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| Product type | Mid-calorie cola, and 30% less sugar |
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| Owner | PepsiCo |
| Country | United States |
| Introduced | 2011 |
| Discontinued | 2015 |
| Related brands | Pepsi Edge Pepsi ONE Pepsi Max G2 Tab |
Pepsi Next (stylized as pepsi next or pepsi NEXT) is a discontinued cola-flavored carbonated soft drink produced by PepsiCo. It was a variant of the Pepsi cola range.
In some markets it was sweetened with high fructose corn syrup, sugar, acesulfame potassium, and sucralose,[1] and marketed toward drinkers of full-calorie Pepsi, and those who do not enjoy the taste of Diet Pepsi, Pepsi ONE, Pepsi Max, and other diet colas.
On June 25, 2013, PepsiCo informed their Facebook readers that the new formulation of Pepsi Next no longer contained aspartame, the artificial sweetener used in many diet soft drinks including Diet Pepsi, hence some bottles sold in the U.S. read 'aspartame free'. However, the continued presence of acesulfame potassium means this version of the product still contained artificial sweeteners.
In other marketing areas, including Canada, Finland, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand, where it was marketed as having "30% less sugar", Pepsi Next was sweetened using an extract from stevia and had no artificial sweeteners.
- ^ "Official Site for PepsiCo Beverage Information | Find". Archived from the original on 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2013-07-10.