# Pepsi/Mountain Dew Throwback: Who's tried it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 25, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288 "2009-04-25T02:18:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/1 "2009-04-25T02:18:45Z")
I just picked up a 12-pack of Mountain Dew Throwback when I spotted it at Safeway. Yum! Definite difference; I can actually taste the sugar 🙂 I honestly don’t think I’ve ever had MD with sugar before. I really didn’t become a soda drinker until my late 20s, in the early 1990s. I believe all the various soft drink makers had switched to high fructose corn syrup long before then. If this stuff is only available until June, I think I must stock up. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/2 "2009-04-25T02:32:18Z")
I spotted some at a gas station way out of town, but I’m too scared to buy it. I figure I might like it too much and be really disappointed when it’s over. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/3 "2009-04-25T03:01:21Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I figure I might like it too much and be really disappointed when it’s over. You can actually get soda with sugar instead of corn syrup every year- at Passover time (which is now), they make Coca-Cola and Pepsi with sugar instead of corn syrup so that it’s kosher. They can be identified by the Kosher marks- on bottles of Coke, look for a yellow cap with Hebrew lettering. Pepsi’s caps are apparently white. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/4 "2009-04-25T05:05:23Z")
We get the Coke advertised a “Mexican Coke” (8 ounce bottle is $1.00) and I noticed the ingredients list “sugar.” But the yellow cap Coke available at passover says “Sucrose.” I know sucrose is table sugar but I wonder if there’s any difference or if it’s just a labling thing. I’d like to see some blind taste tests to see if people can pick it out. I mean actually pick it just getting one or the other rather than opposed to tasting both and telling which is which. ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/5 "2009-04-25T08:03:12Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > You can actually get soda with sugar instead of corn syrup every year- at Passover time (which is now), they make Coca-Cola and Pepsi with sugar instead of corn syrup so that it’s kosher. They can be identified by the Kosher marks- on bottles of Coke, look for a yellow cap with Hebrew lettering. Pepsi’s caps are apparently white. Unfortunately, I’m not much of a fan of cola (of any brand). Though I have been drinking the new Pepsi Max, simply because these days I’ve mostly switched to drinking diet sodas and Pepsi Max doesn’t taste like diet soda at all. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/6 "2009-04-25T18:45:32Z")
I’m really jazzed as Pepsi is my absolute favorite brand of pop, and lately I just can’t stand anything sweetened with HFCS. Real sugar is noticably crisper and lighter. HFCS always seems to coat my tongue. Gross. I really wish Pepsi would return to cane sugar forever, it’s so much better. But I’ll take it when I can get it, I had no idea it was a Passover/kosher thing. Yay Pepsi! ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/7 "2009-04-25T19:04:04Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > We get the Coke advertised a “Mexican Coke” (8 ounce bottle is $1.00) and I noticed the ingredients list “sugar.” I was wondering about that. I had always heard that Coke from Mexico, in Bottles tasted different, because they used sugar. I had Pepsi Throwback yesterday, for the first time. I’m 26, so I think I can safely say that it was my first time having Cola with real sugar. It kinda grew on me. At once, I didn’t know what to make of it, but then, it kinda had a Diet Rite Pure 0 vibe going on for me. I will enjoy it while it is here. Undoubtly it will go away. Much like I did with Holiday Spice. [Pepsi: If you are reading this, bring Holiday Spice back. PLEASE.] Diet Rite Pure 0 actually kinda centers and grounds me.\* Pepsi Throwback attempted to do the same thing. I could tell that P T was closer to Diet Rite than Regular Pepsi was. If I could try it again with Pizza Hut Pizza, I could give a definite answer. It would be cool if Throwback was exclusive to Pizza Hut, like Baja Blast is to Taco Bell. (Then we would need drinks for KFC and LJS, A&W already has A&W) I can taste the difference between Coke Classic and Non-Throwback Pepsi on a consistant basis. The problem with that, is that I actually crave both, at different times. And yes, I am from Atlanta, Pepsi is still “” a coke “” to me. - It’s a southern thing. \*I have ADD / ADHD . Ritalin, a common drug given to people with ADD is actually a Stimulant. I am not saying that Diet Rite is Ritalin, but I feel stimulated by Diet Rite, to a point where I can tell I am more focused that when I’m not drinking it. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/8 "2009-05-19T06:01:05Z")
