New pepsi - now 57% less sugar, 100% less taste

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PostNew pepsi - now 57% less sugar, 100% less taste
by Return_of_the_STAR » Thu Apr 13, 2023 8:56 pm

Has anyone tried new pepsi? It’s absolutely horrible. They’ve reduced the sugar content by 57% so it’s now 18 calories per 100ml in all cans and bottles manufactured in the uk and Ireland. Pepsi max is much nicer.

Thankfully normal Pepsi is still available on draught in pubs and restaurants.

Pepsi has slashed the sugar content of its classic drink by more than half.

Shops will now sell cans and bottles with 57% less sugar - 4.55g per 100ml.

The "reformulated" Pepsi is sweetened with a blend of acesulfame potassium and sucralose, PepsiCo said in a statement.

The changes mean a 330ml can will have contain 15g of sugar, when previously it was 36g.

A two-litre bottle will have 91g, down from 213g, and the sugar content of a 500ml bottle has been cut from 53.25g to 22.75g.


The new bottles and cans hit supermarket shelves in March, but pubs and restaurants will continue to serve the higher sugar version


https://pepsi.co.uk/products/pepsi

https://news.sky.com/story/pepsi-dramat ... k-12844011

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PostRe: New pepsi - now 57% less sugar, 100% less taste
by Vermilion » Thu Apr 13, 2023 8:59 pm

I've not tried it, but it sounds terrible.

Mind you, i normally have coke zero anyways.

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PostRe: New pepsi - now 57% less sugar, 100% less taste
by Met » Fri Apr 14, 2023 7:48 am

I've always gone for Max over regular for as long as I can remember anyway so it doesn't surprise me that regular pepsi is becoming more awful.

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PostRe: New pepsi - now 57% less sugar, 100% less taste
by Prototype » Fri Apr 14, 2023 7:54 am

as someone who is pretty much addicted to Pepsi Max, i'm glad they've not messed with that recipe. Though I am trying to move to the decaf stuff due to current health issues

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PostRe: New pepsi - now 57% less sugar, 100% less taste
by KK » Fri Apr 14, 2023 8:16 am

I rarely drink it (I choose Diet Pepsi or Pepsi Max Caffeine Free), but seeing as there’s so many options in the range, why change it? Presumably just to avoid the sugar tax.

When they alter these recipes they always make it considerably worse (San Pellegrino, New Coke, Lucozade).

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PostRe: New pepsi - now 57% less sugar, 100% less taste
by rinks » Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:46 am

I guess this explains why it’s not been available for a few weeks. I don’t drink it a lot, but it’s by far my preferred mixer with JD, so this is very disappointing.

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PostRe: New pepsi - now 57% less sugar, 100% less taste
by Tomous » Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:47 am

Pepsi has always been gooseberry fool. A poor man's coke.


And don't get me started on those weirdos who like Pepsi Max.

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PostRe: New pepsi - now 57% less sugar, 100% less taste
by Jenuall » Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:50 am

Regular Pepsi has always been an inferior product to Coke, I'll give you that. But Pepsi Max is the nectar of the gods! :capnscotty:

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PostRe: New pepsi - now 57% less sugar, 100% less taste
by Tomous » Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:56 am

Told you weirdos liked it

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by Imrahil » Fri Apr 14, 2023 10:59 am

I was always a regular Pepsi guy. Just felt a much smoother taste than Coke.

But that was around 20 years ago when I quit drinking all fizzy drinks. So I guess I'm saying I don't give a gooseberry fool about this.

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PostRe: New pepsi - now 57% less sugar, 100% less taste
by Octoroc » Fri Apr 14, 2023 11:09 am


So far this year, I have eaten NO mince pies.
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PostRe: New pepsi - now 57% less sugar, 100% less taste
by Cumberdanes » Fri Apr 14, 2023 11:37 am

Pepsi has always been shite, I'm one of those awkward buggers who says 'No' when you order a Coke and they ask 'Is Pepsi alright?'.

I could drink Pepsi Max in a pinch though.

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by Hexx » Fri Apr 14, 2023 11:51 am

Pepsi Max supremacy!

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by Pedz » Fri Apr 14, 2023 11:55 am

Pepsi >>>> Coke.

But Pepsi Max is the best.


Well it was all cola taste like dirt to me, ever since I got covid in November 2021. :(

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PostRe: New pepsi - now 57% less sugar, 100% less taste
by Victor Mildew » Fri Apr 14, 2023 12:48 pm

Being an adult and drinking fizzy drinks

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PostRe: New pepsi - now 57% less sugar, 100% less taste
by Cumberdanes » Fri Apr 14, 2023 12:50 pm

Victor Mildew wrote:Being an adult and drinking fizzy drinks


Beer is fizzy

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PostRe: New pepsi - now 57% less sugar, 100% less taste
by Moggy » Fri Apr 14, 2023 12:56 pm

Cumberdanes wrote:
Victor Mildew wrote:Being an adult and drinking fizzy drinks


Beer is fizzy


He only drinks larger.

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PostRe: New pepsi - now 57% less sugar, 100% less taste
by Victor Mildew » Fri Apr 14, 2023 1:19 pm

Cumberdanes wrote:
Victor Mildew wrote:Being an adult and drinking fizzy drinks


Beer is fizzy


Not where I drink :dread:

Hexx wrote:Ad7 is older and balder than I thought.
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PostRe: New pepsi - now 57% less sugar, 100% less taste
by Cumberdanes » Fri Apr 14, 2023 1:41 pm

Victor Mildew wrote:
Cumberdanes wrote:
Victor Mildew wrote:Being an adult and drinking fizzy drinks


Beer is fizzy


Not where I drink :dread:


Shouldn't that be what not where? Most, maybe even all beers leave the brewery carbonated be it via natural or forced carbonation although some are made to go flat in transit.

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PostRe: New pepsi - now 57% less sugar, 100% less taste
by Zilnad » Fri Apr 14, 2023 1:56 pm

I rarely drink fizzy pop but I did have a Pepsi Max today with my Subway. Very gassy, burped after every mouthful.


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