Talk:Pepsi

I hate the new logo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.153.69.29 (talk) 17:50, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

can we have a current logo?

I found one at http://www.pensacolapower.org/images/Pepsi_logo.jpg Dansiman 05:19, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Or here's another: http://www.napervilleparks.org/genecawebsite/T/images/Pepsi%20logo.jpg Dansiman 05:21, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Good references/links

I have been searching around the Internet and found these useful sources that can be used to add lots of missing info to this article:

• 1996 Top-10 U.S. CSD Numbers: Coca-Cola Co Up Sharply. Colas Sluggish.
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF PEPSI-COLA
• The History of Pepsi-Cola , from the soda-museum
• PepsiCo History Timeline
• Pepsi Info Center, Pepsi History, Logo History, Pepsi Phrases
• The Cola Wars from rotten.com (with timeline)
• PepsiCo survey, general info
• Apple and pepsi to give away 100 million free songs
• Pepsi article at answers.com
• Coke vs. Pepsi: the new cola wars Forget about how Vanilla Coke and Pepsi Blue taste. Which stock is better: Coca-Cola or PepsiCo?

— Wackymacs 21:08, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

Help

I screwed something up on the page when I took something that was spam out of the article. I do not know how to fix it.

Pepsiman

the "see also" section contains a blue link to "pepsiman" the japanese pepsi superhero, but the link redirects to this article, and the only mention of pepsiman is the link itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.149.114.109 (talk) 17:05, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Flavour section

In reference to the flavour section, I figured the most likely way of portraying the various flavours were as one long list as it may become rather disputable to some if categorized another way. Of course this can become rather unwieldy though. I for one agree Code Red is virtually Mountain Dew with a variant kick, but I'm not so sure it may be the best way to go about it. Also, I see horizontal listing as obscurred when vertical makes it quite easy to see multiple flavours such as Pepsi, Pepsi ONE, Pepsi Faggot, etc. and cancel out all the Pepsis in my head rather having various colour patterns and trying to differentiate amoung how a group listing is separated. Perhaps this is all wrong though so I would like some council on what the rest of you think. Dtgm

Pepsi Si

My friend from Texas asserts that he's never heard of the "Pepsi Si" promotion. I demand an explanation. Philwelch 03:20, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Well, it doesn't appear that this was done with any fanfare, just that the packaging simply started saying Pepsi Sí. I found a picture of a case here, and a memo from Pepsi Bottling Group here. There doesn't seem to be much about it online, a few random blog mentions. However, it's been fairly hard to search for online. Rhymeless 06:23, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Pepsi Si is not on EVERY Pepsi in Texas, as the article states. In mostly hispanic cornerstores and grocery stores, you find many 'Si' cans, but in a general sense sometimes you see them sometimes you dont. --168.56.111.51 18:58, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Pepsi Capuccino

The article states: "Pepsi Cappuccino was released in Romania and Bulgaria". I'm from Bulgaria and I have never heard of Pepsi Capuccino. And I'm a Pepsi drinker. --Babycham 03:44, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

I think that Pepsi copied Coca Cola Ashleigh101664 —Preceding undated comment was added at 22:15, 12 December 2008 (UTC).

Pepsi Products

Mountain Dew (including Diet Mountain Dew, Mountain Dew Code Red, Mountain Dew Diet Code Red; not currently offered are the Caffeine Free, Baja Blast flavors)

• Baja Blast Mountain Dew is currently available at Taco Bell

Discontinued lines

FruitWorks: Flavors were Strawberry Melon, Peach Papaya, Tangerine Citrus, Apple Raspberry, and Pink Lemonade. Two other flavours, Passion Orange and Guava Berry, were available in Hawaii only.

• FruitWorks is still available, and I purchased a bottle about a week ago.

Mountain Dew Live Wire: Offered for one summer. Mountain Dew Pitch Black: Tagged Don't Be Frightened Of The Dark, it was "with a blast of black grape".

