Soda brands are always trying to come up with
the next big thing however sometimes these wacky ideas end
up being some of the funniest and grossest tasting failures so grab a
fizzy drink and check out the top 10 disgusting beverage fails
drink it up
dr pepper 10. not dr pepper are you kidding this beverage was
disgusting for all the wrong reasons at first glance it seems unassuming
enough a version of dr pepper that contains only 10 calories
giving it its name however where this soda giant went horribly horribly wrong
was in the marketing campaign for dr pepper 10
released in 2011. the slogan for the drink flat out said that the soda was
not for women while telling ladies to keep their romantic comedies and
lady drinks though it makes total sense for dr pepper to offer
a more masculine alternative to the perceived feminine
diet soda market people were angered by the fairly sexist claims dr pepper was
making with this launch besides with good old diet dr pepper
already being a thing was it really necessary to make a
gimmicky 10 calorie alternative specifically for
men it would have made more sense to simply rebrand diet dr pepper to be more
friendly to both men and women not that it makes much sense for
something as universally enjoyable as soda to exclude either
gender anyway because of the controversy surrounding the product it hasn't been
widely available for years now you can however still buy dr pepper 10
in bulk online but it has been discontinued in
storefronts where sales were poor sweet hey how about me
i came for her tab clear i took a tap you might be familiar with pepsi clear a
1990s classic soda that was brought back briefly in recent years to invoke
nostalgia with pepsi customers however you might not know that
coca-cola was trying to hop onto this clear soda trend as well
and the results were pretty subpar if you didn't know already tab
is pretty much a different version of coca-cola that is flavored with
saccharin instead of the sweeteners used in coca-cola's flagship beverage
since tab is mostly known for its weird aftertaste and odd cult following
reactions were pretty lackluster when coca-cola released
tab clear in the early 1990s as a means of staying on trend with what was
popular at the time unlike pepsi clear tab clear contained
caffeine which was likely what coca-cola saw
would be its big selling point among the clear sodas
however like all trends the fad died out and
tap clear was taken off the shelves by 1994
after two years of poor sales looking back on the short
history of this beverage it's a wonder how it managed to stay afloat for that
long in the first place not only was tab already a mediocre
knockoff of coca-cola but the clear soda fad was definitely
not something that would maintain customer interest for very long
especially in the 1990s where junk food companies were constantly trying to
outdo one another's wacky gimmicks just like the good old
days dr pepper red fusion explain fusion
making their second appearance on this list dr pepper released red fusion in
2002 as a way to hopefully expand their
flavor lineup after keeping it the same for over a
century they also wanted to compete with other sodas that decided to branch out
such as pepsi blue and 7ups dnl dr pepper's red fusion was
advertised as having a predominantly cherry flavor
with a bunch of other fruit flavors mixed in however it never really took
off and was taken off the shelves in 2004 due to poor sales
with cherry soda selling generally well over the years
the failure of dr pepper red fusion may have been because of the mix of the
other undisclosed fruit flavors lingering
behind it if they had made red fusion a purely
cherry soda and marketed it well enough they likely could have convinced their
following to give red fusion a try not to mention with dr pepper already
being a love it or hate it kind of soda they probably should have stuck to their
guns and maintained their already unique soft
drink status can i eat the cherry first new coke oh
the new coke please new coke was coca-cola's way of
competing with long-time rival pepsi which was gaining traction at the time
in an effort to keep up with their biggest enemy and to maintain consumer
interest coca-cola reformulated their famous soda
in 1985 labeling it as new coke hardcore fans of
coca-cola were livid when they found out that their favorite soda was getting
an extreme makeover and new coke was removed from store shelves only three
months after its initial launch making it one
of the most short-lived sodas in history although new coke gets a lot of hate for
being a sub-par version of the original coca-cola
some people actively sought it out after it was discontinued
new coke was actually sold in some foreign markets under the pseudonym
coke ii likely as a way to mask the fact that it had a history of a failed
product until production stopped in 2002.
however this likely won't be the last we see of new coke
since it has sentimental value among people who grew up during the 1980s
we might be seeing it for some special occasions seen as it was re-released for
a limited time in collaboration with the widely
successful netflix series stranger things in 2019. you coke
think about it coca-cola black are you sure
there's no rum in that coca-cola coca-cola black was a coffee-flavored
version of the famous cola beverage although lots of crazy cola flavors come
from north america coca-cola black was first introduced in
france before making its way to the u.s market in 2006. at first you may not
think much of flavored cola if you've ever been to the movie theater
or even wendy's you know that adding flavors into coca-cola is a common
practice with some flavors such as vanilla cherry
and orange making their way into the spotlight for
their unique and delicious taste however this coffee combo just didn't
fly when it was introduced and it was removed from coca-cola's lineup in 2008.
