Drink Up

From the Uk Daily Mail:

Coca-Cola and Pepsi contain minute traces of alcohol, scientific research published in France has revealed. 

The revelation will cause concern among those who chose the carbonated soft drink for religious, health or safety reasons. 

According to tests carried out by the Paris-based National Institute of Consumption (INC) more than half of leading colas contain the traces of alcohol. 

These include the brand leaders Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola, while it is mainly only cheap supermarket versions of the drink which are alcohol-free.

HEB Throwback

The worst taste in the world

Beverly cola tastes like the inside of Death's cat's litterbox during a heat wave in the sahara.

Brands Quietly, Slowly Switching from High Fructose Corn Syrup

From AdAge:

Bowing to consumer demands, major brands are removing high-fructose corn syrup from some of their products in favor of sugar. Few, however, are shouting it from the rooftops as it would cast a shadow on those products that still contain HFCS.

Hunt's ketchup, Gatorade and Wheat Thins are all permanently ditching corn syrup for sugar. Heinz has created a sugar-sweetened version of its iconic ketchup, while Pepsi and Mtn Dew launched limited-time, sugar-sweetened versions of their colas. But with all of these reformulations, only Pepsi and Mtn Dew have made any noise to date.

Marketers and industry experts agree that the shift has been brought on primarily by consumers, who have begun to question the use of HFCS in food and beverage products, as they gravitate toward what they consider to be more natural products.

Most manufacturers switched to HFCS in the 1970s and 1980s, as corn subsidies made the sweetener extremely cheap. However, increased ethanol production in recent years has boosted the price of corn, and consequently corn sweeteners.

As those of you who read this blog regularly know, I'm quite passionate about my soft drinks, and I've also come to think that HFCS is the devil. In fact, while I'm trying to limit my soft drink intake, I've gone almost exclusively to sugar-sweetened sodas when I do drink them (thanks to Kristi and the kids for bringing me a Mexican Coke today with lunch). And I'm still waiting for Pepsi to quit toying with us and just offer Pepsi and Mountain Dew Throwback as permanent products.

This is a start, at least.

My Mecca

My new goal in life is to visit this place - and this guy - before either of us dies. It's nice to see another true soft drink connoisseur.

I want my Throwback!!!!

Pepsi and Mountain Dew Throwback came out on April 20, and I've been keeping my eyes peeled for it every since, to no avail. It's only supposed to be out for 8 FREAKING WEEKS, so I know my window is limited.

Today I decided to take things into my own hands and go straight to Pepsi's website to use their store locator. According to their store locator (which is horribly designed, btw) there are no stores in any major metropolitan areas in Texas that carry it. I tried Atlanta. Nope. Ditto San Francisco and Los Angeles. The only place I could find that sells it is in Manhattan, NY.

That is unacceptable. I want my damn Throwback, Pepsi. If only yakeees are getting the sugary goodness for 8 weeks, I'm going to be all kinds of pissed and might just stop enjoying the occasional Pepsi all together.

Effing give me my sugar water, dammit!