# Great Mysteries of the Universe: Diet Mountain Dew and Concentrated Orange Juice

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 13, 2009, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-mysteries-of-the-universe-diet-mountain-dew-and-concentrated-orange-juice/517414 "2009-11-13T05:06:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-mysteries-of-the-universe-diet-mountain-dew-and-concentrated-orange-juice/517414/21 "2009-11-14T23:05:14Z")

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> [@Student\_Driver](#):
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> Pepsi didn’t arbitrarily choose to report the information on less than a can; you can request info on larger sizes. The pulldown menus to the left side of that page let you check nutritional information on larger servings if you wish-- a [12 oz.](http://www.pepsiproductfacts.com/infobyproduct.php?brand_fam_id=1049&brand_id=1000&product=Diet%20Mountain%20Dew&or=md) can (which is also considered a full serving) contains 0 calories, too.
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> The [20 oz bottle](http://www.pepsiproductfacts.com/infobyproduct.php?brand_fam_id=1049&brand_id=1000&product=Diet%20Mountain%20Dew&or=md), on the other hand, contains 10 calories, which lends credence to the theory that there’s just some rounding going on.

They even mention this in the fine print of that page.

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> Calories or nutrients shown for larger containers of some diet beverages differ from those on smaller packages due to FDA rounding rules.

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