Mentos

Guide Note

Mentos is a candy mint with a hard outside and a chewy center that comes in various flavors.

Fast Facts

1. Also known as "The Chewy Mint"
2. Invented in 1950s
3. Created in the Netherlands
4. Made by Van Melle Corporation
5. Slogan: "The Freshmaker"
6. 45 rolls consumed every second
7. Sold in more than 150 countries
8. Mentos is Spanish for mint
9. Available flavors: Orange, strawberry, lemon, cinnamon, among others
10. Mentos gum has been recently introduced to the U.S.

If you've ever been to YouTube, you are probably familiar with one of the dozens of videos of people creating geysers of soda by plopping a single Mentos candy into a two liter bottle of Diet Coke. The chemical reaction of the two products indeed creates an impressive blast of soda--but if you are going to recreate the experiment, take care to do it somewhere with easy clean up!