Talk:Mentos

message: I would like people to discuss the singular of the word Mentos.  Is it "Mento" or "Mentos"?  I feel like a lot of people would be interested in this information.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.50.131.198 (talk) 05:19, 12 June 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: 'dragee' is used for pill shaped objects meant for intake. Jalwikip (talk) 12:47, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I wonder what happened to that promotional "FreshWorld" chat site that Mentos used to have (with human-looking avatars that came in all shapes). Until the end of 2003 it still existed, and all of a sudden, it was taken from the air. There's no information about why it went down. --Mfolozi 03:33, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Promotional site taken down 

message: I rewrote a good chunk of this section - the text was previously unreadable, inaccurate, and misleading.  I based much of it on the main article, and the Mythbusters episode.  Nucleation is indeed the prime mover of the reaction, supported by the ancillary ingredients in the candy and the soda.  I think what I added is appropriate for both the casual reader and the Diet Coke and Mentos veteran. RebelBodhi (talk) 23:01, 25 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: That entire paragraph is copy/pasted from http://eepybird.com/science1.html/. Someone should rewrite it. --65.94.227.3 02:59, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gum arabic / surface tension explanation is pretty shady. 

message: Thought i would point out this story where the mythbusters explain the mentos and diet coke reaction. The main discrepancy i see with wikipedia is it says that diet coke is used to avoid a sticky mess but the mythbusters article says sugar actually slows the chemical reaction (there's also a more detailed description of the reaction):
"Sugar molecules are very large," Hyneman says, "and that doesn't allow this to happen as quickly. That's the key. Sugar is gooey and sticky -- even though it doesn't seem that way when it's in a soda, but there's a lot in there -- and it helps hold onto the CO2 a lot better."--24.87.80.204 19:49, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mythbusters explain mentos+diet coke 

message: I removed the following text from the "Competing Brands" section:
  Mentos' commercial popularity reached its peak in the early 1990's when it parodied the hit Jean Claude Van Damme movie "Bloodsport", 
  as it portrayed a clip from the movie of Van Damme running from authorities while the classic Mentos theme song played.
First of all this has nothing to do with competing brands, and second it seems rather unlikely that this clip was produced by the Mentos' company themselves (Mentos do not actually appear in the clip) as the paragraph seems to suggest.  Isn't it just a fan-created parody?  A citation is probably needed. PxT 19:52, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bloodsport 

message: propose a removal of the trivia section as that entire paragraph should merge well with the intro. RichMac 17:40, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  merge trivia section with intro paragraph 

message: "Many North American viewers believed that the 1990s commercials, with their unfamiliar and rather naive style, had been imported -- perhaps from Northern Europe, the candy's home."
Mentioning this, seems a bit pointless, since it is not explained wether this belief is true or not. I think that one of the linked sites claims that the commercials were made by an American agency and filmed in the States, shouldn't this be mentioned?
:Also, 'Northern Europe' are not the candy's 'home', since the Netherlands are definitely not in Norther Europe. I remember one commercial featuring a very blond guy, perhaps he was identified as Swedish or something? Anyway, I'll remove the passage. Jalwikip (talk) 12:46, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is complete nonsense. Of course the Netherlands are in Northern Europe. Notably, the Northern Renaissance took place in Europe in...you guessed it, the Netherlands. PLEASE REVERT THIS EDIT IMMEDIATELY. 24.1.101.2 (talk) 23:21, 19 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  The commercials: imported or not? 

message: This section contains flawed logic:
"Rumors of deaths
........no actual news accounts exist anywhere of anyone dying from it, which means it is therefore not true and could never really happen inside the body, as the stomach breaks it all up"
Whilst I doubt anyone has died from this practice, this kind of sentence should not appear in an encyclopedia. For example: I just killed 20,000 people. About 5 minutes ago. It hasn't yet been mentioned on the news. Therefore I must be lying.
Anyway. You get my drift.
:Looks like an oversight. I'll take it out. Thanks! Kafziel Talk 20:15, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Deaths?

message: Nothing about the theme song? Who composed it, things like that... I'd really like to know, in fact, and I don't know anything about it...
Klow 20:54, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Theme Song 

message: Since "Mentos" is both singular and plural, I pronounce the word differently depending whether I use it in the singular or plural.  The singular is , while the plural is .
--  Denelson83  04:24, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the plural should be "mentoi" since they are "chewy dragées", and "dragée" has a Greek etymology. --Anakata (talk) 23:10, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

text: An old TV ad ("Mentos, a mighty mint to chew") pronounced the brand like "men-toss" (not "men-toes") so it seems it isn't really a plural. 2A00:23C5:FE0C:2100:F450:71C4:48E:8F11 (talk) 14:56, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Singular vs. plural 

message: : According to the Mentos package I have, there is no listing of gelatin as an ingredient in Mentos, so the status of it as a kosher product is unknown. I did some research and haven't found any connection between "gelatin" and "gellan gum" - someone should put up something about it. 169.237.235.71 17:50, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kosher Status 

message: The following statement, formerly located at the end of the second paragraph of the section called "Mentos and soft drink reaction," is disputable, and should be removed:
(Colas lacking sugar are also much easier to clean up afterward).
Unless citations as to where this can be proved are provided, the statement referenced above will be removed by me (TrekCaptainUSA) on or after Friday, April 4, 2008.  --TrekCaptainUSA (talk),  02 April 2008  10:20 AM  EDT (UTC-4:00)
Due to unforseeable circumstances, if a citation which supports the above comment is not seen by 5:00 PM EDT (UTC-4:00) on Thursday, April 3, 2008, the questionable statement will be removed sometime on Thursday, April 3, 2008. --TrekCaptainUSA (talk),  03 April 2008  8:44 AM EDT (UTC-4:00)  —Preceding comment was added at 12:44, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unconfirmable Statement in Article 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The chart/label (dunno how to call it) says that the country from Mentos originates is... Saturn.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gość232 (talk • contribs) 16:59, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Country 

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thread_title:  External links modified (January 2018) 

message: In the United States, I have found Mentos that were labeled manufactured in the US, Mexico, and Holland (for the US market).  I recently bought a 5-pack from Walmart in Florida and they were from Holland.  Also one time in a 7-11, I bought 2 rolls from the same box and they were from different countries with slightly different ingredients.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asherkobin (talk • contribs) 21:01, 9 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Countries of Manufacture 

message: The section about Diet Coke and Mentos eruption takes up over a third of the entire article. There already is an article Diet Coke and Mentos eruption that is almost as long as this entire article. There is quite probably considerable overlap between the section and the main article. Can the section be shortened? JIP | Talk 21:01, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diet Coke and Mentos eruption