• Both are widely available, and are due to be part of a major Halloween promotion by Pepsi

Squirt: including Diet Squirt and Ruby Red Squirt

• Still available; However, I beleve this may be a Cadbury-Schweppes brand; I have never seen diet or Ruby Red

I decided to leave the FruitWorks where it was, until I saw more information. It's not something I see at grocery stores, now that I think of it. I changed the Mountain Dew information, and will move the Squirt info to the proper website.

[[User:Rhymeless|Rhymeless | (Methyl Remiss)]] 04:22, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Split

Split the company and product information, move the company info to PepsiCo, Inc. and link from there to Pepsi. - Jerryseinfeld 19:09, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

korean coat of arms

is there any point to this picture and mention? it sounds like putting a picture of a piece of chicken shaped like homer simpson on the homer simpson article. Lockeownzj00 19:38, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Heh, I think it's kind of noteworthy of the similarity. Cburnett 00:33, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC) (this comment of mine was in the wrong section, moved here Cburnett 01:32, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC))

I agree...I am taking it down. It doesn't make any sense. ---- anonymous (added by cburnett)

I agree with Lockeownzj00 -- doesn't seem to be relevant, nor in keeping with the tone of an encyclopedia article.

I've put it back again. You'll have to excuse me for putting a lot of faith into users who don't even sign their posts. Additionally, I think it warrants more people's opinions. Cburnett 15:44, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

While a funny bit of trivia, I agree that the image just clutters the page and is unnecessary. It'd be better to just mention the similarity in the text and make sure to cross link the article. After all, if someone really wants to see the similarity, all they have to do is go to the South Korea page an take a look. --oknazevad 00:32, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Due to the similarity between two, there is an urban myth in South Korea that Pepsi is actually a Korean company. This myth started in late 1990s to early 2000s when South Korea had economic troubles and the government launched "buy homemade and make exportable goods" campaigns. Since the locally owned company produced Pepsi products and only paid the right to distribute and use the brand name, this is technically not false but a myth nevertheless. I believe there was an increase in Pepsi's market share during that time in South Korea possibly related to this but Samsong did launch a major endorsement campaign at the same time. So it's difficult to say whether this had any impact. -- Revth 04:31, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Francophiles

I was a bit surprised to hear that Pepsi is so popular with Francophiles. Is there evidence that this has anything to do with the similarities between the soda's logo and the French flag (it looks more like the dutch flag, really, but it's still pretty close)? -R. fiend 7 July 2005 22:48 (UTC)

I don't know about froncaphones around the world, but in french-speaking Quebec, historically Pespi was more popular than Coca-Cola because it was cheaper and the population was poorer (the same happened, to a smaller scale, in "poor" parts of the US). In the late 20th century Pepsi had very strong and succesfull tv-ad campaigns designed especially for quebecers, so they maintained their market share. Luc Da 14:32, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

ingredient list

Not sure it's appropriate, but a section on what's in Pepsi should be added.

From the Pepsi website (this is also confirmed on the can of Pepsi in front of me, California, USA).

(Cut and pasted from http://pepsi.com/pepsi_brands/product_info/index.php)

Pepsi (8 fl. oz) Contains: Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup and/or sugar, caramel color, phosphoric acid, caffeine, citric acid and natural flavors

Calories 100
Total Fat (g) 0
Sodium (mg) 25
Potassium (mg) 10
Total Carbohydrates (g) 27
Sugars (g) 27
Protein (g) 0
Caffeine (mg) 25

http://urbanstyle.org/wp/upload/pepsi1.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.182.5.225 (talk) 22:47, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

"Spokespersons"

The celebs aren't really spokespeople of the company. They are paid endorsers of the product. Is there a good word for that? encephalon 20:35, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

How about "Major celebrities endorsing Pepsi products"? I know then some people will argue about just WHO qualifies as major but it's pretty neutral. -- Revth 04:34, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

I renamed to "Celebrity Endorsers"Jvandyke 15:58, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Steven Seagal's Lightning Bolt

An article was just created with this text:

Steven Seagal's Lightning Bolt

"Drink that is re-bottled Pepsi that has exceeded its used-by-date and can no longer be legally sold under the Pepsi label due to quality control contracts with sellers."

