Pepsi Throwback

[rp2813]

Just saw an ad for this stuff. Made with natural sugar. Will only be available for a limited time. I presume it will cost the same as other Pepsi products. Has anyone tried it yet or have an opinion on how it compares to Mexican Coke? I'm not loyal to either brand but am interested in checking out a pack of Throwback.

Ralph

 

[jt1985]

I've tried it.

It's smoother than regular Pepsi. It's a different flavor, but it's a good different. We have it at Walmart in the 20 oz. bottles and 12 pack cans too.

 

[rp2813]

Yeah JT, sugar in soft drinks was before your time. They tasted better than the HFCS stuff on the market today.

I'm gonna go out and get me some.

(Heavy sigh)

Pepsi!

 

[classiccaprice]

It's pretty good. I thought it was a special for Passover. They also make Mountain Dew Throwback also.

 

[monkeyward40]

i have to laugh

all high fructose corn syrup is, is liquid sugar easier to disolve into a liquid. So what i can figure out is why is everyone freaking out about HFCS ? When all it is, is liquid sugar.

 

[rp2813]

People say there's a difference between HFCS as a sweetener compared to sugar. I presume that a side-by-side taste test would settle things.

Personally, I like cola best when it comes from a fountain. Even though I'm not a soda fiend, I can taste a difference in a fountain drink compared to one from a can or bottle. Maybe there will be a difference between Throwback and the regular HFCS Pepsi. If there is, then that would prompt a whole discussion around what causes this difference, if HFCS and natural sugar are supposedly one and the same as an ingredient in the Pepsi recipe.

 

[petek]

High Fructose Corn Syrup is made from a mixture of about 60% liquid fructose from corn and 40% glucose from other sugar. Although both are types of sugar apparently the body processes the two differently. The liver iirc can process so much glucose then basically turn-off the processing aspect but it can't do that with fructose for some reason. Then there is something about how each of the two goes into the storing of fat. Fructose metabolizes fat around or in the organs, the worst, and glucose metabolizes fats on the outer parts of the body..ie love handles etc where it isn't "as bad"
Anyways, it's something like that, I may have words and stuff bass ackwards but there is a medical concern re HFC not being just "another sugar" And like anything else.. it also has to do with moderation.

 

[gyrafoam]

Yes, it tastes like it used to.
My grocer is running a buy one,get one free. They also had the Mountain Dew "throwback".

They all should have done this long ago.
Good for Pepsi------- for stealing the march!

 

[gyrafoam]

Yes! It tastes like it used to!
My grocer is doing a Buy one, get one free.

Good for Pepsi----for stealing the march on everyone else.
They all should have done this long ago!

 

[sudsmaster]

For what it's worth, fructose is not exactly the devil incarnate. After all, it's the major sugar in most fruits, and as we all know the nutritionists have been harping on and on about eating a piece of fruit instead of some candy or cake when the urge strikes.

I remember back in the 70's when sucrose was a dirty word... interesting how things change.

I do agree that HFCS laced soft drinks taste different than ones with sucrose. I would describe the HFCS taste as flatter, with a heavier aftertaste. The sucrose soft drinks seem sprightlier, more engaging.

In any case I'll be looking for the "throwback" soft drinks... if for no better reason than I have a soft spot for 60's-70's hippie nostalgia.

 

[rp2813]

Good for Pepsi

. . . I know, Steve. I have been avoiding Pepsi products ever since they went to 8-packs. Throwback will get me to buy from them again. I hope the suits at Coke are scrambling to answer back. They won't be able to call it "Classic" though, and we all know what they've been calling "Classic" all these years really isn't.

Ralph

 

[rp2813]

Well, I got me an 8-pack and OMFG it's so sickeningly sweet! I don't get it. The thing that turns me off to diet sodas is that they are overly sweet with a sort of weird tasting finish. I wasn't expecting overly sweet from real sugar. I was expecting more depth than from HFCS. It sort of delivered in that regard and in the way that Rich described above, but I'm going to have to squeeze a wedge of lemon into each glass as I finish this stuff off. I had Mexican Coke for the first time last week and it didn't seem nearly as sweet as this Throwback stuff.

