Crystal clear pepsi soda

But no product has been a bigger disappointment, nor a bigger blight on our society, than Crystal Pepsi. What is Crystal Pepsi and why did Crystal Pepsi fail? Read on for that intel and more. Their solution: remove the caramel coloring from their usual Pepsi and replace it with modified corn starch.

Crystal pepsi flavor

So, a light-looking beverage should have a light flavor. Thank goodness scientists spent time figuring that one out. I had the distinct displeasure of drinking Crystal Pepsi way back when it first came out. And I know the exact reason why it failed: It tasted like absolute garbage. It existed in this weird middle ground of not-quite-soda but also still-not-water, like you dropped some sugar into seltzer but it tastes extremely fake.

David C. Coca-Cola owned TaB soda. But Coca-Cola is not blameless; we all remember the New Coke fiasco that had people nearly protesting in the streets.