Brian indulged my passion for gum and sent me some Japanese Lotte gum to review. I’d never had any before, and I’m glad I got to finally try it, especially since two of the wrappers said “yes,chewing!†– I’m a sucker for quirky marketing. I was especially excited about trying the Lotte, because I usually chew sugarless gum, so good ol’ tooth-rotting gum is a special treat. I tried five flavors:
Green Gum: nice, minty tea taste that got stronger as I chewed. It’s a different mint than American gum, and quite refreshing. The gum is a pleasant jade color and has a long-lasting fresh aftertaste.
Blueberry: more like raspberry, both in color and taste. I love this stuff. It has great flavor and consistency, but my tastebuds definitely say raspberry.
Sweetie: very light green sticks that are sweet but not super sugary. The product description says it’s a cross between grapefruit and orange. The taste is almost a little sour, and I like the blueberry much better.
BlackBlack: the grey sticks are said to be loaded with caffeine, but I didn’t buzz after the half stick I chewed. BlackBlack has a strong menthol overtone like cough drops, and it was hard for me to keep chewing long enough to give it a fair chance for review. The taste got stronger as I chewed, and it made my mouth water uncomfortably. I guess I can see how people could love BlackBlack, but it’s not for me.
NOTIME: This one is almost flavorless mint. Way too mild for me. I felt like someone forgot to add enough mint, but the gum still had a fairly strong, lingering aftertaste. Unlike the other flavors, which were sticks, NOTIME came shaped as rectangular cubes.
Lotte makes several other gum flavors, and you can check them out at Asian Food Grocer and JBOX. Most of the gum costs a little more than $1.25 per nine-piece pack. I’m game to try them all.
- Lotte website
- TV commercial for BlackBlack (featuring Van Damme)
- Lotte fruit gum commercial on YouTube
Buy Lotte gum online:
Where can I purchase Lotte Green Candy?
August 21st, 2006 at 10:21 pmLynnette,
August 22nd, 2006 at 11:30 amThere are two links at the end of the story under the heading “Buy Lotte Gum online.” Click on them for Asian Food Grocer and JBOX. I think the Green gum is the product you want, but if not, those sites have lots of Lotte stuff to choose from. Happy chewing!
Lotte is a Korean grocery store, not Japanese.
RESPONSE: Their website is at http://www.lotte.co.jp and jlist.com (who only carries Japanese products)
August 22nd, 2006 at 11:37 amcarries it so I\’m pretty sure they are a Japanese company.
–Brian
When my aunt lived in Japan she would send me packs (and packs) of Mangosteen lotte gum (a pity you couldn’t try this flavour as it is definately the best). I hear this flavour isn’t available anymore…..very sad about that! I thought there may have been a change ‘Asian Food Grocer’ would carry it but gasp! no sign……….ahhhh i miss that gum!
August 24th, 2006 at 12:48 amActually, Lotte was founded by a South Korean man and was established first in Seoul, South Korea. Lotte is a large multinational corporation so it does have branches outside of Korea. Lotte has major operations in Japan, but it’s essentially a Korean company.
September 28th, 2006 at 7:34 pmi really love candy !!! i collect the candy’s papers, and i want have the informatin about the new kind of candy’s paper
January 6th, 2007 at 4:37 amthe NoTime gum is one of those gums that clean your teath while you chew it- i admit the flavor isn’t great but my teeth felt pretty clean after i tried a piece(:
June 21st, 2007 at 9:08 pm