SIMPLY Gum Variety Pack (Assorted Flavors), Plastic-Free Natural Chewing Gum, 6 pack (90 pieces), Aspartame Free, Sorbitol Free, non GMO, Kosher, Vegan

This gum is different... And that a good thing! Yes, the texture is different. And yes, the flavor is different. But honestly it's not THAT different. I typically chew for 45 minutes to an hour. Yes, the flavor fades after a few minutes but it lasts way longer than Fruit Stripe gum!I've noticed that the gum starts a little lumpy then gets a little loose before tightening up again. If it's loose - keep chewing!I love in included tissues for disposal!So far all the flavors I have tried have been great and natural. No overly sweet, sugar filled taste - just natural flavors.If you are looking for a replacement to bright pink bubble gum, look elsewhere. If you are looking for a healthier option for chewing gum, this is the place to start.

Being old, I don't get out much these days. Instead, I mostly pass the time by smoking large cigars. Sadly, this is frowned on in the office where I work (I know, right?? Political correctness gone mad!!), so I chew a lot of gum when I'm there, and the flavors at the local CVS get pretty tired the nth time round. So when I saw these, I thought I'd give them a chew.They are pretty different from regular gum. They look, slightly disconcertingly, like pet food pellets; and they come loose and unwrapped in the box. In place of the wrappers, you get a separate bunch of post-chew wrappers, for thoughtful disposal of the used gum. I guess it's as good a way of saving a little on the manufacturing costs as any. The flavor is much less intense than regular gum - I'm not saying if that's good or bad, but there it is.And the flavors themselves? All good. My favorite is the licorice and fennel, a nicely subtle and complex taste; followed by the ginger, which has a nice little bit of heat to it. The coffee and maple syrup flavors are both good, sweet and mild. As for the cinnamon and mint? Well, I have to say, I don't really get cinnamon, it's always reminded me too much of old folk's baking when I was a kid; but the gum tastes like it's been made with the real thing,so that's to the good if you like it. Mint? Well I like a bit of mint as much as the next guy - plucked fresh from the garden on boiled new potatoes or shoved in a glass of hot, sweet tea - but I do feel there's too much mint in my life already. (I blame the toothpaste manufacturers. Would it really hurt so much just to offer us just a couple of choices?) But again, the taste of real mint is there.However, as with any gum, the flavor only lasts a few minutes at most; and this is where Simply Gum actually pulls ahead of regular gum. Instead of being left with what feels like a lump of tasteless soft plastic in your mouth, you actually have a smooth, natural tasting gum remaining. It actually reminds me a lot of the gum we used to make for ourselves from wheat as kids, back in the day. And that's a nice little bonus.

I REALLY wanted to like this gum....I suffered through an entire 12 pack with the heart of a champion.APPEARANCE: It's brown and terd-like. It looks like something you would find in the bottom of your grandmother's closet. The first time I tried to offer a piece to my wife, she thought it was a practical joke and I had found it on the ground in the parking lot of Whole Foods. I literally couldn't get her to try it for about 10 minutes. Care to offer a piece to a friend or stranger to start a conversation in a public place? Forget about it!FLAVOR: It actually tastes good! For a total of about .0299792458 nano seconds. This is coincidentally the same amount of time it takes light to travel 1 meter. Strap in, the ride is just getting started.CONSISTENCY: After only a few minutes of chewing, it develops a sticky consistency.....It sticks to your tongue, teeth, lips, and anything else this highly evolved alien parasite comes in contact with. If you try to spit it out, it will stick to your fingers in a last effort to remain with it's host.SIZE: It's very small and that makes it very unsatisfying (please insert your own joke here). If you are used to chewing a standard size gum, naturally you will try to chew 2 pieces at once; but this creates an even larger mother alien parasite that even Sigourney Weaver would have difficulty disposing of.WRAPPERS: I will say, I thought it was cool that they include these disposable little paper wrappers right in the pack. Yes, you will be using those IMMEDIATELY. It actually compounds the problems. Now you've gone and got me started on these wrappers....First off, the paper is engineered to be the thickness of a quantum particle. You actually experience the observer effect as they appear in and out of reality when you hold them. Once inside, your gum instantly absorbs through this paper and that disappears creating an endless sticky disaster. You can try to wrap it into a ball therefore increasing the multiple folding layers that come in contact with the gum, but this gum will laugh at your efforts. You have to double, and in some cases triple up the wrappers! The joke's on you, because the creatures who spawned this oral leviathan put half as many quantum wrappers in the pack as actual pieces of gum!Please do the universe a favor and pass right by this gum if you ever see it in the store. In fact, use fire to burn the surrounding area and any other pod like structures you find nearby. You have been warned.

I have enjoyed this gum. I needed something without artificial sweeteners, so I decided to try this one. While the 'pumpkin spice' flavor doesn't last that long, the hint of cayenne that is in the gum does, so flavor lingers as you chew it. It is softer than regular gum, which is kind of the point, but I have not had a problem with it sticking to my teeth. The only downside I have found it that because of the softness it sounds like I'm smacking my gum even with my mouth shut. Other than that I have no complaints.