I’m a little excited about the recent “throwback” and “heritage” formulas of Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Dr. Pepper. Pepsi has relaunched these for a limited time with cane sugar instead of High Fructose Corn Syrup. I haven’t tried them yet, as I really don’t drink that much soda, and 36 cans would probably go to waste (they are only sold in 12 packs). Anyone had these drinks yet?

http://www.pepsithrowbackhub.com/

http://www.bevreview.com/2010/01/13/heritage-dr-pepper/

There’s a lot of hype about Jones sodas, mainly because of their custom labels, and variety of flavors. Their root beer comes bottled and canned, and I had this can sitting around from a while ago.  Overall, I’m not very impressed with their root beer and I never have been.  It’s not very carbonated and simply doesn’t have much taste, natural or artificial.  I think I would have much preferred just having a water today.  Perhaps their other sodas are better, but this one is a dud.

Monthly Root Beer Rating: 3

http://www.jonessoda.com/files/products-canned.php

http://www.jonessoda.com/files/products-glass.php

Contains: carbonated water, inverted cane sugar, natural and artificial flavors, caramel color, phosporic acid, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (as preservatives)

Nutritional Facts: Serving Size 1 can (355 mL, 12fl oz), 180 calories, 0g fat, 70mg sodium, 44g carbohydrate, 44g sugar, 0g protein.