That looks like nonsense. But I'm putting it here. If someone else want to include this in the pepsi article, feel free. Zeimusu | Talk page 14:07, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

Pepsi Light

What happened to the Pepsi Light link? It now redirects to the main Pepsi page. There used to be a page devoted to Pepsi Light with a picture of the can. What happened?

(Pepsi light was introduced in the 70s and had a light blue can with a lemon.)

--Globe199 22:47, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

Actually, MANY of the Pepsi links contained here redirect to the main Pepsi page. These other brands (Pepsi Light, Pepsi Edge, Pepsi Vanilla, etc) should have their own pages. Anyone know what happened here?

--Globe199 15:31, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Why exactly should they have their own pages? -R. fiend 16:02, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

It makes for much better articles. Look at the Coke pages. Erechtheus 03:24, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

PEPSI FREE??? (honda impossible dream style):,,, PEPSI - free - COLA - technical -OIL... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.48.169 (talk) 17:38, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Corporate magic

A popular conspiracy theory holds that the Pepsi logo is, in fact, a sigil. Its purpose, to imprint itself on the popular consciousness, projecting "consumer energy" to the logo whenever someone pictures it in their mind, and so in a vague but overarching way increase the public's confidence and faith in the company it represents. Maybe that should be mentioned in the article?

Yeah and maybe we should mention that eating pop rocks while drinking pepsi will make your testicles explode....

First made

The introoduction claims that Pepsi was first made in 1886. Other sources that I have seen claim it was first made in 1893. [1] What sources do we have for this claim? Capitalistroadster 08:34, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

The date changes are unsourced and I am now treating them as vandalism and reverting them. Kafziel 18:18, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

I have adjusted the "first made" date to reflect what Pepsi says on their own website. --Godfoster 08:02, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Pepsin?

The article claims that the original Pepsi contained pepsin. [2] agrees, [3] disagrees, and [4] states that the question is disputed. Do we have anything more authorative? AxelBoldt 03:39, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

Corn syrup discussion

User:Magnusfl added the text below to the main article. I've moved it to the talk page here, as probably more suitable to be here. Suitability for inclusion in the article needs to be reviewed, spelling/wording also needs attention. --OscarTheCat^talk 22:40, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

"this is for the USA version other country’s use sugar instead of High fructose Corn syrup which is cheaper in the USA due to federal corn subsidies of 4,501,951,045 in 2004(http://www.ewg.org:16080/farm/progdetail.php?fips=00000&progcode=corn )and much less healthy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_fructose_corn_syrup"

Removed this similar commentary from article. --OscarTheCat^talk 18:38, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

"this is for the USA version other coutrys use sugar instead of High frutose Corn syrup which is cheeper in the USA due to federal corn subsidies of :4,501,951,045 in 2004 (1)and much less healthy."

checking this

FYI for everyone~As a part of a college english class a group will be collectively verifying/and adding information to this in the very near future.

Uranium?

I find the following passage questionable:

"That same year, the US federal government passed the Pure Food and Drug Act, banning substances such as arsenic, lead, barium, and uranium from food and beverages. This forced Coca-Cola to change their formula; however, Pepsi-Cola was already free of these substances, and thus claimed they already met federal requirements."

Although it doesn't explicitly say so, the implication is that Coca-Cola contained arsenic, lead, barium and uranium. If we are going to list examples of substances banned by the Pure Food and Drug Act, we should at least specify which impurities were found in Coca-Cola. I'm pretty sure uranium is not among them, and its inclusion is misleading. Mistercow 00:35, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

I had the same reaction. I'm going to remove the entire statement. It reads like an amateurish slander of Coke.

