Talk:Orbit (gum)

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[edit] Orbit White?

Does this really clean your teeth and make them white? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.133.154.167 (talk • contribs) 15:31, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

CLean your teeth? Im not sure whiten them? if you eat a pack a week for 3 months and it should whiten them maybe sooner i don't know. Dappled Sage 22:37, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Crystal Mint

I work at a CVS, and we got a new flavor of Orbit gum. It's called Crystal Mint. It kind of tastes like Wintergreen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by MilitantRabbit (talk • contribs) 16:33, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

I actually think CRYSTAL MINT is their version of POLAR ICE, Just as WINTERMINT is their version of WINTERFRESH. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.134.150.165 (talk • contribs) 10:18, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] myth

Is there any truth to the urban myth that you can eat orbit gum wrappers because they are biodegradeble? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.163.100.14 (talk • contribs) 22:34, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Why don't you eat a tree stump? that's biodegradeble too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.244.19.69 (talk • contribs) 21:14, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

I chew the gum with the wrapper on all the time. You can't taste it it just chews right into the gum.68.83.245.232 18:17, 25 February 2007 (UTC) SIGNING WITH FOUR TILDES FOR WQIKIPEDIA

Well, that seems a little silly. 71.146.35.95 05:59, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
That is a little silly. It isn't recommended by the company because the wrapper is paper and can be consumed like any other piece of paper. So, I'm removing this myth from the page. Psyklic 06:01, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flavours, etc.

  • I added qualifiers to the flavours and ingredients details; it's not clear which markets they apply to (hence this is not mentioned), but it seems to be the US. As I mentioned elsewhere, these things vary in different countries, so the article was kind of misleading beforehand.

FWIW, I'm not convinced that we need a complete list of ingredients anyway, but I left it in for now.

Fourohfour 16:51, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Good idea. I rather like including the ingredients. We've also done it on the altoids page. I think it should be done more often on food pages. It's interesting to see how the ingredients differ from flavor to flavor, etc., and might be interesting to track changes over time or across markets, if/when the formulation changes. -Bindingtheory 18:17, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Perhaps; you have to make clear which versions of the product these apply to, however. At present, it's not even clear which flavours apply to which market, let alone which market the ingredients lists apply to. These sort of things *will* vary across the world, if nothing else because of the different regulations regarding sweeteners and additives. As I've said, I *assume* that these apply to the U.S. because that's the default country for everything, isn't it? *cough* :-/ But it really ought to make it clear if that is the case. And if you aim to be reasonably complete and still usable, IMHO you probably want a more table-like form for both flavours and ingredients. Anyway, that's just my £0.01..... Fourohfour 19:20, 10 June 2006 (UTC)
  • You're right. I hadn't actually realized how much even simple things like packaging vary from place to place until yesterday when I was researching for List of flavors of chewing gum. You can see the difference between the U.S. Orbit [1] and the UK Orbit [2]. I'm working on an update to more accurately reflect the variation between countries/markets, which I hope to have up soon. Does anyone from the UK have any Orbit packs around and can get ingredient lists from them? -Bindingtheory 22:58, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Commercial

In the recent commercial with Snoop, it occurred to me while watching, 'all dogs go to heaven' (Snoop Dogg) and the 'sheep go go heaven, goats go to hell' (a goat randomly pops up by the dog bowl). Not sure if it was intentional, but it'd be nice if someone found some sort of source for it as trivia. --Wirbelwind 02:47, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Orbit released in the late '70s in North America

While Orbit can be considered new in North America, I remember buying it in the late 70s. Advertising had a sci-fi theme that featured little white robot and had a slogan like "Orbit, out of this world!". It came in standard 5 stick packs. So technically, Orbit was relaunched in 2001 in North America. Anyone else remember this? --Navstar 17:19, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

I remember buying Orbit gum in the 1970s, in convenience stores in Fort Worth, Texas. At the time it was advertised to be sweetened with xylitol. Although it still includes xylitol, nowadays it uses mostly sorbitol as a sweetener. =Axlq 01:49, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Favorite Flavor?

List your favorite flavor, why, and your name or surname

1.Magnumxl of warcraft 3 us east.I'll start by saying that my favorite flavor is probably Cinnamint because its so strong and refreshing, my second favorite would probably be citrusmint and i still havent tried lemon-lime —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.175.124.18 (talk • contribs) 22:18, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

2.N*gga John us east. I'll continue by saying that my fav flav is hard to choose. I think the orange & lemon flavs are really good, as is the raspberry, but they don't last long enough, & raspberry actually physically disintegrates literally days before the mint flavors. SO my favorite is simply the original peppermint. (dark blue) I wish there was chocolatemint —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.83.245.232 (talk • contribs) 18:19, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Flavour info

I added back some of the flavour information table, minus the pictures and the ingredients (which I thought were too much). If we're going to mention all the flavours, they should at least be presented in an organised manner. Fourohfour 18:46, 2 June 2007 (UTC)