Okay, enough nuclear war crap. I’m going to return to something vastly more important - my highly subjective analysis of most of the currently available Diet/Zero Sugar Mountain Dew flavors (I think I may have tried them all at least once out of curiosity):
Diet Mountain Dew - the OG. Surprisingly similar to standard Mt. Dew. I think the sickeningly sweet flavor (which I rather like) is more easily imitated for Mt. Dew than for most diet clones. If you like the sugar version AND can tolerate diet soda, it’s a very reasonable substitute. Still being produced in parallel with…
Mt. Dew Zero Sugar - very similar, NOT quite identical. This version ups the caffeine by ~20% and has a subtly “crisper”/“cleaner” flavor. I prefer the flavor of the original diet by a hair, but they’re close enough for government work.
Mt. Dew Code Red Zero Sugar - “cherry” flavor. Hard to find (or just expensive to order), but I’m fond of it. Probably my favorite.
Mt. Dew Major Melon Zero Sugar - “watermelon” flavor. Easy to find, decent IMHO - it’s grown on me.
Mt. Dew Spark Zero Sugar - “raspberry lemon” flavor. As above. Widely distributed, pretty decent. On a par with the Major Melon line.
Mt. Dew Baja Blast Zero Sugar - “lime” flavor. Ported over from a Taco Bell exclusive to retail. Very intermittently available. The only time I tried it it was near expiration, so I couldn’t say if that hurt the flavor profile (probably), but I wasn’t impressed. I had expected to like it - I usually like lime-flavored most anything. But it was more distinctly “dietish” than some of its cousins. Again might have been the expiration date issue.
Mt Dew Frostbite Zero Sugar - “melon” flavor. Walmart exclusive, intermittently available. Tried it once, unimpressed.
Mt Dew Voodoo (version 4) Zero Sugar - “mystery” flavor, but these are Halloween seasonal exclusives and seemingly always candy flavored - this one tastes like SweeTarts to me (other people say sour patch kids). Fall limited edition. Never tasted the previous three. Tried this one and flavor was as above. It was…okay. If you liked Sweetarts as a kid, which I kinda did. But I’d never buy it again.