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Wednesday, August 29, 2007
VerMintsThe mint market is well, full of mints. So what’s a company gonna do to distinguish themselves from the crowded field? Ver thinks it’s hit on the right balance of novelty, quality and qualifications. Their line of six different flavors are vegan, Kosher and gluten free, nut free and all-natural (and featuring many organic ingredients).
The blue tin was predictably Peppermint, their original flavor. Unlike a mint like Altoids, these aren’t blindingly strong. Just simply, well, mints. The texture is pleasant. Not chalky, but a little crumbly but sufficiently dense. The intensity of the mint grows (though sometimes one mint may be stronger than another) as it dissolves and leaves a breath-freshening coolness when it’s gone.
This was like one of those big Canada pink mints (wintergreen is also called Canada mint), but not as chalky. Smooth and peppery, I enjoyed these quite a bit. There were also little bits of real peppermint leaves in the pastilles.
These crazy mints have a lot of ginger flavor in them and burn on my tongue right away. It dissipates after a moment and I forget about the inital scalding by the time I eat another one. They have two kinds of ginger in them: ground ginger root and ginger flavor. I think ginger goes particularly well with Maple Syrup.
It’s definitely cinnamon, completely spicy, kind of woodsy and a little sweet. There are peppermint leaves in this one too, but I think it would have been better to throw a few little bits of cinnamon in there while they were at it. But they didn’t ask me. For a while I was pronouncing this as Very Mints ... not realizing, first that they were spelled Ver with no I in there after the Ver. It wasn’t until I got the VerMONT connection that I understood the name. I still think Very Mints is a good name, too. I might start calling the state it Very Mont.
It’s pretty good and a nice change of pace from the others. The spicy notes are refreshing and I think gives me pleasant breath.
Overall I prefer the texture of these to Altoids, they’re a little smoother and the binder gums in there give them a very slight slippery feel on the tongue as they dissolve. The flavors are more pleasing than the similarly-textured Pastiglie Leone and completely different from the also-vegan friendly St. Claire’s Organic Mints. Curiosities & other facts associated with these mints: Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 7:49 am
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Commenting is not available in this channel entry.Well, the Chai and Coffee are called pastilles, so it makes sense they are not like breath mints. In fact, I think Chai and mint would be a little… ick
But I would love to get my hands on the pastilles! They seem tasty. And the Wintergreen. I -heart- Wintergreen
Thanks for bringing our attention to more unusual products.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who immediately thinks “coelacanth” when reading “tragacanth”!
Am I the only one who is bothered that the name “VerMints” is so close to the word “vermin”? I think of that every time I see these in a store.
I’m not very keen on mints with other flavours thrown in, ginger+mint doesn’t seem like a very good combination to me. But I guess it couldn’t be worse than those lemon mint tic tacs which are like drinking a glass of orange juice after brushing your teeth. *shudder*
I was disappointed when I found out these were named for Vermont instead of varmint. Sounds like a pleasant candy, though.
Well, Vermont and Canada do share a border. Maybe they just run a hose over the border from the spring to the factory, instead of shipping it :^)
I adore these mints(/candies), and not just because they’re the perfect mint(/candy) for the Vegan on the go, but also because they taste so darned good. :D
I’m with Lisa: using a word that looks a lot like “vermin” for a product that looks a little like maggots seems to be a REALLy bad marketing strategy—but clearly not everyone’s mind is wired to make the same connections mine does!
You should try Newman’s ginger mints- I think they are better. I especially like their texture better than VerMints.
i took me a long time trying to order these from canada but they were ok 6 out of ten
*hehehheeheh* Thank you, I will now forever think of the coelocanth as a secret thickening agent in breath mints.
These sound good; I think I’ll put them on a list I’m putting together.
Diggin the PepperverminT!
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