Pepsi Next Review

Pepsi Next was released earlier this year to little fanfare, debuting disappointing numbers and birthing flashbacks to Pepsi Edge and Coca-Cola C2. Its boring bottle could be to blame, at least partially, with only a white swoosh against a blue gradient. It is not cluttered like the company's myriad of Mtn Dews tend to be, but it can only confuse customers while chilling next to Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Max, Pepsi Throwback and Pepsi One; not to mention the dozen flavored aberrations of the aforementioned.

Fifteen grams of sugar for every twelve ounces, Pepsi Next tastes surprisingly similar to any other diet drink, with a bit more depth to its sweetness and more satisfying body. Vanilla and vague citruses play with impressively little medicinal influence and interruption, a soda spiced liberally with cloves and cinnamon, a bite that benefits both from a pinch of nutmeg and its potent phosphoric and citric acid acidity. But its Frankenstein's Monster syndrome of a sweetener system, with HFCS, aspartame, sucralose, and ace-K at work in any given sip, but the latter three of the tetralogy provides an unflattering artificial aftertaste comparable to any diet cola available. But while the black sap treads your palate, the sweetness is authentic and akin to your fatty's full calorie cola. Overall, Pepsi Next is an unflattering hybrid who tastes confused and will likely just confuse its audience.

Aside from the aforesaid hokey honeys, there is also: water, color, flavoring, acids, caffeine, and preservatives. Nothing special here, aside from its four-part saccharinity. On the whole, Pepsi Next is not bad for what it is, but it is just another two liters of water in an already flooded market.

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