Coming Soon: Pepsi Retro (Mexico)

[BevReview Steve]

Coming soon to Mexico: Pepsi Retro, a cane sugar-sweetened beverage that utilizes "natural ingredients", including cola nut extract. Available exclusively south of the border, the drink is another that does away with the use of high fructose corn syrup.

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[deltadoc]

I just wonder if this "retro" "raw" stuff isn't happening because of the corn (corn syrup) being used to make so much ethanol? I know that the Mexicans were getting really upset about the huge increases in the price of corn tortillas, a staple in the Mexican diet.

The Mexican Government put a "freeze" on corn prices to keep tortillas affordable. It would seem, at least to me, that any by-product of corn, such as corn syrup, might now be high priced just like when sugar got very high priced and many/most manufacturers resorted to the "cheaper" corn syrup. They quickly found out that corn syrup is hard on the digestion, so that is when "high Fructose corn syrup" became the standard sweetener.

Just a thought.

doc

[BevReview Steve]

Hey doc, I'm not sure how the sugar/corn situation is playing out in Mexico. I'm not all that familiar with the situation. I think we all know here in the U.S. how it's artificially controlled with subsidies and tariffs. I think it should be interesting to see how the different markets react over the next year or so as this all shakes out.

That said, I wouldn't mind getting my hands on a bottle of Pepsi Retro. I'm really curious how it tastes!