This is a real review. I am not affiliated with PepsiCo, nor am I affiliated with the competition. However, this does not seem to be the case with the 3,000+ others who have "reviewed" this product with 1 star. This goes out to tarka, Lori, m, Cecilia, Jack, Lawrence, M Harvey, TexasFrank, Happy Customer, N Potts, and all the other cloned/hacked reviews that happened on November 19th. Sound fishy to you? Yeah, the reviews are bogus.
I have actually purchased this product a few times, and I'm about to add another case to my cart after writing this. I'll also mention (like everyone does on their first review) that I've never reviewed a product on Amazon, but I felt compelled to do so now. Now that the cliche is in the past, on to my review.
I love the taste of Pepsi. When the Throwbacks came out, it was all I'd buy. I'm glad they added them to their permanent line as an option of real sugar instead of HFCS. I know sugar isn't good for you either, but it's slightly less terrible. Plus, the taste is actually better than the 90s HFCS edition that has become "regular." I don't like to ingest a lot of sugar, so I don't drink many of them, but when I do...they're great! I also buy stevia sweetened sodas from other companies that sound like the word itself. You really gotta want em. I have grown to like some of the flavors, but not the soda ones.
Enter Pepsi True. I know it still has sugar, but a quick calculation shows that it has roughly 2/3 the sugar of regular Pepsi. They removed 33% of sugar, and added stevia. I think it's a step in the right direction as it tastes like a halfway point between the pure stevia drinks and a Pepsi with sugar. The flavor has grown on me and I find myself drinking less of the regular ones in response to these. Now the Real Sugar Pepsis are a special special treat. These little Pepsi Trues with less sugar and no toxic artificial sweeteners have that refreshing Pepsi taste, but with a little bit of that stevia aftertaste. If you can get over that or if you use stevia regularly, you'll love em!
I do not know the current situation regarding rain forest preservation and do not want to support it's destruction. I hope that if PepsiCo is using non-sustainable practices that can and must be avoided, they will pursue better methods. I will also say this to all the 1-star reviewing randomly generated users out there: I admire the awareness and attempt at cleaner living and responsibility on this planet. I don't, however, entertain envy...especially from suspected competition. To those who, like me, are giving a fair and honest review of this product regardless of rating: You would be surprised by the small handful of faces who oversee all of these companies and where their pockets are connected.
What I do know is that this product that is being reviewed does not contain any palm oil of any kind from any source. I am giving a fair review for a product that I will continue to buy and I will do my marching in the appropriate venues. I hope amazon can do some investigation into the thousands of word-for-word, cloned reviews against this product in order to give it's members and shoppers a fair reflection of the actual product in question.
"Knowledge is a power that most people simply can't handle." -D. Stephen
Reviews with images
Exploded cans.
I really like this product, however I had a really bad problem with the shipment, because at least 3 quarters of them were severly damaged and exploded.
