Mountain Dew taste has changed? Tastes like bubblegum!

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Have other Freepers noticed a change in the taste of diet Mountain Dew? Yesterday, I bought some at my local 7-11 and noticed the change. It was so bad that I poured it out on the grass. I went to another 7-11 and bought a new diet Mountain Dew. This one was OK. This morning I opened a bottle that I bought at our local supermarket and again that same terrible bubblegum taste! Yuck!

So?...Does anyone have news on whether or not the formula has changed? If it has, then I am done with Mountain Dew. It is now too sweet and has lost its tangy zing.

I did a Google search but didn't find much.

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Diet Mountain Dew does not have sugar.

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Sounds like a very bad experience. Probably best to avoid all stimulants in food and drink.

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Sitting here laughing! Very cute! :)

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Thanks.

I’ve decided to try it again in month or two. It might just be a bad batch.

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Yes, I don't care for the taste. My favorite is Mountain Dew. Second best is Dr. Pepper.

[Travis T. OJustice]

Diet Mountain Dew does not have sugar.

Regular Mountain dew does. Pay attention, Einstein.

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I will do that. Thanks for the suggestion.

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Free Republic is a form of social media. The suggestions and explanations have been very helpful. The woman on the help line says everything is the same with the formula.

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Thanks. Would you send me a message if you notice a difference in the taste?

By the way, a diet Mountain Dew is my morning “coffee”.

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Thanks.

[Kommodor]

FYI, you were probably dehydrated and having a bit of heatstroke too. I had a friend (very healthy and athletic) who had a mile heart attack while out jogging because he got too dehydrated. Introducing a couple bottles of Dew on top of a situation like that is a disaster waiting to happen.

Nowadays, when I’m enjoying outdoor activities in the heat, I keep it to water and Gatorade and minimize the fizzy stuff.

fwiw

[houeto]

The Red Bull rep told me how to spot fake Red Bull a few years back

Well please share that information!

[cyclotic]

It’s cause you’re drinking diet Mountain Dew. Go back to the real stuff.

Canada used to sell caffeine free diet mountain dew. What’s the point?

With regular Dew, there’s a significant taste difference between cans, plastic bottles and fountain. The old glass bottles were even more different. Sweeter and a bit flatter. My preference is fountain, then cans.

[Shimmer1]

Well, are you going to tell us how to tell a fake Red Bull or what??????

[sockmonkey]

It was two years ago at SHOT show in Vegas. Fake Red Bulls aren’t a problem in GA, TX, or MS. It was just a problem in Vegas and some places on the West Coast, and I’d gotten a fake 12 oz one at a drugstore on the Strip.

He told me that on the 12 oz ones, if they said Made In Switzerland they were fake. At that time 12 oz ones were only made in Austria.

He also said that the small cans that said Made In Austria were the real thing, so stick with those. At that time, the fakes they were aware of around Vegas were only the 12 oz marked Made in Switzerland.

Also, he said purchasing from a large retail vendor like Costco or Sam’s or a large Supermarket, rather than Convenience Stores were the best way to avoid fakes.

Remember, this was two years ago, so things could’ve changed as far as fakes. I do only buy the little ones now, and only from large retailers.

[houeto]

Thanks sockmonkey.

[Butch1469]

I went to Duke hospital upon finding out I was a stage 3 lymphoma. Going through my chemo and radiation I was eating ice-cream, drinking soda, sugar was never mentioned being bad for me. After hearing some people mention that sugar feeds cancer, I mentioned that to my doctor. He said that there is nothing that they have seen between diabetics and people who do not have diabetes to prove that.