1.84 - Wrigley's 5: Vortex (Green Apple)

By the name: Wrigley's 5: Vortex, you would have no idea that it is apple flavor.

Nothing fancy...no vitamins, no ginseng, no heroin...just gum.

This gum drove a member of the taste testing crew to violence and its horrible taste helped it rank as the #2 worst gum ever in the history of this blog.



Participating in this review are: Jay, Kevin, Dan, Adam, and Mark (promoted from "New Guy").

Flavor Longevity: 1.6
Jay - 3
Kevin - 1
Dan - 1
Adam - 1
Mark - 2

Comments:
"Far too long."
"Thank God it wears off fast."
"The flavor is faded fast after about 10 minutes."



Taste: 1.4
Jay - 1
Kevin - 1
Dan - 1
Adam - 1
Mark - 3

Comments:
"OMG! This is the worst tasting gum ever."
"Simply Terrible. You’ll do your best to keep this gum off your tongue. When I made my post using the word shit in every category, I should have saved that post for this gum."
"This is an extremely vile taste. It is vaguely like apple, but I am pretty sure there is some anthrax and rotting battery acid too."
"Fu*beep*ck me gently with a chainsaw, this shit is vile! Imagine a person with no working taste buds trying to concoct a gum that tastes like green apple...they ignorantly select multiple flavor chemicals with no knowledge if they actually go together – now release this gum on the market without taste testing. This is that gum. It tastes like floor cleaner with a hint of pine tree extract. It brings rage to those who chew it and drove this reviewer to violence (I’m afraid to say that the blog owner was assaulted by a stuffed doll as a result for bringing this atrocity upon us). For all that is good and holy, do not try this gum unless you wish to inflict pain on your enemies."
"Contrary to everyone else, I kinda liked it. Reminded me of Fruit Stripe/Gatorade –much better than FruitStripe, not as unique as Gatorade"



Flavor Strength: 2.6
Jay - 3
Kevin - 1
Dan - 4
Adam - 1
Mark - 4

Comments:
"The gum has a very strong taste, but because it is just horrible, I have to only give it a 1."
"The strength is fine, it is just too bad the taste sucks."
"Too strong I’m afraid for this gum."



Texture & Consistency: 2.2
Jay - 4
Kevin - 1
Dan - 4
Adam - 1
Mark - 1

Comments:
"Can’t get past the taste to rate this category."
"While the consistency isn’t all that bad, the taste is so horrible, I cannot award this gum any value in points."
"Fairly standard for a stick gum."
"Okay, I guess."
"Got dense too quick. At 20 I spit it out."



Refreshment: 1.4
Jay - 1
Kevin - 1
Dan - 1
Adam - 1
Mark - 3

Comments:
"I need to brush my teeth."
"Are you fu*beep*cking kidding me?!"
"I might just pass this gum out to my kids as punishment rather than washing their mouth out with soap."
"Best thing about this gum: spitting it out. Next best thing: the wrapper? That’s all this gum has going for it – spitting it out, and the wrapper."
"For the first 5 minutes it was “refreshing”."



Overall Score: 1.84