Food Processing - January 2008 - (Page 19)

FOOD BIZ KIDS ‘The outside crunches, the middle squishes.’ ‘Weird’ flavor pairing works Kyle Nelson, 7th grade: I love the way that when you bite into the gum you literally get a splash of great flavor! You can carry it around easily. The package pops out at you and makes you want to buy it. Overall, I would buy this gum again. Archie Stevens, 7th grade: It looks like it just wants to pop in your mouth. It is easy to chew. It tastes like strawberry at first; and then a whole lot of flavor burst into your mouth with lime. It is smooth. People who love sweets would use it. Warren Weber, 7th grade: When you first look at the packaging, you can tell this is something a health freak would steer away from. You can tell it will be sweet. And what do you know, it is. However, I love sweet, so I would give this gum an A-plus. This gum stays soft from when you first put it in your mouth. It has a perfect balance of fruit flavor and sweetness. Sarah Posner, 7th grade: When you bite into this gum, the outside crunches, the middle squishes, and the sour center gushes out. The two flavors (lime and strawberry) merge together in a lightly sweet gum. You have to chew a bit to soften up the crunchy outer shell. Usually I don’t like fruity gum; I prefer mint. But this luscious gum is great! It’s sugar-free, too, so you don’t have to worry about chewing after brushing your teeth. This is a very cool gum! Ruby Garcia, 7th grade: This gum has an interesting name, and I think it captures a lot of people’s attention. I think the color of the package is especially appealing to girls because it has a bright pink-reddish color and the picture looks really good. The only problem is that at first it tastes really good, but then it tastes kind of weird. I really liked this prodwww.foodprocessing.com Trident Splash Strawberry Lime Adams (Cadbury-Schweppes), Parsippany, N.J. uct because at first it’s kind of sour, but I would only chew it for like a minute and then throw it away. Emma Sherman, 7h grade: Trident Splash gum comes smoothly out of the package. The package is very colorful and encouraged me even more to try it. As soon as you bite into it, there is a burst of artificial lime juice. After a while, however, the gum loses both the strawberry and lime flavor. This is a good on-the-go snack when you want something sweet and chewy. Desmond Cleland, 7th grade: The package is bright and colorful, which catches peoples’ eyes. It’s easy to extract the gum from the package. In the beginning, the gum is crunchy, but immediately becomes soft and chewy. When the juices gush out, they taste great. It smells fruity. I think anyone who likes gum would buy this. There are more kids on the web both in this FoodBizKids installment and in previous ones. See www.FoodProcessing. com. And if you have a new product you want to test on our seventh- and eighth-grade panelists, contact Diane Toops at dtoops@putman.net, or 630-467-1300 ext. 321. January 2008 food processing • 19 http://www.foodprocessing.com http://www.foodprocessing.com http://www.foodprocessing.com

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