Five's Sugar-Free Watermelon Gum

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As I may have mentioned in my review of Mentos Gum and my review of Must Cubed Gum, I'm not a huge fan of fruit flavored gum. So although the "Five" Gum did win a Product of the Year Award last year, I still was not very interested in tasting the new Five "Cyclone" Watermelon Flavored Sugar-free Gum.

I had read online that the advertising campaign cost close to 3 million Shekel. I think that's simply ridicules and judging from what I've seen so far; I have no clue where all that money went. I don’t think the TV ad is anything that special, but go ahead and judge for yourself.

Standing in the checkout line I noticed that this new Five Watermelon Gum was on sale, I guess its an "introductory sale". The normally 6.00 NIS pack of gum was half price, so I decided to try it. Maybe that's where the 3 million Shekel went?

I kind of like the way Five Gum is packaged. I know there are many other gums that have this "pocket" packaging too, it's not exclusive to Five, so I can't give them all the credit for that, but Five's black packaging is sort of sleek and elegant.

When I first put the stick of gum in my mouth I regretted buying it because the initial burst of artificial watermelon aroma and flavor reminded me why I so dislike fruit flavored gums. Regardless, I decided to give it a fair try and the longer I chewed it the less I hated it.

That first overpowering flavor did wear off quite fast but a tolerable fruity flavor definitely lasted longer than your average sugar-free fruit gum.

At first it was absolutely a "mock" watermelon flavor but as time went on I had to remind myself exactly what fruit flavor it was, it sort of just tasted like a very sweet, sugar-free, fruity gum, with a hint of sour and a tiny bit of a minty undertone mixed in.

Bottom Line: I didn’t despise the Five Watermelon flavored Gum but I didn’t love it either. I think if you’re a fan of fruit flavored gum you are likely to enjoy this longer lasting, somewhat original, flavored gum.

31 grams 12 sticks – 6.00-6.50 NIS

Kosher Badatz KF London

Disclaimer: All items were purchased by me. No one is paying me for this review. All opinions are my own.

 

Update: I now know where the 3 million Shekel advertising budget really went.

Turns out that on ads, billboards and display stands for Five Watermelon Gum there will be a special QR code that you can take a photo of with your cell phone. If you have a QR code reader app. you will then get a link to a clip about Five Gum and an invitation to a special 3D screening of the Five Gum series of ads.

I guess some people may find this impresses, I'm all for new technology, but I don’t really think this is extremely exciting and worth 3 million NIS. Still I wish Five Gum the best of luck.

If any of you end up going to the screening I would love to hear about it, please let me if it was amazing and worth seeing.    

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