Lasting Flavor
Which gum brand provides the longest flavor?
Hypothesis
Research
Stride:
It is known that the makers of Stride, spend about 26.6 million on advertising their gum. Stride is the 4th largest-selling brand.
Trident and Eclipse:
It is known that the makers of Trident and Eclipse, spend about 26.8 million on advertising their gum. Wrigley's the makers of Trident and Eclipse gum is the 2nd largest-selling brand. With adversiing the promotes fresh breath and oral benefits such as, clean teeth.
Mint Flavors:
Many flavors of gum keep it flavor by the preservatives that are added into the gum during manufactoring. The preservatives are broken down in your mouth by saliva. The breaking down of the sugars and flavors takes place after the gum is in your mouth. Peppermint, spearmint and cinnonman flavored gums are supposed to last the longest.
Sources:
Jacobs, Merrilee. "Why Does Gum Lose Its Flavor?." Health Food Facts. eHow. 6 March 2014. http://www.ehow.com/video_4908431_gum-lose-its-flavor_.html?
ref=Track2&utm_source=ask.
Newman, Andrew. "Gum Ads That Seek Longer-Lasting Chewer." May 10, 2010. The New York Times. 13 March
2014. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/11/business/media/11adco.html?_r=0.
Hawthorne, Caitie. "Beggars Can't Be Chewers: A Guide To Gum Selection." November
6, 2013. NYULocal. 13 March
2014. http://nyulocal.com/entertainment/2013/11/06/beggars-cant-be-chewers-a- guide-to-gum-selection/
Materials
- Ziplock bags
- 3 packs of Elispe gum
- 3 packs of Trident gum
- 3 packs Stride gum
- survey created on Word
- Computer (word processing and internet)
Procedures
- Form a hypothesis
- Gather resarch.
- Buy the three different types of gum.
- Create the survey.
- Separate gum and the survey into 20 different bags.
- Pass out the bags with gum and survey to 20 different people.
- Gather the survey results.
- Graph the results
- Write conclusions
- Complete Smore
Data
Variables
Dependent Variables: The amount of time the flavor lasts
Results/Conclusion
Results:
Based on the data, Eclipse has the longest lasting flavor. Stride has the shortest lasting flavor. There was not one brand of gum that lasted 5 minutes. Surveyed 20 people, but only 15 returned the results.
Conclusion:
My hypothsis was correct. The Eclipse gum lasted the longest compared to the other brands of gum. At the end of the experiment, 5 people determined that the Eclipse gum had the longer lasting favored when compared to Trident and Stride. There was not one brand of gum that only lasted for 5 minutes. Most brands of gum provided a flavor for 30 minutes. In conclusion, the Eclipse gum had the longest-lasting flavor when surveyed by 15 people.