I tasted my first Pepsi Throwback at a church function and now I’ve been buying that in 12-packs instead of regular Pepsi. It tastes _much_ better. If it _is_ going to be discontinued in June, I might just stop buying Pepsi after that and start buying more root beer. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/9 "2009-05-19T06:22:15Z")
I finally caved and tried out the Mountain Dew Throwback. Thankfully, I didn’t like it. I didn’t hate it, but it didn’t taste like Mountain Dew. It tasted more like a Sprite/7-Up. It took me a while to figure out why, until I checked the ingredients. No orange juice. Most people don’t realize that regular Dew contains concentrated Orange Juice, which gives it its “Dew” taste and makes it different from a lemon-lime drink. Not sure why they got rid of it for the Throwback. I bet I would love if they hadn’t changed that. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/10 "2009-05-19T08:02:02Z")
I saw the ads for this and was intrigued, because I have read for years that Passover Coke was better than regular Coke. I drink maybe three carbonated soft drinks a year, so I’m not an expert; but, on the other hand, I have a pretty good palate, so … I did a side-by-side comparison of Pepsi with Pepsi Throwback, and Throwback wins. There is a harshness in Pepsi which is not present in Throwback. So, to those of you who drink a lot of this stuff, I suggest that you load up on Throwback. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/11 "2009-05-19T09:54:53Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I finally caved and tried out the Mountain Dew Throwback. > Thankfully, I didn’t like it. I didn’t hate it, but it didn’t taste like Mountain Dew. It tasted more like a Sprite/7-Up. It took me a while to figure out why, until I checked the ingredients. No orange juice. Most people don’t realize that regular Dew contains concentrated Orange Juice, which gives it its “Dew” taste and makes it different from a lemon-lime drink. > > Not sure why they got rid of it for the Throwback. I bet I would love if they hadn’t changed that. Maybe that’s how they used to make it, hence the “throwback”. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/12 "2009-05-19T12:20:00Z")
I remember what soda tasted like before corn syrup. Pepsi throwback and Mexican Coke tastes like soda did when I was a kid. I think there is a market for this, and both Coke and Pepsi should take advantage of it. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/13 "2009-05-19T14:42:56Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I finally caved and tried out the Mountain Dew Throwback. > Thankfully, I didn’t like it. I didn’t hate it, but it didn’t taste like Mountain Dew. It tasted more like a Sprite/7-Up. It took me a while to figure out why, until I checked the ingredients. No orange juice. Most people don’t realize that regular Dew contains concentrated Orange Juice, which gives it its “Dew” taste and makes it different from a lemon-lime drink. > > Not sure why they got rid of it for the Throwback. I bet I would love if they hadn’t changed that. Huh, is that what it was? I could have sworn that the citrusy flavor in MD came from grapefruit. Anyway, I picked up a six-pack of MD Throwback bottles a few weeks ago, and while I liked it, I did notice a difference in flavor. It’s better over ice than simply chilled. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/14 "2009-05-19T14:48:09Z")
I tried the Mountain Dew throwback last month and was indifferent, but I drink maybe two or three non-diet sodas a year so I’m obviously not their demographic anyway. ---
**Author:** ![clnilsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecccb3/32.png) [@clnilsen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clnilsen)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/15 "2009-05-19T14:48:52Z")
I’ve tried both the MD and the Pepsi, and while anymore I dont’ want to drink a whole can due to the sugar (I normally drink Diet) the taste reminds me EXACTLY of what MD and Pepsi tasted like as a kid. VERY good stuff… ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/16 "2009-05-19T15:09:51Z")
I’ve had the Mt. Dew Throwback. I like it a little better than regular Mt. Dew but it wasn’t a huge difference for me. I do hope it sells well enough that they keep it around. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/17 "2009-05-19T16:04:39Z")
What is the different in price? ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/18 "2009-05-19T16:19:58Z")
in the BP station I usually stop at for my soda, nothing. At Giant Eagle the other day, the price was .50 with my Giant eagle card. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/19 "2009-05-19T16:20:53Z")
The same price as the regular stuff around here. ---
**Author:** ![Iamametalrobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@Iamametalrobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iamametalrobot)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288/20 "2009-05-19T16:29:21Z")
I’ve tried both the Pepsi & MD throwbacks, and can’t tell the difference at all between them and the regular stuff. So meh. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-mountain-dew-throwback-whos-tried-it/494288.md?page=2)