this might have been because the french version of coca-cola black used regular
cane sugar while the us version used aspartame
acid sulfame potassium whatever that is and other artificial sweeteners
which likely impacted the taste despite the failure of coca-cola black the cola
and coffee combo might make a new and improved comeback with rumors of
international favorite coke with coffee making an appearance in
north american markets next year goodbye i will be back 7up
gold sounds expensive 7up is known for its
sweet and citrusy flavor but the company was trying to branch out
to please other tastes in 1987. after merging with soda giant dr pepper
that same year the executives in charge of dr pepper wanted to expand
7-up's flavor profile 7-up gold was described to have a cinnamon spicy taste
which was basically dead on arrival the drink was discontinued after less than a
year of it being released with the chief executive at 7up even
admitting that their attempt at a new soda flavor was a failure
though cinnamon is a polarizing flavor the people who love it
really love it and 7up gold could have gotten a solid cult following if it
hadn't failed so quickly with a soda like 7up being known for its crisp fresh
lemon-lime taste switching to cinnamon for their alternative flavor was pretty
much doing the complete opposite of what they were known for
7up gold was a complete 180 from its original flavor which
likely scared customers off if 7up had pulled a sprite
and came out with a cranberry version of their signature beverage
it likely would have seen more success seen as cranberry is unique
but still fits into the lemon lime soda realm
7up has since come out with a cherry version of their soda which has been met
with positive responses from customers looks like they learned from their
mistake okay nothing learned orbits is that gum is that gum
oh yeah not to be confused with orbit chewing gum orbits looks pretty cool at
first released in the late 1990s the drink's
gimmick was that it resembled a lava lamp which were also pretty popular
during that time however things start to get a little
dicey when you look at the actual composition of an orbit
soda which was essentially a soda that had tiny chunks of food in it
this only gets worse when the company that made this abomination the clearly
food and beverage company of canada labeled orbits as a texturally enhanced
alternative beverage seriously could they have chosen a worse
way to promote this product it eventually got taken off the shelves
due to poor sales in 1998 only a year after the product was
originally released since then they've practically been
wiped off the face of the earth as if they never even really existed
however some people have reportedly sold unopened bottles of orbit soda on ebay
for inflated prices two curious collectors who want
something interesting and unconventional to sit on their shelves
as a collector's item it makes sense you'd be much
better off using this soda as a fun conversation starter
than as an actual refreshment collector of the year
hubba bubba soda happy birthday
we may know the hubba bubba brand for their classic chewy bubble gum but they
actually tried to branch out into soda in the 1980s
with little success since bubble gum is for chewing and not for drinking it
comes as no surprise that this soda all but vanished in the years after its
release as it was flavored exactly like hubba
bubba's flagship product creator steve roeder used snow cone
syrup to come up with hubba bubba soda the idea may have been good in theory
but was absolutely disastrous in execution
with the soda only lasting about a year or two before it was discontinued
during its short lifespan hubba bubba soda even had a diet version
you know for the people who wanted to drink their bubble gum without all those
pesky calories not to mention the label on the can was
bubble gum pink which was likely as a means to jog the customer's memory
of hubba bubba bubble gum however it looked a lot more like
pepto-bismol on the outside than a delicious
refreshing soft drink there are just so many things that are wrong with this
from drinking something that you should be chewing to the fact that they made a
diet version of something that didn't even taste
good in the first place that is wrong on so many levels
mr green mr green stood here have you ever seen sobe
on the shelves of your local grocery store or deli as it turns out this brand
is a subsidiary of pepsico and actually tried to release its own soda in 2002.
the soda was called mr green and was as the name suggests
nauseatingly green in color the taste of the soda itself didn't seem too bad
with the beverage being infused with ginseng there was a possibility that mr
green could introduce a new flavor element to the beverage market usually
found only in teas and juices at the time of its release however the
green color paired with the marketing campaign that
used the sobee lizard as its mascot didn't sit right with consumers
production for mr green halted in 2003 proving that sobe likely just wasn't
meant to be a soda brand with a company like soby often making
fruit juices and teas it would make sense for pepsico to take
a more natural approach instead of trying to market mr green the
same way one would market an energy drink
mr green serves as a cautionary tale of the importance of marketing
and how crucial it is to make a beverage look
as good as it tastes oh i wanted to dress up
okay soda okay okay okay you're right with a name like okay soda it's no
wonder that this drink received a lackluster response
after coca-cola appointed sergio ziman to be the chief of marketing for
coca-cola even after simon had worked on the
dumpster fire that was new coke and seen his success in rebranding
coca-cola and diet coke to fit the growing and
changing market they allowed him to use unconventional
marketing methods to really make their products stand out
zion came up with the idea for ok soda and was so confident in the idea that he
promised the coca-cola executives that the beverage would occupy
four percent of the united states market instead of hyping his beverage up
zymon did the exact opposite marketing his soda products as
okay as a means to underwhelm the customer
only for them to be blown away by the flavor
at least in theory advertised as having a
unique and fruity taste ok soda was released to test markets across the usa
in the summer of 1993. coca-cola scrapped it only seven months
after its initial release though ok soda's interesting and
unconventional marketing strategies could work nowadays it likely didn't
match up to the wacky and exciting soft drinks of its time
which was one of the many reasons for its failure
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