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> Had a second bout of "issues" when Pepsi sneakily changed from pure sugar to sugar/artificial in their non-max lineup. Took me a while to actually read the label and see WTF happened.

I'm looking at Pepsi's website right now and the ingredients in Pepsi are given as "carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, caramel color, sugar, phosphoric acid, caffeine, citric acid, natural flavor".

I guess it's theoretically possible that they're including artificial sweeteners under "natural flavor", but somehow I doubt it.



Not everyone lives in the US.

This is the one made here: "Vesi, sokeri, hiilidioksidi, väri (E150d), happamuudensäätöaine(E338), aromit (mm. kofeiini), makeutusaineet (E950, E955)"

It clearly states that in addition to sugar (sokeri) it has two sweeteners, E950 (Asesulfame K) and E955 (Sucralose).

I think the German version is sugar-only, at least the flavoured kinds.


These things can vary by geography due to regulations, sugar tax, etc.


This is an extremely strange thing to vary, though, because the point of drinking Pepsi is that you aren't drinking Diet Pepsi.


Tell that to the EU regulators and sugar taxes.




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