# Snapple: "made from the best stuff on Earth" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 30, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapple-made-from-the-best-stuff-on-earth/659706 "2013-05-30T13:16:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapple-made-from-the-best-stuff-on-earth/659706/1 "2013-05-30T13:16:23Z")
…and apparently, that stuff is sugar. I bought one this morning for the first time in probably 10 years, took a sip, and GOOD GOD is that sweet. It’s somehow, like, **sweeter** than sweet; a heaping spoonful of sugar and a Mountain Dew would actually _reduce_ the sweetness taste in my mouth right now. Is this just another symptom of getting old, because I remember drinking a ton of these things back in the day. Has Snapple always been hyper-sweet? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapple-made-from-the-best-stuff-on-earth/659706/2 "2013-05-30T13:21:08Z")
I’ve always found it so. Better than Nehi or Fanta though. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapple-made-from-the-best-stuff-on-earth/659706/3 "2013-05-30T13:40:39Z")
What flavor did you get? Several are overly sweet. I prefer the Diet Raspberry Iced Tea which has a nice, not overpowering raspberry flavor, and isn’t very sweet at all. More tart than anything. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapple-made-from-the-best-stuff-on-earth/659706/4 "2013-05-30T13:42:25Z")
Peach. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapple-made-from-the-best-stuff-on-earth/659706/5 "2013-05-30T13:46:42Z")
Yes, Snapple has always been pretty sweet. Like nearly all “new and bettah!” drinks (although it’s been a while for Snapple), they present as somehow healthier than soda and then cram in just as much sugar. Vitamin Water is my current poster bottle in this regard (75% or more of the sugar in soda), although thank the marketing gods it can now be had in diet form.\* The real joke was Clearly Canadian, which was marketed over rushing rivers and glass-clear lakes, and had so much sugar in it that dribbles turned into a sticky, dimensional crust on the outside. I settled on Cherry 7-Up (diet) a few years ago as my not-water, not-beer drink. Almost as tart and dry as a good crisp beer and only slightly sweet; unlike most sodas I can drink it day after day without getting sick of the flavor or excessive sweetness. It’s hard to find in other than 2L, though. - Yes, diet water. Where’s George Carlin when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapple-made-from-the-best-stuff-on-earth/659706/6 "2013-05-30T17:19:32Z")
If you don’t mind artificial sweetner, you may like Snapple’s Diet Half-and-Half (tea and lemonade) better. Lately, I’ve found myself addicted to it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapple-made-from-the-best-stuff-on-earth/659706/7 "2013-05-30T17:42:42Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > I’ve always found it so. Better than Nehi or Fanta though. 1. Where are you getting Nehi? 2. Can you ship me some Blue Crème? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapple-made-from-the-best-stuff-on-earth/659706/8 "2013-05-30T17:44:53Z")
I see Nehi a good bit down here, but I haven’t seen that flavor lately. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapple-made-from-the-best-stuff-on-earth/659706/9 "2013-05-30T17:54:19Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Peach. Oh yeah, the peach is really sweet. The lemon is not quite as sweet, I like it better. ---
**Author:** ![chargerrich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chargerrich/32/5399_2.png) [@chargerrich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chargerrich)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapple-made-from-the-best-stuff-on-earth/659706/10 "2013-05-30T19:06:33Z")
I recently spent the better part of a few weeks finding a replacement for my Sugar Free NOS that is no more… anyway ran across [this](http://www.monsterenergy.com/us/en/products/rehab/#!/products%3Atea-lemonade). Was impressed that the taste was smooth and not too sweet and gave me the caffeine I wanted (cant stand coffee). Also available in Pink lemonade and Green tea, both of which are pretty decent. Still :mad: at NOS though for ruining their offering. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snapple-made-from-the-best-stuff-on-earth/659706/11 "2013-05-30T20:58:06Z")
When I’m forced to buy diet Snapple, I have to thin it half-and-hald with water.