This Is The Actual Flavor Of Classic Mountain Dew - Tasting Table
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This Is The Actual Flavor Of Classic Mountain Dew - Tasting Table
"With a neon green color that resembles antifreeze more than anything, you would be forgiven for thinking that the unique flavor of Mountain Dew soda is entirely artificial - but you would be wrong. Surprisingly, this vibrantly-colored citrus soda actually gets its signature taste from real fruit juice. That's right, one of the main ingredients that separates Mountain Dew from other lemon-lime sodas is concentrated orange juice."
"These days there are many different Mountain Dew flavors. Flavors such as the Code Red and Livewire contain the same concentrated orange juice, but others, like Baja Blast, do not. This is fitting, as Code Red is the first nationally distributed Mountain Dew flavor, so it made sense to stick close to the standard recipe, and Livewire is an orange-flavored soda already, whereas Taco Bell describes the flavor of Mountain Dew Baja Blast as "tropical lime.""
Mountain Dew's neon green color and distinct citrus profile come partly from real fruit juice, notably concentrated orange juice, which differentiates it from typical lemon-lime sodas. The original formulation resembled traditional lemon-lime sodas until around 1974, when the orange element appeared. Multiple current flavors draw on the standard recipe; Code Red and Livewire contain the same concentrated orange juice, while Baja Blast lacks it and is described by Taco Bell as "tropical lime." The brand name traces to an Appalachian slang term for poitin, an Irish moonshine, and the soda originated in Marion, Virginia amid mid-1900s moonshine culture.
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