What do you mean they're not chewy?! (Wrigley's Extra Mint)

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Product:	Wrigley's Extra Mint
Date:	08/09/04 (378 review reads)
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Advantages: just as tasty as Extra chewing gum

Disadvantages: laxative effects (again)

While browsing my local stress inducer (AKA Asda) the other day I spied something new. Wrigley's Extra Mints! I was puzzled...Wrigleys? NOT gum? Am I in some kind of parallel universe?

Naturally I was forced to pick up a packet in order to provide you good people with a review. So here we go...

History:

Wrigley have been providing their well-known (and damn tasty) chewing gum to the British public since 1911.

Through constant innovation they have transformed chewing gum from a mere sweet treat, to a full mouth workout! Tooth whitening, breath freshening, nasal clearing...you name it!

Extra Mints were launched in early 2003 shortly after Wrigley launched their first ever non chewing gum product (Extra Thin Ice). As they say in their press release, they are diversifying in the market to bring in new breath freshening products. I wonder how long it'll be before they come up with a choccy bar?

Packaging:

Available in a rather inconspicuous cardboard box, which is roughly 3.5 inches by 2 inches, and 1/2 an inch deep. Coloured blue for the peppermint variety and green for the spearmint (as ever with Extra). Plastic wrapped to keep the mints as minty as mints can be, and to stop people from tampering with them.

All lettering is in easy-to-read white text, with Wrigley's Extra Mints being most prominent.

At one corner there is a small flap hiding a good sized cut-out from which you can pour the mints surprisingly easily!

Each pack contains 20 mints, which are roughly 1/2 an inch long white, and shaped like rugby balls.

Nutrition/ingredients/warning:

As with all other sugar-free mints, these are almost entirely made from Sorbitol which is a polyol (sugar alcohol) rather than a sugar or starch.

I will warn you though...as written on the packet, excess consumption may have laxative effects (damn that sorbitol). I am yet to try to produce the effect w
ith these though ;)

There are no warnings such as allergies or unsuitable for vegetarians.

Taste:

Upon putting a single mint on your tongue you can instantly feel the cold sensation produced by the sorbitol. I, for one, quite like it, but it may not suit everyone!

Almost instantly you are hit by the strong minty flavour which seems to fill your mouth AND nose as you suck away on the mint.

First thoughts were "hang on, this tastes familiar.." and it sure does. Wrigley have managed to transfer the exact flavour of their Extra chewing gum to these mints. Great innit?

Cost:

From Asda they are 42p a packet, but I'm pretty sure you'll pay more from a mint & petrol emporium such as BP. Also, I'm pretty sure there is a multipack of these out there somewhere, but I'm unsure of the price.

Contact info:

The Wrigley Company Limited
Estover
Plymouth
PL6 7PR

Tel: 01752 701107
Fax: 01752 778850

consumer.affairs@wrigley.co.uk
www.wrigley.co.uk

To sum up:

These are ideal if you don't want to look like a cow chewing the cud, but still love that Extra mint flavour. Or if, like me, you are just lazy and don't want to make the effort to chew!

After eating just one mint my breath still felt fresh after a good 2 hours, which is pretty damn good considering it usually smells like a used nappy!

Whether you crunch or suck you will get all the breath freshening hit of these which is a bonus, as other similar mints tend to be a big steaming pile of poo (with flies buzzing around) if you crunch them!

Not quite as good for your teeth as their chewing gum cousins as you don't get the added benefit of chewing for god knows how long.

The only complaint I have is that you really don't get enough in a packet, but I suppose Wrigley have done this on purpose, as these are addictive!



Thanks for reading!

Marc

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