the stamp. CONTINUE READING
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Essentials also says that commemorative stamps tend to have more calories, at 14.5 per stamp; nevertheless, people consume approximately the same amount of calories when they lick commemorative stamps as when they lick regular stamps. The adhesive on the back of a stamp is a gum that is made up of dextrin and polyvinyl alcohol. Dextrin comes from starch that is found in potatoes and polyvinyl alcohol comes from petroleum.
https://www.reference.com/health/many-calories-consumed-licking-stamps-8de1b2fb0c7fdd36
John W Shreve
There are few, if any, lick and stick stamps printed today. Maybe some lower denominations.
Collectors don't like them.
Michele Stillfluffy Vics
whoever heard of calories on a postage stamp??!! Good thing I never had to mail any more than a hundred at a time...they do add up
Larry Jones
I have been using self adhesive stamps and envelopes for years, so I had no idea. I admit I missed it.
marc bishop
I Googled it.her after I said I was wrong ur wrong