yea I thought about that, but I am under the impression that vitamin gummies dissolve faster than traditional ones. If one is caught in your windpipe then it would melt before you actually die from lack of oxygen, altho if you were to breath in and asphyxiate, having the actually gummy travel to your lungs you might get pneumonia and die from that I guess, but I think that might be super rare. I believe the worst possible situation is the gummy not dissolving fast enough and oxygen to the brain is cut off, but for how long? But I do appreciate this question, I put waaaaaaaay to much thought into it, it was fun!