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Japan gets world’s strongest carbonated Pepsi, packaged in a new reinforced bottle

Oona McGee
May 19, 2016
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While a one-litre (two-pint) bottle of Pepsi usually contains 1.0 GV (gas volume), these much smaller bottles now pack 5.0 GV in more than half the size.

Food & Drink, Japan
(Cola • drinks • fizzy drinks • limited edition • new • pepsi • Suntory)

We try the delicious new Japan-only sakura Pepsi【Taste test】

Oona McGee
Mar 8, 2016

It turns out that Cherry blossom Pepsi tastes as lovely as it looks.

Food & Drink, Japan
(cherry blossoms • Cola • drinks • Japan news • pepsi • sakura • Sakura Pepsi • soft drinks • taste test)

World’s first-ever Sakura Pepsi coming to Japan this March

Oona McGee
Feb 8, 2016

Japanese beverage maker Suntory has just announced it will be releasing its first-ever cherry blossom-flavoured Pepsi this spring.

Japan
(cherry blossoms • Japan • pepsi • sakura • soft drinks)

Citrus-packing “Pepsi White” coming to Japan for the winter snow season

Oona McGee
Oct 29, 2015

When it comes to limited-edition beverages, Pepsi continues to rise to the occasion year after year. And just when we thought we’d seen the last of Pepsi’s seasonal releases for 2015 with their mystery-flavoured Halloween range, they go and announce a special Christmas present, with the release of a new Pepsi White Cola for this year’s winter season.

Japan
(Beverages • drinks • limited edition • pepsi • seasonal • Suntory)

“Pepsi Ghost” brings a mysterious new flavor for Halloween in Japan

Master Blaster
Oct 6, 2015

Among brands who like to get adventurous with the flavors in Japan such as Kit Kat or Häagen- Dazs, Pepsi is certainly one of the most prolific. Past Pepsi flavors have included cucumber, strawberry milk, and salty watermelon.

This time, everyone’s favorite alternative to Coke has unleashed a new flavor called Pepsi Ghost, especially for the Halloween season. They’ve really outdone themselves too, because for this limited-edition outing the special flavor is unknown.

So unknown, in fact, that even after drinking about a litre of the stuff I still can’t quite put my finger on it.

Japan
(Cola • food • halloween • pepsi • Pepsi Ghost)

Is the world ready for Japan’s new Lemon & Mint Pepsi? 【Taste test】

Mike
Jul 29, 2015

So, mint is an extraordinarily versatile, exceedingly summer-appropriate ingredient. It can add a refreshing bite to savory dishes, is the essential main ingredient in basically all of the world’s best ice cream flavors, and is the star of the show in that most refreshing of summer beverages, the mojito (without which would basically just be watery rum).

Mint is the miracle substance that makes Asia’s hellish, your-buddy-just-spontaneously-combusted-hot summers just the slightest bit tolerable; a fact that beverage and snack makers in Japan are finally catching onto, with each passing year seeing better and more diverse mint-infused offerings.

But lemon and mint? That’s the new flavor combo Pepsi is banking on to be the next big thing with its new “Pepsi Special Lemon Mint” drink offering, and we’re just the slightest bit wary.

Japan
(Beverages • drinks • food • health • lemon & mint • pepsi • summer)

Pepsi Strong: Newest drink in the Pepsi line-up is ready to kick your butt

Audrey Akcasu
May 21, 2015

There’s something about the heat and humidity that just makes you sleepy sometimes. With summer just around the corner in Japan, beverage company Suntory has a plan to keep you on your toes all day long: Pepsi Strong. More bubbles and more caffeine.

Say goodbye to your afternoons of droopy eyes and nodding off at your desk!

Japan
(drink • pepsi • Pepsi Zero • strong)

Pepsi reboots Japan’s Peach Boy with 3 action and monster-filled ads that’re 8 kinds of badass

Casey Baseel
Dec 6, 2014

The story of Momotaro is one of Japan’s oldest folktales, but a lot of its elements seem a little silly. For starters, the hero’s name translates as “Peach Boy.” His companions are a monkey, a dog, and a pheasant, who he wins over by giving them some sweet dumplings in exchange for their help against the story’s villains, who all have outie bellybuttons.

