Mtn Dew Frost Bite Soda Review

As we enter the hot and humid months, a snowy Mtn Dew rolls onto store shelves, Frost Bite. The label achieves a level of appeal the brand normally struggles so hard with, packaging that is clean, concise and free of gimmicks. Well, I suppose that last part is not entirely true, as we have no idea what the actual flavor is, but hey, take the positives when and where you can.

The flavor is exactly what you have come to expect from the caffeinated citrus soda company, a hardly veiled repurposing of their popular Voltage variety. Blue raspberry remains about all your tongue can decipher from the heavy syrup, arriving without the desired acidic fanfare. In this stout sixteen ounce bottle has sixty one grams of sugar (resulting in 230 calories), all from high fructose corn syrup, but that is not the only sweetener at work here. Sucralose makes an appearance on the ingredient list, but it is all for naught; you still feel the need to loosen your belt as ounces are removed from the plastic transport. Yet instead of "being" sweet, you simply "taste" it, your palate unstimulated by the carbohydrates but your tastebuds are overwhelmed by it. If you have ever had simple syrup, the stuff usually used for cocktails, on its own, you know the peculiar sensation. Lurking deep beneath the grandiose grams of sugar is a mild melon sapor, a deadened fruit taste buried from your first sip to your last. It showcases no pizzazz or true purpose inside the experience except to give the marketing team at PepsiCo something to put in their press releases.

Aside from all the sugar, the rest of the potable's contents do not surprise. Water, flavor, acid, preservatives, caffeine (seventy three milligrams), you know, the usual stuff. Overall, Mtn Dew Frost Bite really does bite.

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