While safe, the sweetener IceBreakers (and many other companies) use can have a laxative effect in higher quantity. If you eat a lot of these and prior to you were consuming almost no sorbitol (or like) products, you are going to poop.

Do mints have laxatives in them?

Sorbitol, or glucitol, is a sugar alcohol which our bodies metabolize slowly. Sorbitol can be found in cough syrups, sugar free mints, chewing gum, diet foods, diet drinks and ice creams. ... As a food additive Sorbitol has an E-number E420. Sorbitol is also used as a non-stimulant laxative.

What are icebreaker mints made of?

Sorbitol, Maltitol, Maltodextrin, Artificial Flavor, Aspartame, Magnesium Stearate, Gum Acacia, Soy Lecithin and Artificial Color (Blue 1 and Yellow 5).