Pepsi is less sweet, its aftertaste is what is sweeter.
Know the difference.
Pepsi has more sugar... Sooooo.
Pepsi is less sweet, its aftertaste is what is sweeter.
Know the difference.
Don't get me wrong, it doesn't taste /that/ bad, but in this world we have the superior soda, it's called Coca-Cola. I even tried the "sweetened with real sugar" Pepsi, which tasted leagues better than the standard canned swill they call a Coke competitor.. But was still 100% flat 5 minutes after opening the can, a problem basically every Pepsi product has (hi Mountain Dew, why do I have to basically chug your delicious contents in order to fully enjoy every drop?)
Y'know, if Real Sugar Pepsi stayed carbonated even half as long as Coke, I could maybe see it as a valid competitor, because it tastes more similar to Coke, but then you bust out a bottle of Real Sugar Mexican Coke, and Pepsi just seems shitty again.
What say you, Pepsi-Cola-GAF?
Pepsi has more sugar... Sooooo.
Pepsi has more sugar... Sooooo.
Let's be real here.
The sugar content may be higher, but IMO the higher carbonation (also bad for you) offsets the taste.
So.. Coke is better then? Since warm soda isn't a thing?Couldn't care less which I drink, my household buys both. If I had to choose though, Coca Cola tastes better when cold and Pepsi when warm. Either way if i'm thirsty and wanting a soft drink I couldn't care which one I had.
The sugar content may be higher, but IMO the higher carbonation (also bad for you) offsets the taste.
The better question in why either Pepsi or Coke exist when there's Dr Pepper.
I don't really mean nutritional health, but my dentist said that the number of back molar cavities have shot way up due to carbonated water and drinks like kombucha being on the rise.
When carbon dioxide is dissolved in water, small amounts of carbonic acid are formed, making the water slightly more acidic. However, when researchers soaked human teeth in various still and sparkling waters, they found that neither were harmful to the teeth. As I talked about in my article on mineral water, most watereven tap watercontains small amounts of calcium and other minerals and these minerals buffer the effects of the carbonic acid and protect the tooth enamel.
This is not true of flavored soda water, by the way. The flavoring agents make the soda water significantly more acidic and these flavored seltzers could contribute to dental erosion. And of course, soft drinks like Coke and Pepsi are also quite acidic and will definitely erode tooth enamel. In the fifth grade, one of my classmates submitted a project for a science fair in which she placed some of her baby teeth in vials of Coke. Over the course of a few days, they largely disappeared. Her project, memorably titled Rot Your Teeth, won an Honorable Mention at the fairfair.
Drinking plain club soda, seltzer, or mineral water however, does not damage tooth enamel.
The thing a lot of people don't seem to understand is that soda tastes wildly different depending on which part of the world it's made (even though I know Coke has a very strict recipe) because of the water quality and how carbonation is made.
Water quality is a huge factor in taste - when done with good water, the soda tastes miles better. I find that soda in Canada typically tastes much better than soda in the USA simply because Canadian bottling plants have access to better quality water.
Carbonation is another big factor, too - Pepsi going flat quick in the USA means it's carbonation process produces large bubbles, which get expended quickly, while Coke probably produces smaller bubbles in it's process so it keeps it's carbonation longer. From what I've been told, African soda is ridiculously good (at least the ones from the north coast of Africa) because there's a single bottler for all products, including beer, and they reuse the CO2 that is naturally released by the fermentation process to carbonate their sodas. This produces incredibly tiny bubbles, and I've been told by several people that Pepsi stays carbonated for quite some time when it's opened.
My guess is Pepsi just has sub-par carbonation processes in the USA, really. Pepsi is stupidly popular in Quebec (partly because of their god-tier ad campaigns from the 80s that just skyrocketed the soda's popularity, and it's mostly french people who love Pepsi - anglos seem to prefer Coke).
But, whatever. Soda is soda, it's horrible for you. It's essentially sparkly sugar water with a bit of flavoring and a ton of caffeine.
Sometimes I just say no I'll have water.