The Edible Lubricant Taste Test

Introduction:

We conducted a taste test of edible lubricants. Locking yourself in a conference room and taste-testing 20 different flavored lubricants, isn't your typical workday. Then again, ShopInPrivate.com isn't your typical store. We not only sell edible lubricants, but we want to be able to answer your questions about embarrassing items, without you having to ask anyone. That's what we do. We save you embarrassment.

Besides, after reading the labels and names of these lubes we became increasingly skeptical. Some of the flavor names were way to good to be true. Personal lubricants couldn't possibly taste like a Sun-Ripened Strawberry could they? We were about to find out. Our goal is to offer honest advice, selling product can be secondary. So here is the honest truth about the taste of edible personal lubricants:

Edible Lubricants - What are they?

Personal lubricants exist in a number of different packages and are marketed in many different ways. While the packaging varies from feminine to raunchy you can classify all of them into three different categories:

• Edible Lubricants - Edible lubricants include (almost always artificial) flavorings. The purpose of these flavorings is to make them palatable. If you read the packages they sound delicious. Flavors on the market include Sun Ripened Strawberry, Chocolate-Raspberry, Passion Fruit even Orange-Mango, and Raspberry Kiss.
• Digestible Lubricants - I suppose some companies acknowledge that certain products don't taste good but are in fact edible. Sometimes they use the term "Digestible" to signify this. As almost any product that can be used in and around the vagina is digestible, normal lubricants fall into this category.
• Non-edible Lubricants - Recently, some silicone based lubricants have been introduced. These lubricants have the advantage that they do not dry out like most edible (water based) lubricants. Silicone lubricants are also condom and sex toy compatible unlike some (oil based) digestible lubricants. Unfortunately, Silicone lubricants are not digestible. Are they poisonous? No. They are inert. I imagine you could probably eat them in the same way you can swallow your gum.

Warming Lubricants - Lubricants with Warming Sensation

Many flavored lubricants also mention that they provide a "warming sensation". Some say that they warm to the touch and heat up when you blow on them. To anyone who has felt an uncomfortably cold breeze at the wrong time this certainly sounds appealing. In fact, the sensation is desirable to many. Although the lubricants don't actually produce heat, they feel as if they do and the sensation is pleasant. It is similar to standing under a heat lamp in a cold bathroom or using a warmed hand towel before a meal at a Japanese restaurant.

For years people have used warming lubricants to enhance lovemaking. I imagine that some folks probably find the sensation to be a little too much, but others enjoy it. K-Y makes a warming lubricant similar to products that adult industry has offered for years but it isn't flavored. We actually prefer some of adult brands like Wet Fun Flavors. Because KY Warming Lubricant isn't edible, you won't find it mentioned in the this comparison. We'll only review warming, edible lubes here.

Taste Test - How do they rate?

The following table gives individual rating for over 40 different edible lubricants. The rating is based on a 0-10 scale where zero represents something that is truly inedible (like dirt), a 10 rating would taste exactly like fresh fruit. For reference, we decided that a Jolly Rancher brand candy would be a 9. The ratings here will be significantly less than 9 for most edible lubricants because many of them don't taste very good. We'd use anything better than a 6, but now that we have sampled 30 different edible lubes our expectations are low.

The Edible Lubricants Battle of The Brands:

What to buy and why?

While we haven't included every product available to every person, we have completed what we believe is the largest independent study of edible lubricants in existence. Here are our suggestions:

Update: It has been a couple of years since we performed this taste test, and two brands have hit the market that make considerably better lubes than those we tested here! We still love Wet Strawberry, but we are also big fans of Wicked Salted Caramel Lube and Fruitopia Edible Lube. These brands have sweet flavors, with no bad aftertaste. They are our new favorites.

Suggestion #1: Consider buying an edible lubricant assortment. These small single-use packs are great because you won't get tired of any one flavor. Also, they travel well and instead of having to clean up the bottle, you can just discard the pack. We like Motion Lotion the best so we strongly recommend the Teasers Sampler.

Suggestion #2: If you do want to get a regular bottle of edible lubricant we suggest the Wet Fun Flavors 4 in 1 Brand. Seductive Strawberry Wet was the favorite of our testing panel.

Suggestion #3: If you are looking for a tingling lotion that is also edible, you'll have to compromise a little on taste, but we would suggest Dickalicious.

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