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was move. —Nightstallion (?) 07:36, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Proposed move

Pepsi-Cola → Pepsi This is the most common name in use. EdwinHJ | Talk 15:05, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

• Support. It is the most common name and hundreds of pages link here through the redirect at the "Pepsi" page. (The dash complicates things even more, as other pages link here through "Pepsi Cola"). Even though most pages link to "Pepsi", it will be a big job to correct all the links, but I do think it will be worth it for the future. Kafziel 15:32, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
• Comment. If concensus agrees this, then for consistency, perhaps Coca-Cola should then move to Coke ? --Oscarthecat 15:39, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

  Well, "coke" has a lot of different meanings, and since it isn't the actual name of the product, I think it should remain a disambiguation page. But Pepsi is Pepsi. Plus, the "what links here" for Coca-Cola doesn't seem to be nearly as lopsided as the Pepsi-Cola article. The "Coca Cola" redirect has a lot of hits, but not nearly as many as the "Pepsi" redirect. Kafziel 17:54, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

• Support. James F. (talk) 19:33, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
• Support It's pretty clear from various sources that Pepsi-Cola is no longer in use. Even the contemporary pictures on the WP entry show only the Pepsi logo. ~ trialsanderrors 07:40, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
• Oppose - But Pepsi is not the "actual" name of the product! — Wackymacs 19:05, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Pepsi's website might disagree with you, as well as every bit of advertising shown there. I can't remember the last time I heard "Pepsi-Cola" in a commercial. If nothing else, it's certainly the de facto name. And the word "pepsi" has no other meaning in any dictionary I can find, so it won't hurt anything as far as disambiguation. Surely Pepsi won't object to our moving their article, when their own website is pepsi.com? Kafziel 20:42, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

I just looked all over that website, and they don't even call it "Pepsi-Cola" on the product information page for it, here. Kafziel 20:45, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

Length?

Is this article the right length? It seems a little long to me. Anyone else thinks something about the size? loulou 18:30, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

The Pepsi Challenge ...

Oh yes, choose the best, Pepsi or Coke. It's like yes or no. To the the Coke, or to the Pepsi?? 

What's the question again? Who's the boss of Coke? Who's the boss of pepsi? I like.... wait a second.... Coke's recent add campaign included mobsters promoting vanilla coke... I, uhm, I .... Sure, I like vanilla coke... I love vanilla coke soooo much that if you freeze it in a square container, you can make a nice scented candle,dont forget the wick. Too bad Pepsi, youre not tough enough.

"Rivalry..." Must Distinguish Between Companies And Drinks

Throughout the entire "Rivalry with Coca-Cola" section, it is unclear in many places whether the companies The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo or the drinks Coca-Cola and Pepsi are being compared. Take, for example:

"In the U.S., Pepsi's total market share was about 31.7 percent in 2004, while Coke's was about 43.1 percent."

These figures are clearly labeled as company market shares by the source, so this statement would be much better off in one of the main company's articles. This article is about the drink Pepsi. This sentence even further obfuscates its meaning by using the term "Coke". The only time "Coke" is ever used is in the name of the product "Diet Coke". So, really, the sentence should read:

"In the U.S., Pepsi's total market share was about 11.5 percent in 2004, while Coca-Cola's was about 17.9 percent."

This is one such example of the confusion that can be found in this paragraph. There are articles for the drinks, and there are articles for the companies. The two should be kept separate. I'll try to move things around and clear things up when I can, but I'm leaving for a week tomorrow and would appreciate some help here. -- Tflynn17 05:45, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Largely done. Happy travels.Jvandyke 15:40, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Oh why thank you! Tflynn17 05:14, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

pepsi's better than coca cola--Peace, Ghetto Fabulous 03:01, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

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What about the new Pepsi Jazz? Pepsi Jazz it should be refrenced here or go on the Diet Pepsi page. --68.180.8.70 16:59, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

hey yeah i just saw this in Jewel the other day. Looks...awful... :-\ Tflynn17 05:14, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

"Not-verified" -- "Rivalry with Coca-Cola" needs sources

Added the NV tag to the article as it needs citations in some areas. :: Colin Keigher 05:36, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Delisted GA

