Dentyne
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Dentyne is a series of brands of chewing gum available in several countries globally. It is owned by Cadbury Adams, a division of Cadbury.
In 1899, a New York City druggist named Franklin V. Canning formulated a chewing gum which he promoted as an aid to oral hygiene. "To prevent decay, To sweeten the breath, To keep teeth white," read the package. Mr. Canning called his new gum Dentyne which is a combination of the words "dental" and "hygiene." In 1916 the brand was sold to the American Chicle Company.
By the 1930s, Dentyne was produced by the Adams Gum Company. Adams was one of the companies that made up the American Chicle Company.
Eventually ownership passed to Warner-Lambert Company which merged into Pfizer Inc. in 2000, and most recently to Cadbury-Schweppes.
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[edit] Dentyne Classic
The original Dentyne, a mint flavored breath-freshening[citation needed] gum which contains sugar. Dentyne Classic was dropped from Canada in 2006.
[edit] Dentyne Ice
A sugarless gum available in several flavors, all "intense" mints. Currently available flavors include "Peppermint", "Arctic Chill", "Spearmint", "Shiver Mint", "Vanilla Frost", "Cool Frost" and "Wild Winter". Dentyne Ice gum should not be confused with Dentyne Ice mints.
Outside of the United States, products available include additional flavors. In the Thai market, for instance, the "Dentyne Ice" package carries nine gum pellets instead of twelve, and is available in such flavors as "Mentholyptus" (extremely strong, similar to coughdrop mint flavor), "Midnight Mint," and Cherry (similar to a cherry mouthwash flavor.)
[edit] Dentyne Fire
Dentyne Fire "Spicy Cinnamon" is a cinnamon-flavored sugarless gum. Dentyne Fire gum should not be confused with Dentyne Fire mints.
[edit] Dentyne Tango
Dentyne Tango "Mixed Berry" comes in purple packaging and is fruit-flavored, not mint.
[edit] Dentyne Blast
The flavours, Wild Winter and Hypermint were originally launched under the Dentyne Ice name in 2006, but as of 2007, have been renamed as Dentyne Blast with the addition of the Cool Lime and Chocomint flavours.
[edit] New products
Dentyne has also recently introduced Dentyne Ice and Dentyne Fire "Soft Chews" (similar to Dentyne Classic, but sugarless) and Dentyne Mints, also made in Ice and Fire flavors.
