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[release] Dr Pepper is prescribing some sugar this summer in honor of its 125th anniversary, the latest in a series of moves by soda makers to temporarily swap out high fructose corn syrup.
The spicy soda made by Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. is rolling out Dr Pepper "Made With Real Sugar" this weekend through early September.
Cans and bottles will feature old logos in the company's deep red, and colorful designs with lions and bright swirls of color harkening back to the 60s. Popular phrases such as "I'm a Pepper" also appear.
There are six different can designs. The company wanted to bring back the sugar version to help highlight its past, which dates to the creation of Dr Pepper by pharmacist Charles Alderton in Waco, Texas, in 1885.
Dr Pepper declined to say if it will try out sugar in other brands such as Canada Dry, 7-Up and A&W Root Beer.
Manufacturers are testing sugar drinks as people's appetite for them increases, as some become concerned about high fructose corn syrup. Though they're nutritionally almost identical and equally caloric, some consumers believe corn syrup is less healthy than sugar.
They're also racing to come up with natural, no-calorie sweeteners and reformulate their beverages, though they haven't been able to apply that to major soft drink brands yet.
Last summer, rival PepsiCo Inc. launched real sugar versions of Pepsi and Mountain Dew, calling them "Throwback" and using old packaging designs. Pepsi Throwback was so popular the company brought it back for a brief time in the winter. It declined to say what the drink's prospects are for the future.
Coca-Cola Co. offers a kosher version of Coke that uses sugar (look for bottles with yellow caps), often available around Passover. Mexican-made Coca-Cola, which also uses real sugar, can sometimes be found in the U.S., and fans pay a higher price for it. One Dr Pepper bottler, Dublin Dr Pepper, has been making the soft drink with sugar since 1891, in the drink's home state of Texas.
More could be coming. PepsiCo's Sierra Mist line will now be reformulating into a sugar-sweetened version called "Sierra Mist Natural," according to a report Thursday by trade publication Beverage Digest. PepsiCo, based in Purchase, N.Y., did not return messages seeking comment.
The industry switched to high fructose corn syrup in the 1970s as a cheaper alternative to sugar, said Gerry Khermouch, editor of Beverage Business Insights.
There seems to be growing demand for it, as evidenced by Pepsi's success with Throwback, even the second time around, he said. But drink makers are also wary of sending a message that there's anything wrong with high fructose corn syrup.
"In some ways their worst nightmare is that this thing sells through the roof, because then that's telling them something about how consumers feel about their product," he said.[/release]
I will be all over that shit.
Oh hell yes. I loved Dr. Pepper already, but real sugar makes it that much better.
Sweet!
they already had this out for a few months earlier this year under the name vintage Dr.pepper :v:
Good thing they are putting it back out again
FINALLY.
All cola drink makers need to switch back.
Fuck yes! Dr. Pepper with real sugar is the best tasting thing ever. I had some of the original from Plano with Cane Sugar and it was so delicious.
Fuck Yeah! This is going to be awesome!
Alright! Now for others to do the same.
I loved Dr. Pepper before this, and the real sugar will just make it better.
[QUOTE=green bandit;23072043]Sweet![/QUOTE]
That was perfect.
Fuck yes. all the pop I've had that's made with real sugar was delicious
Only question I have is: why did they STOP using real sugar in the first place?
[QUOTE=Schmaaa;23072486]Only question I have is: why did they STOP using real sugar in the first place?[/QUOTE]
Probably cheaper to use a synthetic fructose thingy instead
[QUOTE=Schmaaa;23072486]Only question I have is: why did they STOP using real sugar in the first place?[/QUOTE]
The corn lobby.
Yeah. The corn lobby.
The oil lobby is the one everyone likes to talk about in Washington, but right behind them is their less well known, but equally powerful friend, the corn lobby.
You see, Sugar producing plants don't grow terribly well in the United States, but corn grows with a passion. This really didn't matter much to industries using sugar because they could simply import the stuff from our neighbors to the south for virtually nothing.
But this made the corn lobby mad. So they pushed and pushed until finally in the late 1970's, a huge tax was placed imported sugar. It put untold numbers of candy makers out of business.
Further exacerbating the problem is the fact that the federal government subsidizes corn crops (Again, thank you corn lobby), making high fructose corn syrup even cheaper.
So yeah, basically sugar is artificially made expensive in the US, while corn is artificially made super cheap.
[QUOTE=GunFox;23072703]The corn lobby.
Yeah. The corn lobby.
The oil lobby is the one everyone likes to talk about in Washington, but right behind them is their less well known, but equally powerful friend, the corn lobby.
You see, Sugar producing plants don't grow terribly well in the United States, but corn grows with a passion. This really didn't matter much to industries using sugar because they could simply import the stuff from our neighbors to the south for virtually nothing.
But this made the corn lobby mad. So they pushed and pushed until finally in the late 1970's, a huge tax was placed imported sugar. It put untold numbers of candy makers out of business.
Further exacerbating the problem is the fact that the federal government subsidizes corn crops (Again, thank you corn lobby), making high fructose corn syrup even cheaper.
So yeah, basically sugar is artificially made expensive in the US, while corn is artificially made super cheap.[/QUOTE]
Does everything have to be a conspiracy/government plot with you?
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;23072729]Does everything have to be a conspiracy/government plot with you?[/QUOTE]
except it really is the corn lobby
go watch king corn
Not exactly a conspiracy seeing as it was truth.
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;23072729]Does everything have to be a conspiracy/government plot with you?[/QUOTE]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup#United_States[/url]
It isn't a conspiracy when THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. THEY ADMIT TO IT OPENLY.
[QUOTE=GunFox;23072760][URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup#United_States[/URL]
It isn't a conspiracy when THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. THEY ADMIT TO IT OPENLY.[/QUOTE]
Huh, so it is. Well that sucks, and I guess I was wrong. to be fair, it sounded conspiracyish
EDIT: [QUOTE=IStanI;23073825][IMG]http://www.facepunch.com/ads/rating/box.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
He fucking agreed with me, how is that dumb?
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;23072729]Does everything have to be a conspiracy/government plot with you?[/QUOTE]
He's actually right.
Corn is one of the biggest industries in the US right now; over 85% of all foods consumed in the nation have a corn product in them.
[QUOTE=Mr_Razzums;23072107]Alright! Now for others to do the same.[/QUOTE]
Cokes always had a non-corn syrup version, they come in glass bottles.
In fact, over here they're CHEAPER than regular coke
Best be happening in the UK too.
I didn't really like Dr. Pepper, I hope it will taste better now.
[QUOTE=Xen Tricks;23072780]Huh, so it is. Well that sucks, and I guess I was wrong. to be fair, it sounded conspiracyish[/QUOTE]
It really does. Which makes it that much worse that we just sorta let it float on by.
But it is basically political suicide to go against the corn lobby. Since they are effectively farmers at their most basic level, you can annihilate a candidate by saying they hate farmers.
Damned if you do, fat and diabetic if you don't.
I'll never look at corn the same way again, it's evil, pure evil.
I always knew those damn farmers would ruin this country :argh:
They ruin and partially keep it alive at the same time.
Illinois is the second largest corn producer in America. Whatcha gonna do about it? :smug:
I live in Southern Illinois, there is corn everywhere.
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Although I've already tasted it. I picked some up at the Dr. Pepper museum in Waco Texas.
It's good stuff guys.
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