Juicy and fruity,(yes again like me!) (Mentos Juice Burst Chewing Gum)

Member Name: kaitlinsmummy

Product:	Mentos Juice Burst Chewing Gum
Date:	22/05/08 (299 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Mouth wateringly delicious.

Disadvantages: Taste wears of too quickly.

As a smoker, (yes I know bad habit that I am seriously thinking about sorting out!), I do like to have chewing gum for my stinky nicotine breath! So when I spotted these at the counter in my local Asda store and on offer I bought them in a flash.

The product I will now review are "Mentos juice burst chewing gum"

~~~~~~ THE PACKAGING ~~~~~~

The gum comes in a small, stand up plastic tub, oval in shape and green in colour. Across the front is the "mentos" name in large blue lettering, with juice burst above it in white italic writing and chewing gum under it written in pink. This text is laid over a picture of raspberries and apples to identify the tastes and right at the bottom is a pieces of the gum, split open exposing the apparent liquid pink centre.
The lid is a lift and click top, and is sealed with a plastic strip, which you obviously just peel away before use.

~~~~~~ THE CONTENTS ~~~~~~

As someone who before trying this product has never actually tried the mentos sweets before, I was surprised at the size of each piece of gum, my friend at work pointed out that the gum is actually very similar in size and shape to the sweets themselves, but I only have her word on this matter!

There are 12 pieces of gum in the tub, all pale green in colour. The size and shape can only be described as the same looking as a marrowfat pea, large and chunky in size but slightly misshapen.
There is a distinct smell of fresh apples when the lid is lifted, real ones not synthetic, so that immediately made my mouth water.

~~~~~~ THE TASTE ~~~~~~

The flavour is apple and raspberry which is a slightly unusual combination to me, and I don't normally go for fruit flavoured gum so I was not prepared to be overly impressed, ok, between you me and the door post I actually bought these for my husband to take to work, but after trying one decided to keep them for myself, sshhh, don't tell him!

After the first initial chew the first thing that hits you is the apple, sour, strong and incredibly mouth watering. Not quite mouth puckering though and you only have the sourness for seconds before the secondary taste of raspberries kicks in. The raspberry flavour is very sweet counter balancing the apple perfectly!
The only problem's I can mention though is 1, there is no liquid centre like the picture on the front of the tub suggests, only a small pink area that is the part that holds the raspberry flavour and although slightly more viscous than the rest of the gum, by no means liquid and 2, the taste is very intense for a couple of minutes, but then dies down to almost nothingness, a little disappointing.
Even flavourless and chewed for a while, the gum still retains a softness to it, not like some other gums that seem to start solidifying in your mouth after 10 minutes.

~~~~~~ NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION ~~~~~~

These are sugar free, surprising because of the sweetness of them and work out at around 16 calories a tub, which is more than reasonable!
You do have to watch how many you eat as this product contains phenylalanine, which is a sweetner, but excessive consumption can cause a laxative effect.

~~~~~~ PRICE AND AVAILABILITY ~~~~~~

As I mentioned previously these were purchased from Asda, and as these are a relatively new product they are on special offer, around 99 pence a tub or two for £1.50, these come in four flavours - juice burst, pure and fresh, strawberry and ice blast, I will be reviewing some more!

~~~~~~ CONCLUSION ~~~~~~

I would recommend these, even though the taste wears off far too quickly, they are juicy tasting and delicious, although the breath freshening aspect is not as effective as the mint versions!

Thanks for reading x

Summary: An alternative to traditional minty gums.