Sierra Mist Undercover Orange is a creative limited edition that provides an orange flavor within a clear soft drink, much like Sprite Remix. The mandarin orange taste is considerably different from other orange sodas, though suffers from some of the negatives associated with HFCS and Sierra Mist in general. It’s a clever tie-in to the movie Get Smart and provides a much needed orange flavor to PepsiCo’s lineup.
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Bubble Up is one of the best lemon-lime beverages I’ve ever had. Amazing clean flavor thanks to the inclusion of lemon and lime oils, dry aftertaste powered by the use of cane sugar, and packed with a nice bit of bite, this drink puts to shame other brands it predates such as 7Up, Sprite, and Sierra Mist. Bubble Up is great!
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Amazing lemon flavor can be found in the limited-time Sierra Mist Lemon Squeeze. We liked it so much more than the flagship Sierra Mist. This soft drink review notes that the smooth flavor is something to be sampled before it’s gone forever!
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And so the soft drink review history of Sprite Zero reads: “2 years, 3 names. That’s the story behind Sprite Zero. ‘Hi, we’re Coke… we are clueless marketing people!’” Personally, I can’t stand the taste.
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Interestingly, it seems that the the inclusion of high fructose corn syrup as “natural” in the reformulated 7Up is causing some problems. It’s makers are being sued for false advertising.
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Why does one do a soda review on a classic like 7Up? Well, you have to take a look when it’s reformulated with more “natural ingredients.” However, the problem wasn’t the formula. Now it’s worse.
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Coming Soon: A “new” 7Up, reformulated with so-called “100% Natural Ingredients”. We’ll see about that!
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It looks like the end of the line for 7Up’s dnL spinoff. It’s being discontinued, per the folks at BevNet.com:
DNP for 7UP’s dnL
Company will focus on 7UP Plus, instead
dnL, a caffeinated version of 7UP that the company started selling in 2002 to compete with energy drinks, won’t last the year. The company has announced […]
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Back in November 2004, Pepsi announced that they were following Coke’s footsteps in renaming their diet lemon lime product. Whereas Coke changed Diet Sprite to Diet Sprite Zero, Pepsi morphed Diet Sierra Mist into Sierra Mist Free. Apparently, the word “diet” is evil these days.
New name; same taste
There was no change to the […]
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The third version of the Sprite Remix line extension, Sprite Remix Aruba Jam is similar in flavor to Sprite Remix Tropical, but it’s just not a standout drink. It’s toned-down fruit punch.
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