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Would love to hear some recommendations especially if they are available in Canada. I've been chewing a lot of whatever the green and blue version of 5 gum is lately. 5 released a caffeinated version of their gum called respawn but I don't think it was ever sold in Canada.

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[–] jrubal1462@mander.xyz 3 points 22 minutes ago

Extra, the green mint is my favorite but every once in a while I'll pick a different color. To me, extra is the only gum where the flavor lasts longer enough to be worthwhile.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago
[–] Kanzar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 13 hours ago

Recaldent, in grape flavour. Has CPP-ACP, for bonus reparative material.

[–] ChadMcTruth@lemmy.world 14 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

my big brother always gave me a gum called abc gum when i was little and it was a very cool texture that ive never seen another brand do but fortunately my brother is dead so i cant ask him where he got that gum

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

fortunately

glad to hear about your brother can i ask how he died

[–] ChadMcTruth@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

thanks for asking i love telling this story

it was spring break of 1999 and i had just gotten a good deal on the rerelease of tom & jerry the movie so obviously i spent most of the day watching it several times and you know how sometimes you watch something and you really relate to a character and you just wanna embody them well thats how i felt about jerry so you already know what i did i went out and i got LOADS of cheese the good stuff too i was eating kraft singles all evening

after all that cheese and tom & jerry i was purely content so naturally i slept like a rock and dreamt good dreams and to this day can you believe it that was the best sleep ive had my whole life and sometimes i try to recreate it but its not the same and one thing that made it so special was i dreamt that my crush accidentally forgot to put on clothes how great is that

anyway that morning i asked my mom if we could call my brother so i could tell him about it and it turns out he died in his sleep that night of cardiac arrest

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 points 48 minutes ago (1 children)
[–] ChadMcTruth@lemmy.world 3 points 27 minutes ago

are you suggesting im lying you better not be because i dont lie EVER

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 4 points 20 hours ago
[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 14 hours ago

When I was a kid I would get Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape. That was fun stuff.

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 3 points 16 hours ago

The gum you like is going to come back into style.

[–] 5wim@slrpnk.net 6 points 20 hours ago

Almost all chewing gum contains plastic, and as such stands to be a big source of microplastics in your body (and the environment, especially when not disposed of "properly").

In the US, companies are allowed to list "gum base" in the ingredients when the "gum base" could mean anything - but it almost always means PVA (polyvinylacetate; a plasticizer).

Some gum marketed to people who realize this uses chicle, as gum originally did, or some other non-plastic, but it needs to explicitly state this. "Gum base" = "not telling you" = undoubtedly chewing microplastics into your body.

[–] LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 20 hours ago

Based on my dietary intake, guar.

[–] Corno@lemm.ee 2 points 17 hours ago

I love Wrigley's blueberry flavour gum! They're sugar free ones so they're less harmful to my teeth in the long run but I might be biased regarding the flavour since I absolutely love anything blueberry flavoured haha.

[–] Diddlydee@feddit.uk 5 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Big Red. Always was and always will be.

[–] biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 minutes ago

I lowkey thought you meant the tomato sauce brand for a sec

[–] oyo@lemm.ee 1 points 16 minutes ago

"in 2003 in the United States, Wrigley's replaced some of the sugar with aspartame and Ace K, both artificial sweeteners."

Now all gum is shit.

[–] Mitsu@pawb.social 1 points 16 hours ago

Can’t go wrong with a trusty Glock 19!

[–] Eczpurt@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

If you haven't already you have to try Thrills! It advertises itself as "it still tastes like soap". Unique and old brand of chewing gum that I think everyone should try once. Shouldn't be too hard to find and it is certainly available in Canada.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

It's a toss-up between Beeman's Clove and Black Jack

[–] ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 57 minutes ago

Beeman's mint, Clove, and Teaberry for me.

[–] cfi@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Wish they went back to chicle and somehow the flavor would last longer

[–] iamericandre@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago

There were these ice breakers(?) lemon cubes that were gum and they were so good

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 points 20 hours ago

For a while I think trident had coffee flavoured gum, and orange flavour. They were both delicious

[–] synapse3252@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago

I'm a big spearmint guy. It used to be stride a while ago, but i just go with trident now because it's at costco