Talk:5 (gum)

Price

This article points out that the price of 5 gum is $2.49. Are there any claims to back it up, and how would one know that it is $2.49 nationwide (or worldwide)? I think the price should be removed as prices can change and varies from store to store.149.199.62.254 (talk) 04:43, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Advertisement

This seems like it's written like an ad, not like Wikipedia. Thoughts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.82.216.213 (talk) 05:59, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Agreed - The chart at the top of the article with direct links to "The 5 Experience" seems like blatent marketing. User:RoToR

It's not marketing, just a link to their advertisements that show the experience of the gum. On the official 5 website there is even a link to those actual videos. ~Richmond96 t • c 00:42, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Brief?

This gum is not "a brief, but intense, oral sensation" it's a somewhat intense long lasting taste. I can't find any documentation from a reliable source to back it up though.

Agreed. Definitely not "brief." Exigence 21:38, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

5 Stick Stack

The gum comes in a thin pack that is 5 sticks by 3 stacks could that be the reason for the name?

aims for young adult and teens —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.48.236.174 (talk) 18:04, August 24, 2007 (UTC)

I think the name for the gum not only is because its "supposable" supposed to stimulate your five senses but also it's made by Wrigley who originally made the traditional "5" packs of gum and since these are also in stick form could that be the reason? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.35.6.64 (talk) 01:23, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

TheMasterX 16:38, 27 July 2007 (UTC)

I think the commercials say it strengthens your 5 senses, and that's why it's called 5. --67.168.68.91 00:21, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Someone told me it's because the taste lasts for 5 hours.

Their website says that it's a gum for all 5 of your senses...also it only has 5 calories per stick. - P.J.

There's also currently 5 flavors. Just thought I'd point that out. ~ MBD123 —Preceding undated comment was added at 22:23, 24 July 2008 (UTC)

A name like "5" gum is just an attempt to be hip and young sounding. And by the looks of it, it's working. 5 gum is very popular where I live. They originally had 3 flavours, they added 2 so that rules that out. I didn't really hear or see much chewing the gum and everything else just comes naturally just like all other gum [ i.e. hearing yourself chew it, seeing the gum, smelling the gum, tasting the gum, feeling the gum in your mouth] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.19.8.10 (talk) 03:13, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Concerned about 5

I just bought my first pack of 5 Rain flavored gum. Even though I truly love the lasting flavor and the great taste, I am concerned about the amount of phenylalnine in this product and how it would affect young people that may not know its purpose. What if someone does not know that they have PKU? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.255.21.33 (talk) 14:13, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Any sugar free gum has the PKU warning, it's the aspartame (look at the aspartame article on wikipedia). The problem is that aspartame breaks down into aspartic acid and phenalanine... In other words, if you chew other sugar free gums, it should be fine, as (almost) all sugar free gums contain aspartame, and therefore come with the same warning --Enigma 0Z 19:15, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Is it possible that the name comes from it having 5 calories? It seems to be obvious if anyone reads the package. —Preceding unsigned comment added by CipherZero (talk • contribs) 21:32, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes. 5, for about 5 hours of lasting, 5 current flavours of 5 (Flare, Elixir, Cobalt, Rain, and Lush), 5 calories, 3 rows of 5 peices of gum, (15), 5 5's on the side of the package. You can create a hole bunch of them. 24.203.182.78 (talk) 01:51, 21 August 2008 (UTC) user:androo123

Flavor dominance

Has anybody tried taking all three flavors at once? I just did, and Rain seems to be dominant. It's the only one I can taste (possibly Cobalt, the flavors are similar to me though). The cinnamon I can only taste very trace amounts of, and the lump of gum is a grayish green-blue with dots of red.

Anybody have a scientific explanation for this? 75.48.164.3 (talk) 11:42, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

-Who cares? This is an encyclopedia. 99.225.52.60 (talk) 01:34, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

Rated favorite?

Where did that come from?

71.11.215.216 (talk) 01:54, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

...aggressive phrasing

NPOV is not being remotely respected here. "This gum falsely claims..." "none of the flavors heat, "tingle" or cool" etc. Random targeting of hyperbolic advertising is ludicrous on Wikipedia. This gum also does not make one feel as though trapped in a giant thrill ride, either. It is neither the first nor the last brand to employ such forms of advertising, and these counterclaims can be summarized in the article by simply adding "the gum claims to" once in the intro paragraph. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.224.229.101 (talk) 18:48, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Wrigley's 5 gum

Full name of 5 is actually Wrigley's 5, or Wrigley's 5 gum. 24.203.182.78 (talk) 01:54, 21 August 2008 (UTC) user:androo123

Flare and Lush

I know at one point Flare was only availible in the USA. But the article doesn't state it anymore, does that mean it is availible in Canada? It was said Flare was one of the three original flavours, but why did it never appear in Canada?

I cannot find Lush in Canada eigther, the only three that appeared in Canada was Cobalt, then Rain, and finally Elixir. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.203.182.78 (talk) 00:09, 24 September 2008 (UTC)

Personally i dislike Flare. I love all of the other 4 but Flare is just absolutely gross to me. Maybe others feel the same way and it wasn't released in Canada? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.185.158.35 (talk) 03:29, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

New Flavors

I've just come back from a store that was selling new flavors called Zing and Solstice.

Anyone here ever heard oof them? 24.128.181.242 (talk) 22:39, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

yes i have had zing and solstice and my friend had a new flavor called snow at school. The package was completely white and the flavor is supposed to be bubblemint.