This article did not go through the current GA nomination process. Looking at the article as is, it fails on several criteria of the GA quality standards. It fails criteria 5 as it is unstable. It fails criteria 2 on several aspects as additionals sources need to be cited. Please make necessary corrections, reexamine the article against the GA quality standards, and submit the article through the nomination process. RelHistBuff 14:53, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Propose deletion of sentences marked (fact) on September 1st

I propose the deletion of sentences marked (fact) on September 1st. I believe that the removal of these sentences will improve the article and make it much more factual. In particular, I am concerned about some of the unsupported claims regarding acceptance/rejection of certain types of Pepsi and comments on the safety of Pepsi ingredients. Jvandyke 15:21, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Removed as proposed.Jvandyke 02:08, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Rivalry with Pepsi

Much sweeter? That's a weasel word.

Proposed deletion of sentences marked (fact) or (citation-needed) on October 1st

I propose the deletion of sentences marked (fact) or (citation-needed) on October 1st. I believe that the removal of these sentences will improve the article and make it much more factual. In particular, I am concerned about some of the unsupported claims regarding acceptance/rejection of certain types of Pepsi and the uncited discussion of Muslim claims against Pepsi. Jvandyke 17:10, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Done.Jvandyke 08:02, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

pH comparison to stomach

I removed the following as it was uncited and struck me as an attempt to use weasel words. Citation and clarification encouraged: [Pepsi] is nearly as acidic as the acid in your stomach Jvandyke 21:08, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Myanmar

Forgive me if this has already been discussed, but why is there nothing about Pepsi's controversial activities in Myanmar? CJCurrie 06:40, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

This article details Pepsi the drink, not PepsiCo the company. Thus, I believe you are asking your question against the wrong article. Jvandyke 01:00, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Contents Box vs. Infobox - Fight!

When you opt to hide the Contents Box at the top of the page, the Infobox bleeds over into the "History" section. Is there any way to prevent this? I tried some methods on my own, but could not find a way to get it to work.  --Godfoster 08:08, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

vandalism?

Are those slogans under the "Marketing" Section really right or is someone just vandalizing the page? Admittedly I don't know anything about Pepsi, but.... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Music girl117 (talk • contribs) 02:00, 15 December 2006 (UTC).

Both this and the Coca Cola pages are being vandalized. Superstooge 16:55, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

Slogan

I seem to remember in the early 90's one of their slogans was (I even remember it being printed on the cans) - UH-HUH! - Is anybody able to vouch for this? or am I thinking of something else? - 203.205.122.84 17:59, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

If you're talking about Diet Pepsi and those ads with Ray Charles, that would be correct. I don't think, however, that the slogan was used for the regular Pepsi.

WAVY 10 19:52, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism removal

{{Editprotected}}

Someone probably ought to remove the vandalism by User:Quogud in the external links section. If you check the user's talk page and history you will see that this is no longer an honest mistake.--68.158.44.232 14:01, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Already done, by User:Colin Keigher. --ais523 18:28, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

this is the beginning

Should their new campaign[5] be mentioned somewhere? --theblueflamingo^Speak 21:28, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Yin-Yang

Pepsi's trademark symbol is an obvious appropriation of the yin-yang. What is the history behind this symbol? MotherFunctor 21:22, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

I came here from the Taegeuk article, and I'm wondering the same thing. Can anyone shed some light on this? Octane ^{[improve me]} 06.07.07 2150 (UTC)

Joan Crawford

Didn't Joan Crawford, movie star from the 'golden age' of Hollywood, have something or other to do with Pepsi back in the day? CanadianMist 22:36, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

CM Punk

he why isn't CM Punk mentioned here. he has a tatoo of the Pepsi ball logo on one of his arms. boutitbenza_69_9 5:10 PM, 23 June, 2007

Because it's not really notable? I guess it could be mentioned on the CM Punk article, but it doesn't deserve a mention here. --Cyde Weys 03:49, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Pepsi fire and ice

In 2005 I saw a huge billboard in Malaysia for Pepsi fire and Pepsi ice - There is no reference to this on this page... I'd like to see it if I can. I have a picture of said billboard I'd be happy to upload. Opticalnoise 00:45, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Shouldn't we?

