how do you even drink that because it's delicious
what pop the top on your favorite soda as we uncork more top 10 disgusting beverage fails
sometimes there's a very fine line between being the next best thing or a gigantic flop
pepsi blue blue while pepsi is one of the most successful brands of soda in the world
it's had its fair share of missteps over the years exhibit a pepsi blue which came out in
2002. it was only available for a period of two years and yet it still created a lot of
controversy and some worry this fluorescent soda which was probably made blue as a nod
to the color of the brand looked way more like anti-freeze than it did soda it was introduced
as a berry cola fusion that was supposed to compete with vanilla coke which was released
that same year actually it was introduced the day before coke released its new flavor talk about
trying to steal someone's thunder the company was trying to appeal to youngsters who had become
bored with regular pepsi so they thought why not make it bright blue and borderline toxic why not
the major fail with this product came from the very questionable ingredients used in the formula
it was made with the food coloring blue number one also known as brilliant blue
which has been banned in a number of countries due to health concerns taking everything into account
pepsi blue was bound to fail i told you you'd regret it slice soda okay so it's like fruity
or originally launched in the 1980s by pepsi sliced soda was supposed to compete in the
then crowded fruit flavored soda space its original form was a carbonated drink that
contained a little over 10 real fruit juice which was supposed to make the drink taste more natural
with over 15 fruit flavors starting with orange which was the most popular slice looked like it
could be the next great drink on the market however despite its raging popularity among
consumers slice was discontinued in the early 2000s why no one really knows perhaps it's because
it was slightly less crisp and a lot sweeter than other sodas or maybe it was due to the ever
growing health consciousness of consumers either way it was gone and almost forgotten that is until
recently when slice made an unexpected comeback and was completely revamped today it's more of a
sparkling water has way fewer calories and has more fruit content along with some new flavors
so let's see if this rebrand sees the new slice stick around a little longer than the old one did
be strong coca-cola vo have you ever heard the name coke industries just because two things are
great on their own it doesn't necessarily mean that together they'll thrive coca-cola failed
to see that when they invented possibly one of the worst beverage combinations ever a fruit flavored
carbonated milk called veo we can all appreciate chocolate milk or even strawberry or banana milk
it's quite popular with kids around the world but why oh why would any milk need to be extra fizzy
sure asian markets aren't phased by carbonated milk as it is pretty common to find over there
but fruit flavored carbonated milk it seems like perhaps it was one step too far after
all who in their right mind would ever want a carbonated fresh citrus milk drink
coca-cola veo came in four flavors including peach berry and mango and was described as being like a
birthday party for a polar bear not too sure what a polar bear party actually is but anyway this
description might not make veo any more appealing but to be fair when your product consists of milk
fruit sugar and bubbles nothing really will for obvious reasons vo is no longer sold and fizzled
out pretty fast mr pibb yeah they're discontinuing mr pibb what more often than not new products are
launched to compete with other similar ones already on the market companies try to create
their own version and hope they did it better sometimes it works and sometimes it simply swaps
this is what happened with mr pibb launched in 1972 by coca-cola mr pibb was a direct competitor
to the successful dr pepper both drinks have the same peppery flavor profile and the same color
packaging so there was no denying the obvious resemblance they are the same even the original
name for mr pibb was peppo which was pushing their luck a little dr pepper ended up suing coca-cola
and they had to change the name when it launched as a way to be cheeky coca-cola had tasting
groups in waco texas dr pepper's birth city in 2001 the name changed again this time to piv
extra and it can still be found today in some markets in the u.s however as for dr pepper it is
distributed all over the world dr pepper has been on the market since 1885 which makes it the oldest
soft drink in the country obviously it wasn't going to let some imposter move into the
neighborhood without putting up a fight hit him with the dr pepper again thanksgiving dinner soda
thanksgiving yes you heard that right thanksgiving dinner soda back in 2004
joan soda found a way to take your usually delicious thanksgiving dinner and turn it into
a bottled soda there were five flavors all sold in a limited edition holiday pack it included green
bean casserole soda mashed potato and butter soda cranberry soda and turkey and gravy soda
these sodas were designed to give you all the flavors of a thanksgiving dinner without
requiring you to chew food even though it seems a little unnecessary jones soda does specialize in
odd soft drink flavors so it shouldn't be too much of a shock while these do not look like anything
anyone would ever want to drink like ever jones soda donated a portion of the proceeds to charity
so we can't totally hate on the idea too much but still any other flavor probably
would have done way better in terms of sales ergo more money for charity money
but then again curiosity is always a big incentive to try something new so maybe it wasn't so silly
after all i wonder what other holiday dinner soda they're going to come up with next
the soda scene has now been changed forever i hear you peter i hate thanksgiving too sprite remix
remix released in 2003 sprite remix was a line of colorless caffeine free sodas that
didn't get much attention it's probably one of the least known sprite flavors who else knows about it
