Flavor: The flavor of Trident Original flavor is pretty bland. There's no burst, no explosion, just a subtle mint from start to finish. Trident Original doesn't mean to be flashy - there's no exclamation points on the label, no crunchy bits in the gum itself. Trident Original was the very first sugarless gum ever, first appearing in 1964, and it's stuck around so long because they haven't changed it. It's a pleasant mint, it freshens the breath. It works.
Texture: Trident, as Katie pointed out in her very first review, knows gum. It's hard to critique the texture of this gum. It's soft at first chew, and doesn't harden or soften. It's just great.
Overall: With the exception of a reformulation with xylitol (which obviously wasn't a bad thing,) Trident Original has been THE sugarless gum since 1964. While I don't personally know anyone who calls this gum their favorite, I have no doubt that there are hundreds, if not thousands of people who always have a pack of Trident Original in their purse or pocket. I bet my Grandma would if she didn't have dental work that makes Freedent her only choice. That being said, I just have no other option than to give this gum five gumballs. It's a nice chew, I'd absolutely chew it again, and it would just be disrespectful not to.
Rating: ooooo (five gumballs)
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Trident Original Flavor
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I have to disagree with you on the Trident Original flavor. The new formula is awful. Too minty that overpowers the original flavors. Trident Original has always been my favorite flavor but not anymore! I called the company and told them I didn't like it and to change it back! It's sad. I've enjoyed that flavor since I was a kids.
The reformulated "Original Flavor" has no business being called "Original". Whether you like it or not, the taste has virtually nothing to do with the flavor of its predecessor.
Personally,if I wanted a strong mint taste I would have been buying the minty flavors in the first place.
I absolutely DO NOT like the "new" version of Trident original. I hate the flavor and it does not stay soft and chewable for long. Will we able to continue to purchase the "original" flavor?
NEW original? Wow! I wonder if they changed it since I wrote this review originally. I'll have to do some research! Thanks for the comments!
I have just recently started chewing this gum because my mother in law put it in my stocking for Christmas, since then I have gotten terrible sores and blisters in my mouth, I can barely talk or eat and am seeing my dr today, but I was wondering if this flavor had any cinnamon in the recipe? I have googled it and had no luck... PS, yes, I have stopped chewing it!
ok so i am a little upset.
I was getting trident gum in the packages, you know, the foil paper that had sticks that also had a wax-paper cover. I would always buy it in the green sparement, and i bought it for years, because the taste lasted so long.
Then a couple of years ago some gum guys got together and said "hmm lets make chicklets bigger!" and the chicklet-type gums (with the hard shell in the plastic tinfoil sealed packaging started going all the rage, i tried one or two packs, but all those types of gum were the same.. flavor for a short while, then it would be bland gum with that used.
I didn't like the flavor cutting out after a short while, so i kept buying the trident in the tinfoil wrap with the wax paper covered sticks. neededless to say they got harder and harder to find in the "bulk" packages (3-4 packs of trident), and eventually i had to buy them in the store mega-pack style, with 16 or so.
Around that time these '5 times longer' gums came out that weren't chicklet-style, but juicy-fruit type gums, and i tried them, but to my surprise they lasted no-where near as long as the triedents that came in the foil wrap, with each gum individually wax papered. And i told everyone.
So fast forward to now, those tridents that were wrapped in the foil-paper and that were each individually wrapped, got replaced by the individually wrapped gums, in a cardboard wallet. So i had to buy them.
THE TASTE HAS BEEN LOWERED, AND THE FLAVOR LASTS ONLY A FRACTION WHAT IT USED TO LAST BEFORE
thanks for being cheap and so economically obsessed!
I have to agree with the anonymous about the cinnamon. I'm allergic to artificial cinnamon like red hots and big red.. to me it tastes like there is a bit of cinnamon in the recipe and my tongue is alittle sore after chewing the gum. I also googled it to find out but no luck.. maybe I will have to call trident and ask. To me it tastes good.. but I need to find out about the cinnamon before I end up having a bad reaction.. I'm also no longer chewing the gum until I find out for sure.
I love the strawberry trident layers, however they keep gum over the due date on shelves.. Ugh what I rip off!!
RE: Cinnamon Flavor
It's been a while since I've chewed Trident Original. A friend of mine gave me a piece the other day and it tasted like cinnamon gum. I thought that was weird because I remember the Original flavor being more like peppermint, which I always liked. I thought that maybe she had put some pieces from other packs into the one pack in her purse and that the one I got was from the cinnamon pack.
Today she offered me a piece from a brand new package of Original Trident. No doubt about it, it tastes like cinnamon gum. My friend thought so too. We even did a "scientific" experiment and had someone smell the gum wrapper and tell us what flavor of gum it was. The answer was cinnamon.
I too tried to Google to see if they had a flavor change. This is the only site that came up. I'm not a fan of cinnamon gum, so I will not be chewing this "Original" flavor anymore.
I fucking love original flavor Trident! Reformulated or not this shit is delicious.
Agreed, a screw up at Trident must be putting the cinnamon flavor in the original flavor packages. This is definitely cinnamon flavored.
Trident used to be my favorite gum -- now they changed the flavor! Didn't they learn the lesson from Coke? Now Now have to go with Orbit bubble gum punch out -- really miss the Original original Trident though. Hope they follow Coke's original mistake correction and go back to the way it was before. Now it just burns my mouth and tastes like every other strong mint gum out there.
I SO miss the Original Trident -- did they not learn from Coca-cola's reformulation mistake? Now it just burns my mouth and tastes like every other strong mint gum out there. So I switched to Orbit punch out bubble gum, but would go back to the "Original" Original Trident if they own up to their marketing mistake and bring an excellent product back.
i think the original flavor is now a blend of peppermint AND cinnamon....its my favorite now :))
I love Trident original now AND long ago! I have never tasted another gum like it. I can taste a hint of cinnamon that gives it a warm feeling. I also believe it to have cinnamon because of it's very slight pinkish tint. I do think they should say they put cinnamon ingredient on the packaging because it is a fairly common allergy. It will ALWAYS be my favorite gum.
I had some today and thought they labelled the packages wrong too. It is in a blue package so it seems like blue would indicate peppernint. However, there is a strong cinnamon flavor and a pink tinge to the gum.
I've gotten sores in my mouth from this gum too ever since they changed the formula.
They have definitely changed the formula. I also like the spearmint because the flavor lasted forever! I would sometimes sleep all night with it and in the morning, it still tasted great. No longer! What happened to it??
I used to love the strawberry trident layers gum ... until now. Seems it is way too soft and the flavor does not last as long.
I have just chewed the Cinnamon flavored one with Xylitol and it burnt the back side of my cheeks inside my mouth and it looks like they're bruised up. There are also clear round looking puss-like appearance on both sides of my tounge. I've had the same case last week when I tried it the first time but I was doubtful and ignored it. But this morning I tried another piece and same thing happened. Beware of this gum, Xylitol might not be good for everybody.
Re: Cinnamon
It has been years since I had the "Original" flavor Trident and chose to try it again, not knowing about the flavor change. Well that was a big mistake.
I am anaphylaxis (severe throat closing) allergic to cinnamon and yes this happened to me. I called the 1-800 number and they would not verify the cinnamon issue due to propitiatory claims on the recipe, but did say that "if" it is in there it would be under the "Natural Flavoring" heading because it is not a common allergen.
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