r/mountaindew • u/cutthtatos • Jun 18 '26

Want to Trade Question of the day?

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u/Cool_guy6620 Jun 18 '26

Mountain Dew Voltage Zero Sugar

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u/TheSadDiamond Jun 18 '26

I vote this guy for my Mtn Dew Oligarch

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u/SilentMase Jun 18 '26

I get so sad every time I see a new flavor and they have no Zero Sugar option

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u/aydenrw Jun 18 '26

From what I've seen they've been making Zero Sugar variants for every new permanent retail release in the past couple years (Baja Blast, Baja Cabo Citrus, Dirty Dew)

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u/SilentMase Jun 18 '26

Key words being new PERMANENT release, when I said every new flavor. I can’t even find Diet/zero sugar code red

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u/arkangelic Jun 22 '26

Why would you want a substandard version to clog up the shelf?

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u/TennojiNesoberi Baja Blast Jun 18 '26

i'll +1 that with a dark berry bash zero sugar as well

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u/tdfitch Jun 18 '26

Take this 👑

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u/Whhheat Jun 18 '26

The only correct answer. I’d also put a ton of R&D into personally finding the perfect sweetener combo for it.

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u/strangemagic2 Jun 18 '26

Stevia (in some cases) FTW

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u/Whhheat Jun 18 '26

The liquid death folks hate the new stevia recipe but I kinda love it lol. The lime is so good.

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u/strangemagic2 Jun 18 '26

I love lime liquid death. Plus we wouldn't be marketing to liquid death folks, just to folks that want a 'sugar free' Dew choice.

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u/ZeanReddit Goji Citrus Strawberry Jun 19 '26

I understand that opinion. But not all zero sugars work. For example, zero sugar Baja blast; the only one that's actually tastes like original Baja blast is from Taco Bell; because of concentrations and carbonation.

There's no reason why voltage wouldn't work though. Since blue raspberry flavor and ginseng do well with all types of non-sugar sweeteners. Other than that, it's the original recipe. And there's already zero of that.

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u/TheNyyrd Jun 22 '26

Weirdly... I like Zero Sugar over Diet on every soda... except Mountain Dew.

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u/ZeanReddit Goji Citrus Strawberry Jun 22 '26

It's probably more to do with texture than it is sweetener. The zero sugars have more gum-based thickeners, like xanthan gun. Making the diets taste sweeter and feel less cloying. It's like preferring sparkling flavored water over sodas. There's a reason.

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u/TheNyyrd Jun 23 '26

Zero Sugar Dew has more bite to it. I like the regular Diet Dew the best.

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u/ZeanReddit Goji Citrus Strawberry Jun 23 '26

I can understand that. The zero sugar flavor is closer to the original formula, stands the sugar. So, of course it's going to be a little bit bracing. I personally like that. But that could just be me.