Pepsi One
Thursday, January 8th, 2009
Low Carb Drinks, Sugar Free Drinks
The Glucoholic is not supposed to be drinking caffeine, so he’s hoping to win some kind of award for bravery by reviewing Pepsi One. People always ask us why we don’t review any of the more traditional diet colas, and we usually shrug our shoulders or reply to the email with “Uh, we dunno.” Well it’s a new year and time to try new things. Give the people what they want we say. Actually, there are two relatively good reasons why we’ve stayed away from products like Pepsi One. Firstly, most of these products from the “Big 2″ soft drink makers are sweetened with aspartame and we have a natural aversion to them. Secondly, these products are so common that we just assumed everyone had tried them and made their own decision about them. It looks like we were wrong on the second one, so let’s start doling out our two cents right now!
Fortunately, Pepsi One is sweetened with Splenda and acesulfame potassium. We think this makes Pepsi One taste pretty much like the original Pepsi, except there seems to be a slight aftertaste. We are always suspicious that the formula contains too little Splenda and too much acesulfame potassium when we find this in a diet soda. It’s not going on our list of favorite sugar free drinks, but we’re pretty sure that real Pepsi fans will find something they are familiar with and enjoy in Pepsi One if they are in the market for something sugar free. We think it beats sodas sweetened with aspartame hands down. An eight ounce serving of Pepsi One provides 25mg of sodium, 35mg of potassium, and 43mg of phosphorous. It also contains a healthy dose of caffeine - we can barely sit still long enough to finish this paragraph.
January 9th, 2009 at 8:08 am
ugh! this drink has more aftertaste than diet coke. i thought drinks with splenda were supposed to taste better. cherry coke zero is the only diet drink worth drinking IMHO.
January 11th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
I totally disagree. Pepsi One is my favorite because it tastes more like regular pepsi than anything else. I can’t drink the regular diet pepsi because it tastes so different.
April 16th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Pepsi One is the best diet soda ever. Period.
May 19th, 2009 at 2:22 pm
With out a doubt. Best tasting diet soda on the market
September 10th, 2009 at 6:37 pm
I live in Florida and can’t find Pepsi one anymore. Is it off the market. It’s the only one I can drink because it has splenda in it. I’m allergic to all the other diet soda’s.
February 1st, 2010 at 11:54 am
I completely Love your Pepsi One and I only drink the bottles and I just found out that you are no longer using the bottles but just cans I hate cans please, please reconsider I totally don’t want to go back to Diet Pepsi the Pepsi One taste soooooo much better.
Thank you for making a very good tasting product now bring back the bottle. Thank you Darlene
February 1st, 2010 at 11:59 am
I only want to ask that you bring back the 16 oz bottles I really don’t care for the cans and my wife is really upset so help out and bring back the bottles. Terry
February 2nd, 2010 at 6:18 pm
i love pepsi one. its better than diet pepsi and coke zero. its just a little hard to find. put on an advertising push and sell more.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:38 am
I also live in florida and cannot find it. Especially Publix. I talked to Publix corporate and they say they keep telling the regional Pepsi distributors to stock it, but they don’t. I am told it has something to do with not making it in 12 packs and that it is a handling compatibility and consistency problem for them. Well…I dont care. If there is a customer demand for a product, then you should sell it and make some money. Because it is a unique product, there are a lot of people that can only drink this one. I am one of them. I hate diet sodas, and the taste of this one is only discernable from Pepsi if you drink one right against the other.
August 10th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
I live near Chicago and so far have been able to find 12 packs of Pepsi One but no longer can find the 16 oz bottles. I would hope they reconsider and start stocking it again. It’s so much easier to take those to work and be able to close it to avoid spills. I dont’t know what I’d do if they discontinued Pepsi One altogether. Alot of us stay away from aspartame!
August 12th, 2010 at 7:53 am
Pepsi One has a great taste, and I live in Florida have no trouble getting it. Thank you Pepsi for doing away with the aspartane hope you also do it in your diet pepsi.
August 19th, 2010 at 10:24 am
I LOVE Pepsi One. I think I have been drinking it since inception and I will not drink anything else. In central illinois I used to be able to get 24 oz plastic bottles, but unfortunately they are no longer available. Please bring them back and please don’t discontinue this soda. Thank you! Debbie