Shouldn't we add back the part for long term health effects? We can't have corparations kick us around!-KyleWestwood —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.116.156.65 (talk)

Here here. I'm actually very surprised that this wasn't done by the time I checked the Pepsi page. We cannot allow wikipedia to become what the Wiki-criticizers say it is already.

-Ransom

I agree whole heartedly.

Long-term health effects Some nutritionists assert that the phosphoric acid component of Pepsi-Cola, and other similar soft drinks, may be deleterious to bone health in both men and women, with some studies finding the effects to be more notably pronounced in female subjects.[citation needed] See phosphoric acid in food.

Pepsi and other similar products contain a lot of sugar. An excessive intake of sugar has been suspected as a contributing factor in certain kinds of diabetes. Sugar is also a leading contributor to tooth decay.

In addition, both 'diet' and non-diet variants are highly acidic, which is a cause of degradation of tooth enamel, making decay due to subsequent sugar intake more likely. This is particularly exacerbated when a drink is sipped at frequent intervals throughout the day.

Phosphoric Acid and Tooth Rot Now that soft drinks are sold in almost all public and private schools, dentists are noticing a condition in teenagers that used to be found only in the elderly-a complete loss of enamel on the teeth, resulting in yellow teeth. The culprit is phosphoric acid in soft drinks, which causes tooth rot as well as digestive problems and bone loss. Dentists are reporting complete loss of the enamel on the front teeth in teenaged boys and girls who habitually drink sodas.

Normally the saliva is slightly alkaline, with a pH of about 7.4. When sodas are sipped throughout the day, as is often the case with teenagers, the phosphoric acid lowers the pH of the saliva to acidic levels. In order to buffer this acidic saliva, and bring the pH level above 7 again, the body pulls calcium ions from the teeth. The result is a very rapid depletion of the enamel coating on the teeth. When dentists do cosmetic bonding, they first roughen up the enamel with a chemical compound-that chemical is phosphoric acid! Young people who must have all their yellowed front teeth cosmetically bonded have already done part of the dentist's job, by roughening up the tooth surface with phosphoric acid.

-Colonel Chicken —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.66.212.175 (talk) 00:41, August 23, 2007 (UTC)

Add Health Risks

Can someone please put the following back?

if the admins are going to lock it you better be putting the stuff back in that was getting taken out, or at least unlcok it so the ppl can do it for you

Long-term health effects

Some nutritionists assert that the phosphoric acid component of Pepsi-Cola, and other similar soft drinks, may be deleterious to bone health in both men and women, with some studies finding the effects to be more notably pronounced in female subjects. See phosphoric acid in food.

Pepsi and other similar products contain a lot of sugar. An excessive intake of sugar has been suspected as a contributing factor in certain kinds of diabetes. Sugar is also a leading contributor to tooth decay.

In addition, both 'diet' and non-diet variants are highly acidic, which is a cause of degradation of tooth enamel, making decay due to subsequent sugar intake more likely. This is particularly exacerbated when a drink is sipped at frequent intervals throughout the day.

in addition, later study showed aspartame, included in both regular and diet pepsi, increases risk of cancer. It is also known as chemical that gets people addicted to pepsi, which will later cause other health problems that results from high intake of pepsi, such as diabetes and tooth decay. Teppei s (talk) 03:26, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Issues with images

Some of the images ('40s ad, and Crystal Pepsi) appare to be not working. Occaisionally, they'll show, but more often than not the code that references the image gets shown instead. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hellmark (talk • contribs) 05:22, August 30, 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism

Although I'm not an expert by any means on pepsi (fan of the soda though), I just did an undo to the rise in popularity section. There was some vandalism, hopefully it was just a one time thing. Trying to be a good wikicitizen Aohara1986 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aohara1986 (talk • contribs) 05:13, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Restaurant Sales

