# Reformulations of Successful Products For No Apparent Reason Whatsoever **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reformulations-of-successful-products-for-no-apparent-reason-whatsoever/742837 "2016-01-11T18:50:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reformulations-of-successful-products-for-no-apparent-reason-whatsoever/742837/21 "2016-01-12T21:35:26Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Freschetta Supreme Pizzas were the best frozen pizza and with a coupon and sale, we could get them for $4 at Meijer. > > Now, they are horrible. The sauce changed and it ruined it. I suppose there was a reason, but I don’t know what it is. I have an opposite story. Red Baron must have changed their sauce and it’s much better. Their old sauce used to give me incredible heartburn. ---
**Author:** ![botsgotme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@botsgotme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/botsgotme)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reformulations-of-successful-products-for-no-apparent-reason-whatsoever/742837/22 "2016-01-13T20:36:50Z")
“Moxie”-that vile, horrible soft drink was reformulated a few years ago (to make it less bitter). Still tastes like roofing tar mixed with listerine. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reformulations-of-successful-products-for-no-apparent-reason-whatsoever/742837/23 "2016-01-13T21:49:25Z")
To OP: can’t help explain why they changed Pine-Sol, but if you’ve never heard of it, track down a bottle of Doctor Bronner’s Sal-Suds. It’s available at hippie / green / organic / overpriced stores. Super-concentrated, comes in a quart bottle, works great, and smells even better. It’s still made with pine oil, but it uses pine needle oil instead of pine stump oil. More “pine”-y, less “chemical”-y. Love the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reformulations-of-successful-products-for-no-apparent-reason-whatsoever/742837/24 "2016-01-13T21:51:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Strongbow used to be one of my favorite hard ciders - it was drier than most American ones, but still smooth and tasted like apples instead of being astringent and champagne-y. > > Then they stopped selling the original formula in the US and replaced it with “Gold Apple” flavor that tastes just the same as the Hornsby’s/Angry Orchard sweet ciders that are basically just apple juice with some booze mixed in. (Ironically enough, Angry Orchard now has a dry variety that tastes more like Strongbow than Strongbow does.) If you don’t know already, look for Magner’s. It’s an Irish cider (sold as Bulmer’s in Ireland) and tastes very, very close to Strongbow. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reformulations-of-successful-products-for-no-apparent-reason-whatsoever/742837/25 "2016-01-14T00:03:22Z")
Campbell’s Chicken and Rice soup seems awfully bland to me now. I put other things, vegetables, garlic, soy sauce, to give it some taste. Many perfumes have been reformulated over the past years. The ingredients have been deemed toxic or there simply is no more (sandalwood). Companies are sold to other companies. Whoever gets, say, Coty Emeraude, makes their own, cheaper version. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reformulations-of-successful-products-for-no-apparent-reason-whatsoever/742837/26 "2016-01-14T02:04:53Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > The new menu at Wendy’s. They changed the burgers and fries for no good reason, annoyed the people who liked Wendy’s and as far as I can tell, didn’t attract the people who didn’t. Peel the damn potatoes! I love Wendy’s fries. They’re one of my go-to foods if I’m not feeling well. ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reformulations-of-successful-products-for-no-apparent-reason-whatsoever/742837/27 "2016-01-15T21:13:58Z")
Chef Boyardee canned ravioli – Had one of these for the first time in ages the other day and the sauce is just weird now. Very spicy, believe it or not, and nothing like the beef-flavored sauce they used to use. Sam Adams Winter Lager – this could be a this-year’s-batch problem, but it tastes nothing like it used to. Used to be a smooth brown lager with a hint of winter spices. Now it’s like they amped up the ginger and hopps to the extreme and there is nothing smooth about it. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reformulations-of-successful-products-for-no-apparent-reason-whatsoever/742837/28 "2016-01-15T21:45:28Z")
> [@Sterling\_Archer](#): > > Sam Adams Winter Lager – this could be a this-year’s-batch problem, but it tastes nothing like it used to. Used to be a smooth brown lager with a hint of winter spices. Now it’s like they amped up the ginger and hopps to the extreme and there is nothing smooth about it. A lot of Christmas / Holiday / Winter beers are annual one-off recipes, so if Sam Adams follows that bandwagon, that may explain it. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reformulations-of-successful-products-for-no-apparent-reason-whatsoever/742837/29 "2016-01-15T21:54:29Z")
> [@Sterling\_Archer](#): > > Chef Boyardee canned ravioli – Had one of these for the first time in ages the other day and the sauce is just weird now. Very spicy, believe it or not, and nothing like the beef-flavored sauce they used to use. Maybe you bought a can of the [Extra Spicy](http://www.walmart.com/ip/Chef-Boyardee-Extra-Spicy-Beef-Ravioli-in-Tomato-Meat-Sauce-15-oz/29070240) flavor by mistake? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reformulations-of-successful-products-for-no-apparent-reason-whatsoever/742837.md?page=1)