Pepsi Max Raspberry new for the UK!

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pepsi max raspberry

Berries seem to be the in thing to add to Cola at the moment, what with the new Diet Coke Twisted Strawberry and Coca Cola Zero Raspberry I reviewed last month. Pepsi are getting in on it too with a new flavour - Pepsi Max Raspberry (in other cola news there's also going to be a Coca Cola Vanilla Orange launched in the US!). 

It wasn't easy to get one of these. I first had to go through a few rounds of messaging Tesco's customer support to find out if there was any stock...then when I went to Tesco there was none on shelf...and eventually, after asking a member of staff who tried to fob me off and then went to look for me...I had one! After all that effort, I was hoping it'd be worth it! 

The ingredients are pretty much the same as any Pepsi Max, an array of flavourings and sweeteners, but whatever. I popped the bottle in the fridge and waited for it to become nice and chilled. 

pepsi max raspberry

Using my fancy Root 7 glass (available here for anyone interested) I poured some out to try. It has that unmistakable fizziness of Pepsi Max, that is somehow better than Coca Cola in my opinion. The taste is... well first I was hit with the regular Pepsi taste, very strong, full on and better than Cocoa Cola. I can see why they call it "Max" because despite there being no sugar you wouldn't think so - there's no strong artificial sweetener taste like you get with Diet Coke. The raspberry is pleasant, fruity and fairly subtle but not too shy either. In other words it's "just right". I think this one is actually better than the Coca Cola Raspberry, simply because I prefer Pepsi Max in general. The mix of raspberry and stronger cola flavour blends well. Does it outshine Pepsi Max Cherry though? Not really - nothing can beat such a classic flavour - but it's certainly pretty great in its own right. 

Overall then, this is another win for berry flavoured cola, and I hope it sticks around! Long may these new flavour variations continue...

9/10. 


Comments

  1. D15 February 2019 at 03:03

    i love cherry pepsi max so much. coca cola just doesnt do zero drinks very well imo, they just taste blah. if i can find cans ill try this, try to avoid plastic bottles (same for fanta grape, hope they do cans too)

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  2. Guzzle22 February 2019 at 14:52

    Currently on offer in Tesco apparently; £1 a bottle...

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  3. Anonymous8 February 2022 at 10:27

    It tastes like soap

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