Goofy as these details may sound, though, the core of the tale is absolutely epic. A young hero who harnesses the power of wild beasts, then sails into the heart of demon territory to rumble with them on their island fortress? In a world where every literary and comic character is a candidate to become a darkly stylish action hero (heck, even Batman’s gritty reboot is getting its own gritty reboot), why hasn’t someone revamped Peach Boy into something closer to Peach Man?

Actually, someone already has, but you won’t find the new Momotaro in theatres, and while you might catch him flipping through the channels on TV, you can’t find his adventures scheduled in the program guide. That’s because this amazingly awesome version of Momortaro is actually a series of commercials from Pepsi.

Japan
(awesome • Cola • cool • culture • drinks • movies • pepsi • soft drinks)

Pink strawberry milk Pepsi set to return to stores in Japan this winter

Casey Baseel
Oct 29, 2014

We’ve talked before about all the cool Kit Kats Japan gets, but the chocolate-covered wafers aren’t the only sweet indulgence with exclusive-to-Japan versions. Once a year or so, Pepsi releases a special flavor for the Japanese market, too.

This winter the soft drink maker is bringing back a popular hit from a few years ago, with the return of strawberry milk Pepsi.

Japan
(cool • drinks • pepsi • soda • soft drinks • sweets • weird)

Japanese netizens explore the root of cola’s enticing taste

Scott R Dixon
Nov 11, 2013

While companies around the world have made all sorts of different versions of cola, the distinctive taste remains unchanged. So where exactly does the tart, sweet taste of your favorite soda come from? Thanks to a recent visit to a cola producer, a writer on Daily Portal Z found out more about the soft drink and shared his discovery with Japanese netizens, who were somewhat surprised at cola’s humble (and druggy) beginnings, but were left wondering about Coke’s secret recipe.

Japan
(Coca-Cola • Cola • drink • kola nut • medicine • pepsi • soda)

Cola War Breaks Out in Thailand

Master Blaster
Dec 13, 2012

On 31 October, the long-standing 59-year partnership between Pepsi Co and Thailand’s leading bottling company Serm Suk came to a close. As a result, Serm Suk launched a surprise cola blitz on the competition with a 300 million baht (US$9.8M) campaign for their own “est Cola”.

Since 2 November est Cola has set up strongholds in most major supermarkets and convenience stores across the nation. Also, in the short span of a month they were able to breach into what is considered by cola military analysts as the key position for victory – fast food soda fountain machines.

SE Asia
(cola war • est Cola • pepsi • Thailand)

New Diet Soft Drink “Pepsi Special” Released in Japan, Promises to Restrict Fat Absorption

Michelle Lynn Dinh
Nov 9, 2012

Pepsi will release a new cola in Japan that contains “fat-blockers” to help prevent the absorption of fat in the body. The secret to Pepsi Special’s fat-blocking power is dextrin, a fiber molecule that is said to prevent the digestive system from absorbing fat.

Japan
(fat-blocking • pepsi • Pepsi Special • Suntory)

Japan’s New Pepsi White is Flavored Orange

Steven
Oct 31, 2012

Winter is approaching fast and it looks like Japan’s romance with the color black is finally fading away into softer shades with Pepsi’s newest seasonal flavor, Pepsi White.

Japan
(pepsi • soft drinks • white)

Pepsi Highlights Underground Worldwide Fruit Trend with Their Newest Designer Flavor, “Salty Watermelon”

Master Blaster
May 30, 2012

The newest in a line of seasonal limited edition Pepsi flavors has been announced by Japanese distributor Suntory. Set to debut on 24 July is the red-colored Pepsi: Salty Watermelon. Hopefully this is as awesome as Pepsi: Pink was.

But after reading the announcement I had to do a double-take. The watermelon’s salty?

Japan
(B gourmet • food • pepsi • salt • watermelon)

Are You Adult Enough for this Pepsi?

Danielnishina
Apr 30, 2012

Summer is a competitive time for beverage companies, who duke it out to get those thirsty, hot customers. Actually, manufacturers (as well as regular people) are still contending this year with a lean, electricity-short summer, a season when the demand for power understandably goes up. Amid all these circumstances, those of you who yearn for an unsweet soft drink should have a crack at ‘Pepsi Black’, coming mid-June.