| Caffeine-Free Pepsi | ||
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 A Caffeine-Free Pepsi Bottle. | ||
| Description | ||
| Flavor: | Cola without Caffeine | |
| Color: | Brown | |
| Details | ||
| Current Status: | Permanent Flavor | |
| Locations Available: | Various countries across the world | |
| Year(s) Available: | 1982 - Present | |
| Related Flavors: | Pepsi Diet Pepsi (Aspartame Free) Pepsi Next Pepsi Zero Sugar Pepsi Boom Pepsi Cool | |
| Related Promotions: | N/A | |
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Caffeine-Free Pepsi (also known in France as "Pepsi Cool", and in Spain, Germany, and Italy as "Pepsi Boom") is a variant of Pepsi cola that uses almost the exact formula but doesn't contain any caffeine.
Description[]
Caffeine-Free Pepsi is a variant of Pepsi which is brown in color, similar to Caffeine-Free Coca-Cola. Its flavor is the same as regular Pepsi but doesn't contain any caffeine.
History[]
Caffeine-Free Pepsi was introduced under the brand name Pepsi Free, in 1982 by Pepsico as the first major-brand caffeine-free cola in years. (The Canada Dry Company had marketed "Sport Cola," which was also caffeine-free, in the 1960s, but that brand of cola was not a success.)
A sugar-free variant, then known as Diet Pepsi Free, was also introduced. The Pepsi Free name itself was phased out in 1987, and today these colas are known simply as Pepsi and Diet Pepsi.
The term "Free" had been reintroduced by PepsiCo on their Sierra Mist line in response to Coca-Cola's successful introduction of their Zero line (although the "Free" refers to a lack of sugar rather than caffeine since Sierra Mist is already caffeine-free), though in 2008.