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Pepsi Max Cino launched in the UK

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Bloody typical.

I decide to give up fizzy drinks for Lent (all four 500ml bottles I drink every day at work) and the day before going cold turkey I discover Pepsi Max Cino (cappuccino flavoured).

I thought: Wow - acesulfame potassium (essential to tone down the metal aftertaste of aspartame), caffeine, potassium benzoate, artificial coffee flavouring - what's not to like?

A lot, as it turns out. It is just plain wrong. More wrong than Pepsi Holiday Spice (ginger and cinnamon). Managed to put me off colas altogether.

This Lent is going to be a piece of cake.

UPDATE: 'Traces of a cancer-causing chemical have been found in British soft drinks at eight times the level permitted in drinking water' (Cancer chemical found in drinks | BBC news, 1 March 2006, 18:39 GMT)

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2 Responses to “Pepsi Max Cino launched in the UK”

  1. Anonymous Says:

    Wednesday 15 March 2006 at 3:30 pm

    this is true but its no diffrent to saying oh phenylalanine is a disturbing chemical found in robinsons softdrinks

  2. Anonymous Says:

    Wednesday 15 March 2006 at 3:41 pm

    second thougts i did give up phenylalanine as i became addicted to robinsons apple and black currant juice but WOW that pepsi Cino is gorgeous mmm yummy! am i scared about all this madness of "no limit to chemicals been allowed in soft drinks" and "vitamin c mixed with preservatives causes cancer" yes yu bet your bottom dollar i am..