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Friday, September 21, 2007
Mentos Sour (China)
It’s hard to believe that two packages that look so similar have such different contents. While at the All Candy Expo I cornered one of the Mentos people at the Perfetti Ven Melle booth and chatted with her about Mentos. (Okay, chatted is hardly the word, I think I overwhelmed her with questions and comments.) There are several things I wanted to know about, the major one is about the differences in flavors between the United States and everywhere else in the world (why do the Australians get the Citrus Mix? Why do the Japanese get Pineapple?). The other thing is whether or not their switch from gelatin (an animal derived product) to gellan gum (safe for vegans). The Sour Mix Mentos from China (but available all over Asia) are a pretty good representation of all of the questions I have about the global brand.
Santos brought me some more Mentos a month or so ago and I was puzzled at first by the Mentos Sour Mix, but she quickly pointed to the reason she included it ... pineapple. The other two flavors in the roll are grape and green apple. In fact, green apple is the only flavor that’s in the American mix (which also has watermelon and lemon). I liked the pineapple so much that I decided to order the “Pine Fresh” Mentos from JList in Japan. I’m hoping they’ll be at the house when I get home. Hopefully I’ll get some answers on the above questions soon too! Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 6:14 am
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Since I’m traveling right now, I thought I’d just leave you this weekend with a little tasty nugget. Last year I tried the 
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Commenting is not available in this channel entry.You are going to LOVE those Pine Fresh Mentos.
I hope you ordered some of those Citrus Kaon gummis too!
I am loving your blog. I put a link to it on mine. Hope that is okay.
The Pineapple ones are delicious! Easily one of my all-time favorite flavors that Mentos came up with! Mmm…
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