Dr. Pepper prescribes sugar

[brucesw]

For its 125th anniversary, Dr. Pepper is putting the sugar back in. Dublin Dr. Pepper (made with Imperial Cane Sugar) has been available in a few retail locations around Texas, anyway, but now the company is rolling it out on a wider basis.

AP News story

[vloglady]

My friend got Mountain Dew with the real sugar. He said it didn't taste any different.

[JWangSDC]

It's really subtle, but you can tell the difference between the cane and high fructose ones. It's not as big as I had hoped. Mexican coke is cane sugar and so is throwback pepsi. I would always opt for the cane if possible. Costco sells mexican coke year round.

Edited July 2, 2010 by JWangSDC (log)

[John Rosevear]

My friend got Mountain Dew with the real sugar. He said it didn't taste any different.

I had Pepsi Throwback (made with sugar and, supposedly, a '70s recipe). It tasted a LOT different, in a good way.

[brucesw]

Haven't had Mountain Dew but a few times in my life and not in a long time so I probably wouldn't know if there was any difference and I don't get that much difference with Mexican Coke, which is widely available here, but I remember the first time I had Dublin Dr. Pepper a few years ago it was a real Wow! experience. I generally like cane sugar sodas over hfcs if there's an option.

I've never gotten around to trying the Pepsi products - just don't drink that much soda, anyway.