I think it's worth mentioning in this article that certain restaurants, most notably Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell (all of which used to be wholly owned by Pepsi), and Arby's sell Pepsi products only, while most other major fast-food chains sell only Coke products. Thoughts? Dansiman 15:07, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

wikipedia edits

Shouldn't we have all details of the company in this page, including those of how the pepsi companys computers were used to falsify info on wikipedia? Shouldn't it be known by everyone who reads this page that pepsi co. was erasing harmfull truths about there soda so as to most likly show themselves in a better light? There is now proof that pepsi co. did this (thanks to wikiscanner), and I think it is relavent information about the goings ons of the company, and that there should be a section depicting that they did it at the top of the artical, and really, I think that should go for all the other companies who did this to their wikipedia articals, "wikilobbying" as "steaphen colbert" would say —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.182.82.165 (talk) 23:59, 17 September 2007 (UTC)

Mistakes in article

There is an expletive in the article. In the section titled Criticisms, on the ninth line of the first paragraph, is a common expletive.

Further down in the article the word caffeine is not spelled correctly.

Brian 71.214.255.40 20:29, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

enough with the vandalism

geez you friggin stupid kids. do you think u're affecting anyone by putting ridiculous stuff in the article? grow up. this page has had nothing but vandalism for the past few days. can't we protect it or something? i'm no wiki-expert, but it seems like there should be something that can be done. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JDHannan (talk • contribs) 18:50, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Photo

Can we please have a photo actually showing the color of the liquid? Badagnani 04:58, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

In Romania

Con somebody explain about marketing in the Eastern bloc? I was surprised by the Pepsi ads in a tennis court in a Romanian film from the 80s. --Error 22:55, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

140000 Ounce bottle

Goddamn vandals. I don't know much about Pepsi, but I'm reasonably certain no soda has ever been sold in a 1400000 ounce bottle (that's over 10 gallons.) Could somebody correct this? And maybe look for more "mistakes?" Please and thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Plutoniumboss (talk • contribs) 19:15, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

Pepsi tops in PEI for of lack of Coke, not consumer choice

As noted in the aricle, Pepsi outsells Coke on Prince Edward Island, Canada. That's because they don't allow cans to be sold on the island, and Coke doesn't bottle there. So you can get Coke in some restaraunts, but primarily Pepsi is your only choice. Pepsi bottles its soda for the island in Charlottetown, PEI. Does anyone know if the reason Pepsi outsells Coke in the other states/territories is similarly-reasoned due to lack of competition from Coke rather than market choice? --BizMgr (talk) 14:12, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson was a giant Pepsi pop-icon in 80s at the top of his career giving Pepsi worldwide popularity. [6] [7] --Ciao 90 (talk) 13:38, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

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Pepsi Cona?

Does anyone remember the cola and coffee combo Pepsi Cona they had years ago? Kiminatheguardian (talk) 01:36, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Plagiarism

The entire bulk of the Coke - Pepsi rivalry dedicated to the Thai market has been copied, word by word, from TIME magazine's website. If you follow the link in the text, it takes you to the news stories' page where it is clearly copied completely from TIME. As we all should know, TIME does not make its stories public-domain, there is a copyright on the story. I don't want to do any re-writing yet, but does anyone have any suggestions about what to do in this situation? Thanks, — JuWiki (Talk <> Resources) 16:31, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

The copied material should be deleted. A summary of the source, without using their exact words, should be written. I'll go remove the copied info. ·:· Will Beback ·:· 17:09, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

coke vs. pepsi

why on this article,they always said coke is better than pepsi? this is off topic! they supposed to said about pepsi not coke. this should be semi-protected.96.235.133.35 (talk) 00:40, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

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Pepsi Sales in Newfoundland, Canada

I don't have any hard numbers to back this up, but I'm pretty sure Pepsi outsells Coca-Cola in Newfoundland, Canada... at least in most cities. Before the early 90s, both Pepsi and Coke had bottle/can factories in St. John's. Coke shut theirs down and moved things to the mainland, which spurred many people to boycott Coca-Cola. While both products are equally available here, a lot of people prefer to drink the beverage manufactured within the province.

