Glad I can be that ray of hope.

Obviously it was not Pepsi sponsored. I just wanted more. Maybe some lead in a little more info and then you can go all crazy.

Alas I have yet again made the mistake of coming to the internet with high expectaions only to have them dashed yet again. Oh well at least the Benspark is a shining ray of hope in an otherwise dismal landscape

The taste test was certainly not one that Pepsi had anything to do with. Sure it could have been a platform for talking about the ills of corn syrup and the use of real sugar. Overall it was a goof, a funny thing. Not everything has to be a teaching moment. Sometimes things can just be funny.

Of course, as Pepsi they do have an opportunity however it is about the bottom line with big businesses. I personally can’t drink real soda anymore because my pancreas is evil. Although I do enjoy Boylan Grape soda which is still made with sugar.

When will that white paper be available?

I have to point out that I was a little bit disappointed by the Mountain Dew throwback taste test.

Personally I am trying to avoid high fructose corn syrup. That stuff is just evil. Companies use it because it is cheap and very sweet so you need less of it. However no one ever factors into how much we subsidize corn in this country. Corn is a great crop but it is way over used. We feed it to cows to fatten them up before slaughter. Do you realize if cows just ate corn they would die. Cows are designed to eat grass and not corn to get them to fatten up on corn we need to load them with a bunch of antibiotics and drugs.

Anyway this is not the place for my Anti Corn Rant. If you are really interested in that you can ready my white paper “Corn it’s not you Grandfathers Maize”

Back to this taste test. I think Pepsi is doing a great thing here buy putting real sugar back in Soda. Unfortunately it is for a limited time. I would have like to hear about if MDTB tastes better it does marginally I have tried it and enjoyed it. I would have liked to have heard more about why throwback is a good idea.

Some people might like the review or think it is funny. It is amusing but the opportunity was there to do so much more and for me it left me disappointed.

Well I am off to stock up on Throwback Mountain Dew and Pepsi before the limtied time is up. There are so few sodas left that actually use sugar (Jones and Polar Classics are the only ones that come to mind) I think Pepsi will miss a huge opportunity if these throwback sodas don’t find a permanent place on our super market shelves.