Jones Soda Flavors: Perspiration and Dirt

From CNN Money.

Jones are launching a special Five-pack including some interesting flavors: Dirt, Sweet Victory, Sports Cream, Perspiration and Natural Field Turf.

“Perspiration Soda is kind of salty tasting,” she said, with a slightly higher sodium content than the average soda, with a smooth, “stinky football sock” finish.

A sip of Sports Cream Soda conjures up the experience of rubbing ointment

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Caffeine in Soda: Citrus and Pepper-type Beverages

This is the second installment from a large laboratory test of caffeine in carbonated beverages. See all the cola’s here.

In most cases, the actual amount of caffeine is quite close to what the manufacturer said. Except for Vault Zero which seems to have a bit more.

KEY:
n is the number of samples (cans) tested.
± (plus/minus) is the amount of …

Caffeine Amounts in Soda: Every Kind of Cola You Can Think Of

For all caffeine fiends - this is the mother lode. In my hot little hands I have the results of a very large caffeine test conducted by Chou and Bell of Dept. of Nutrition and Food Science, Auburn University.

You can consider this to be the most up-to-date and accurate record of caffeine in carbonated soft drinks. Over the next …

Jolt Cola Gets Even More Caffeine

It seems that Wet Planet Beverages (makers of Jolt Cola) quietly concocted a new formulation.

Check the picture here of an old and new can (thanks Steve!). Right next to the “CX2″ is 140 Jolts Caffeine (left - old can) and 220 Jolts Caffeine (right - new can).

Sure enough: a check on the Jolt site shows:

How much

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Pepsi Ice Cucumber

More proof that difference cultures have remarkably different tastes.

PepsiCo Japan is rolling out cucumber flavored Pepsi. It’s called “Ice Cucumber” and will be on shelves in Japan shortly.

Not much I can add to that. Cucumber?

via JapanProbe