If anyone could obtain any information to back this up, that'd be awesome. --Zippo (talk) 16:01, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Older can images

Does anybody have images of the old type cans. Those white cans with red & blue sides, then latter red & red sides? GoodDay (talk) 17:54, 14 October 2008 (UTC)

Health concerns?

So, whatever happened with the whole "health concern" issue? I see that the section is still not on the page, but only other questions as to why, and not any answers. Thoughts? DarkOppressor (talk) 17:29, December 12 2008 (UTC)

Pepsuber

Pepsuber should probably redirect to SNL Digital Shorts, not Pepsi. 216.41.16.82 (talk) 14:41, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

Agree. Done.   Will Beback  talk  19:52, 2 February 2009 (UTC)

It was changed back, FYI. It really SHOULD NOT go to the Pepsi page. ArcAngel (talk) 13:54, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

I invited the editor to come here and share his thoughts. In my view, the name "Pepsuber" is more associated with the SNL skit than with the soft drink. If there's evidence in the future that it becomes a popular nickname for the drink then it should be linked here instead. But I don't foresee that hapenning.   Will Beback  talk  19:41, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Never heard of that, but the commercial in the SuperBowl promoted Pepsuber being associated with Pepsi. Do whatever you want, iMatthew // talk // 20:58, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Project Blue

There's not a word on Pepsi's last major rebranding, known internally as "Project Blue", when in the 1990s Pepsi went to using an all-blue label, and among other things painted an Air France Concorde blue for the occasion (which could not fly at supersonic speeds due to the paint). ProhibitOnions ^(T) 11:52, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Pepsi Meaning

Does Pepsi stand for : (Pay Every Pence to Save Israel)??? 62.61.164.86 (talk) 16:13, 13 March 2009 (UTC)

Vandalism

It says at the very beginning pepsi is a "urine" which is obviously not true. Somebody change it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.47.191.173 (talk) 20:20, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

• • Someone keeps vandalizing the page. I've fixed some of them. Seriously, I love coke much more but doing this to the pepsi wiki page is just sad. 69.205.18.60 (talk) 20:50, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Globalise/USA and Cleanup tags added

I added the globalise/USA tag because, despite Pepsi being a major soft drink in a large number of countries, much of the article simply ignores this fact and treats it as exclusively a US drink. Obviously the US should get the most coverage, since that's where Pepsi comes from, but it shouldn't get very nearly all of it! As a more-or-less random example: the whole "Pepsi Throwback" concept is meaningless to most of the world, since in most countries Pepsi has never stopped being sweetened with sugar, yet the lead section on Throwback doesn't mention this at all.

I've added the Cleanup tag too as certain sections need work from someone knowledgeable (which isn't really me, or I'd do some of it myself). For example, "Colas" is a poor section title as it's not informative, while the section itself consists of a massive, unwikified, unreferenced list of varieties, with (for the most part) no attempt made to identify those which are for the US. It's not enough simply to assume that readers will assume that (if you see what I mean). Loganberry (Talk) 23:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

Proposal to include "Controversy and Criticism" section or a separate wiki page similar to "Criticism of Coca-Cola"

Should'nt we also include a section or a separate wiki page for the controversy and/or criticisms faced by PepsiCo?
- Pepsi Suicide Ads for Pepsi Max
- Pepsi Cola health concerns (similar to a section in "Criticism of Coca-Cola" wiki page)
- Pepsi promotional campaign in the Philippines: "Number Fever" 349 scandal --Dan15ph (talk) 10:24, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Feel free to add more items if I miss anything :) --Dan15ph (talk) 10:39, 19 May 2009 (UTC)

Logo

Can someone add more for a logo evolution section? 70.29.210.174 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 12:04, 11 June 2009 (UTC).

boycotting PEPSI

shouldn't there be a part about the Islamic world trying to boycott pepsi with movies like this: [8], saying that buying pepsi helps Israel? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.219.228.172 (talk) 07:51, 15 June 2009 (UTC)