Re: [HoE] Soda shelf-life

["Damon Harper" <nomad74@hotmail.com>]

>Good idea...   I called the Pepsi Consumer Hotline . . . they said that
>their product will be tasty up to three months after the expiration 
date.
>After that the aspartame(sp?) in Diet Pepsi will start to break down,
>causing the drink to taste bad.  In regular Pepsi, the flavor oil will 
begin
>to dehydrate after 3 months of their freshness date, causing a loss of
>flavor as well.  So it seems that after a couple of years you have
>ill-flavored but consumable water...

   THanks for the info!  Looks like we can get an idea of how hard soda 
really is to come by- especially that coveted Dr. Pepper.


-Damon Harper
      "Fall seven times, stand up eight." 
		     -Japanese Proverb 
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