Maybe I've just forgotten what the real deal used to taste like. And it would explain why as kids we could make a nowadays-measely 6-oz bottle of Coke last us quite a while.

Ralph

 

[panthera]

High Fructose Corn Syrup

Is not a natural carbohydrate and, unsurprisingly, the human body is not equipped to deal with it in the same way it deals with carbohydrates which our bodies and our ancestors' bodies have been processing for a very long time.

The industry has done a brilliant job of putting out lies that it is "just sugar" which is a bit like saying cancer is "just extra cells", all natural, all yours.

I am not going to jump on the all hfcs is bad bandwagon, but the ratio of sugars is not one which our bodies copes with properly and there are now several independent studies done by real scientist, not the usual kooks, to confirm it.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/08/070823094819.htmhttp://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/30/still-spooked-by-high-fructose-corn-syrup/
The second link contains a more balanced review for normal people like me.

It will probably turn out that small amounts of the stuff are not dangerous, but we consume quantities which are way too high for our own good.

And that's the problem in the end: The dose makes the poison.

 

[moparwash]

from the desk of Mrs Alfred Steele...

"I AM ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THIS LOUSY COMPANY!"

 

[dirtybuck]

I LIke It!

But I'm hoping Coke will come out with their version. I've always preferred Coke over Pepsi.

 

[rp2813]

Yeah, I'd try the Coke version just to compare. I'm still working through my 8-pack slowly, using wedges from lemons off the tree to tone each glass down.

 

[mayguy]

I sent an e-mail to Coke since I'm a Coke guy, and they said the don't plan on doing anything like that any time soon.. :-(

 

[rp2813]

I'm betting that if Throwback is a hit, Coke will suddenly change their mind. It's the corporate American way.

 

[mayguy]

Ok, I broke down and brought the Pepsi Throwback.. Took the first sip out of the warm can, nothing impressive.

Poured it in a glass of ice, and lots of fizz. But not refreshing as Coke is..

I just put them in the fridge to get them cold, and maybe better results.

 

[ronhic]

HFCS???

Sounds like an abomination of a sweetener in all honesty, but I wonder how much of the obesity link can be pointed at a change in serving size rather than sweetner?

Think back a couple of decades (for those of us old enough to do that!) and reflect on the size of cups from places such as McDonalds etc....

...and have a look at the size of coffee cup servings and all the different syrups you can now have...

Everything in moderation....just it seems our 'moderation' may have been 'supersized'

http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Feb09/JoyCookingPortions.html

 

[sudsmaster]

Ralph,

No need to wait for Coke to come out with their version. Just go to a Mexican market and buy some heche en Mexico Coke.

I finally found some Pepsi throwback at the local Safeway today. $2.50 per eight pack. I think I like the Mexican coke better, but maybe it's just the bottle vs. the can, and I'm just going on memory at this point, haven't had any Mexicoke for months.

 

[sudsmaster]

In the same Safeway, down on the bottom shelf with "gourmet" sodas, was a six pack of Coke Classic - in little 8 oz bottles!

I don't recall if Coke came in 8oz bottles when I was a kid, but it's certainly possible!

The price was a bit steep: $5.50 for a six pack of 2/3 size bottles. But I might get a pack... the bottles are cute and might make good bud vases.

 

[rp2813]

Rich, those small Cokes we knew as kids came in 6 oz bottles. If memory serves me, some of those bottles were labeled as 6.5 oz. In any case, by today's standards that's about a shot glass worth. I remember hating those old (even when I was a kid they were old) Coke refrigerator cases where you had to grab the bottle by the neck and yank it to one side to extract it. I was always afraid I'd break the bottle. Quite often the clerk would have to step in and help somebody because the mechanism was really unforgiving.

I think maybe I'm just not into colas enough to have the sugar vs HFCS thing be an issue for me. If I could afford it, I'd have cases of those cute little 12-oz plain, unflavored Calistogas rotating through my fridge on a regular basis. Nob Hill stores around here have been known to carry them, but they're difficult to find. Nothing seems to quench my thirst better. Except maybe an ice cold beer on a hot day.

Ralph

 

[panthera]

The one and only reason for me to buy Pepsi

is to rub it in the eye of the christianists. Otherwise, I'm a Coke guy.