only on the market for about two years before coca-cola cut the cord it wasn't exactly the
most fruitful product the company ever made the original sprite remix tropical flavored drink was
pretty successful however and people seemed to really like it that it's a large following
wasn't enough to keep the brand afloat when two new flavors aruba jam and berry clear came onto
the scene after poor sales in both canada and the us sprite remix was pulled from the shelves
then surprisingly coca-cola went ahead and reintroduced the former beloved sprite remix
tropical for a limited time as a last resort to promote their remix selection coca-cola
later released a do-it-yourself promotion in which it offered free one and a quarter ounce
flavor packets of sprite remix you could rip it open and pour it into your sprite yourself
with flavors like grape vanilla and cherry in any case scrapping the idea altogether might have been
the best move they made when have you ever heard of a remix that's better than the original exactly
the original range coca-cola c2 coca-cola c2 was put on the shelves in 2004 and it was basically
destined to fail from the start why you ask it's simple the marketing because at first glance this
product looked pretty amazing it was a hybrid diet drink that tasted more or less like regular coke
it had half the calories and half the carbs of a standard coke and overall seemed like the best
alternative to all out diet coke the problem came from its target audience the 50 million dollar
advertising campaign which no one really remembers anyway was targeted at men ages 20 to 40 who
might want to drink diet soda but didn't dare to do it for fear that drinking diet soda would be
perceived as feminine diet coke are you my mom needless to say it was a massive failure not
only were men not interested in the product as it wasn't different enough but even women couldn't
care less yes because of the clear inequity in the advertising but also because they already had
diet coke if they wanted a low calorie drink after it was pulled from the shelves coca-cola revisited
the idea but this time with a better approach and a new name coke zero it offers a similar taste
with zero calories and is still available today finally coca-cola life what is the meaning of life
yet another one of coca-cola's failures that has earned the title of really bad idea is coca-cola
life coca-cola life also faced similar problems with reception and brand differentiation that
we've seen before it was another lower calorie but not calorie-free drink sweetened with natural
sweeteners like cane sugar and stevia it was designed to appeal to the more health-conscious
drinkers of this world and the idea behind the leafy green branding was to position the soda as a
healthier option because of course everybody knows that when it's green it's automatically good for
you or so coca-cola thought it must be green okay okay in a way it's not totally false after all
the product does have 45 percent fewer calories than the full calorie soda but that doesn't
make it healthy it mostly seems like low calorie options like coca-cola life dilute the market of
buyers rather than bringing in new customers in other words those who buy coca-cola life
are the same people who buy products like diet coke or coke zero they're not new customers
it was discontinued just about everywhere but can still be found in the u.s but for how much
longer no one really knows what is the meaning of life it's impossible to know that's right josta
it's not always that people stand up and fight for their soda rights but in the case of josta
the battle has been long and hard ever since it was supposedly unfairly discontinued josta was one
of the first major energy drinks to be marketed in america the high energy drink was produced by
pepsico and had a somewhat fruity taste loaded full of caffeine this drink wasn't exactly the
healthiest thing you could get with guarana as the main ingredient it didn't help matters i
feel like i'm being watched for those who don't know guarana is a plant named for the guarani
tribe in the amazon while it can have a lot of health benefits everything has a bad side and
this was the main concern when it came to the soda before pepsico released josta no other large-scale
company had taken on the challenge of releasing an energy drink before never mind a super high
energy one energy drinks are nothing more than soda but with several times more caffeine and
large amounts of sugar so you would think pepsi would be the perfect candidate to release such
a drink after the initial curiosity factor wore off the drink was discontinued after a few years
mostly because it wasn't selling well anymore since then numerous requests and online petitions
have been made asking pepsi to bring josta back but so far no luck just a lifesaver soda
they saved my life now trust me trust you it's practically universal everybody loves candy and
yes we all know that it might not be the best thing for your health especially your teeth
but hey it tastes really good and you know what else is bad for your teeth soda in the 1980s the
worst or the best was achieved by combining the two to create one monster lifesaver soda you know
lifesavers those tasty little ring-shaped fruity candies that resemble life buoys well they decided
they wanted to take things one step further and step out of the candy world lifesaver soda sounds
like an explosive combination of flavors right who wouldn't love this candy in a fizzy liquid form
and while it did do splendidly in the taste tests it tanked once it hit the stores how could such a
dazzling idea executed apparently brilliantly fail so miserably well turns out having a famous brand
can sometimes cause more harm than good when you're trying to create something new it's not
that it was bad per se it's simply that people couldn't dissociate the candy from the soda
meaning they had different expectations of the drink and were actually expecting to be drinking
liquid candy people were disappointed and couldn't get over it so the soda was discontinued i
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