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I have decided to do this the right way.

I am addicted to mountain dew. As such, I am a connoisseur of it. From store bought… to canned, to what you get at restaurants. When I heard about mountain dew Throwback I was THRILLED. And when I say thrilled I mean I had a conniption over it like most Girls fawn over whatever the latest Hollywood boy toy is. I LOVE MOUNTAIN DEW THAT MUCH.

That being said, I want to compare the Current Limited run “Mountain dew throwback” To the normal “Mountain dew”

The first thing is the labels.

The ingredients difference alone is enough to raise eyebrows. Besides the obvious “Suger” In place of the “High Frucose corn Syrup” there are other differences too.

Throwback has this for a list of ingredients: Carbonated Water, Sugar, Citric acid, Natural and artificial flavor, sodium Benzoate, Caffeine, Gum Arabic, Brominated Vegetable oil, and yellow 5

Regular has this: Carbonated water, High fructose corn syrup Concentrated orange juice and other natural flavors, Citric acid, Sodium benzoate, Caffeine, Sodium citrate, Gum Arabic, Erythorbic acid, Calcium disodium, Brominated vegetable oil, and Yellow 5.

WHAT IS WRONG HERE.

What the hell is all that stuff in the regular?

Anyway, moving on, Throwback has less carbs, less sodium, and in general… less of the icky stuff. Still has a few icky things, but those are unavoidable.

NOW

The smell test.

I smelled Throwback first, then regular. Then I set them down, and smelled the Regular again after a while, and then the throwback. Smell is one of the most important factors in taste, so being as you want the regular product to sell you would want it to smell good… right… RIGHT?!

Throwback smells better hands down. It smells juicy and fruity. It smells clean. It doesn’t have any sort of tang that would suggest anything bad about it.

Regular smells ok, but unlike throwback you get an almost salty after smell that reminds me both of a beach and a swimming pool. It doesn’t smell right, it doesn’t smell like something I would want in my system actually (This is the first time I have sat down to digest the smell and smell alone)

So far… Throwback 2, Regular 0….

Now for the big one… THE TASTE TEST!!!!!!

Both of these are starting on even ground. With both I have ingested Dry roasted peanuts before and after to clear the palate (I know dry roasted peanuts but I had to have some even ground here XD)

I decided to do the regular first because I know what it tastes like. Tastes ok, sweet, syrupy, with that hint of citris.

And now for the Throwback. MUCH MUCH Sweeter tasting… and not as syrupy. Also… not as salty??? What the heck… Apparently the regular has more salt in it to play up the “Sweetness” of the corn syrup. Honestly… When I am able to taste SALT ontop of Salted Dry roasted penuts... there is a BIG issue.

THROWBACK WINS 3-0

Pepsi… if you find this… and read it… DEAR GOD PLEASE DON’T GET RID OF THIS.