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| Pepsi One | ||
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 A photograph of the can design of Pepsi One. | ||
| Description | ||
| Flavor: | Diet Cola | |
| Color: | Brown | |
| Details | ||
| Current Status: | Discontinued | |
| Locations Available: | United States | |
| Year(s) Available: | 1999 - 2015 | |
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Pepsi One was a Diet Pepsi cola flavor first released in 1999, and after a long time of production, it got discontinued at the beginning of 2015.
Description[]
Pepsi One, as its name suggests, 1 stands for one calorie. Its flavor was the same as regular Diet Pepsi, much like Pepsi Zero Sugar, but had a mix of artificial sweeteners, Aspartame, Acesulfame potassium (Ace-K), and later Sucralose to balance it out.
History[]
On June 30, 1998, the artificial sweetener Acesulfame potassium (Ace-K) got approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration. PepsiCo responded within one hour, announcing the introduction of Pepsi One (which reached store shelves the following October). This new variety got based upon an earlier product (sold in other countries) called Pepsi Max, but it featured a formula and flavor profile specifically developed for the U.S. market.
The launch of Pepsi One included an advertising campaign featuring the slogan "just one calorie." Subsequently, comedian Tom Green appeared as the spokesperson in a series of television advertisements that had begun airing in April 1999.
Before 2012, Pepsi One was the last Pepsi variant to include the old logo used from 2003 to 2008, while all the other Pepsi variants had been using the current logo used since late 2008. The only Pepsi product not using the ongoing logo was Pepsi Throwback, which intentionally used retro packaging. Sometime in 2012, Pepsi One's logo got modernized, with the current logo being in order with the other flavors.
On March 21, 2005, PepsiCo stated that it would begin adding Sucralose to a newly reformulated Pepsi One to create a full-flavor cola taste.
In January 2014, Consumer Reports magazine tested levels of the chemical 4-methylimidazole (4-MeI) – a potential carcinogen – in various beverages in the United States. It got found that Pepsi One was one of two drinks that contained the chemical over 29 micrograms per can or bottle, with that being California Proposition 65's daily allowed amount for foods without a warning label.
In mid-2015, after its sister product Diet Pepsi had changed to using Sucralose and Ace-K as sweeteners instead of aspartame, Pepsi One got discontinued. PepsiCo stated that "Pepsi One has got discontinued. We regularly evaluate our product portfolio to find efficiencies, and we have decided to remove Pepsi One from the marketplace. Pepsi One has sporadic distribution and will be out of the marketplace by the start of the year 2015, and in some markets, product inventory has already been exhausted."
Trivia[]
- When Pepsi One got first released in 1999, its first design featured "one" shaped like a #1.