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Pepsi: demi-retro-chic sugar water.

January 4, 2012 No Comments

Astonished that the growing disfavor over high fructose corn syrup has led to a sense that regular sugar soda pop is a healthful choice. And companies are marketing to nostalgia for sugar soda pop. Oh, I’ll choose sugar over corn syrup. But it’s saying: “Hey, remember when we used to sell you a different type of poison?”

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