Although full-calorie options still dominate the soda segment, diet sodas now represent more than a quarter of sales. Coca-Cola's and PepsiCo's bets on zero-sugar versions of their namesake sodas have been paying off for both companies. Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Pepsi Zero Sugar and Diet Mountain Dew all contain aspartame.

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CARBONATED WATER, CONCENTRATED ORANGE JUICE, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRUS PECTIN, POTASSIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), ASPARTAME, POTASSIUM CITRATE, CAFFEINE, SODIUM CITRATE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, SUCRALOSE, GUM ARABIC, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), ...

Between the 1940s and 1980s there was only one variety of Mountain Dew, which was citrus-flavored and caffeinated in most markets. Diet Mountain Dew was introduced in 1988, followed by Mountain Dew Red, which was introduced and discontinued in 1988. In 2001, a cherry-flavored variant called Code Red debuted.

In 2021, Diet Mountain Dew brand's U.S. market share amounted to about 2.1 percent.

In modernity, Mountain Dew has cultivated a reputation as a high-sugar, energy-delivering soda, more akin to a sports drink than a simple carbonated beverage. It's even created a specialized energy drink that reinforces Mountain Dew as the drink of choice for video gamers.

Tennessee bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman developed Mountain Dew as a mixer in the 1940s. Soft drinks were sold regionally in the 1930s, and the Hartmans had difficulty in Knoxville obtaining their preferred soda to mix with liquor, preferably whiskey, so the two developed their own.

How popular is Mountain Dew in the United States? In total, 43% of U.S. soft drink drinkers say they like Mountain Dew. However, in actuality, among the 93% of U.S. respondents who know Mountain Dew, 46% of people like the brand.

Dew products are now proudly certified halal. Having looked at the composition and manufacturing processes of Dew Products, the Halal Monitoring Committee (HMC) has confirmed that the entire product range is halal-compliant.

Any drink with no intoxicating component. Water,milk,tea, coffee, fruit juices and lots more. Muslims have to use their right hands for drinking and eating.

Mufti Hasanayn al-Makhluf also explained in this fatwa that all foods and drinks are assumed to be permissible under Islamic law unless found otherwise and if a person does not know the condition or ingredients of a food or beverage, its consumption is permitted until its nature is determined.

According to their ingredient list, none of the Pepsi drinks contains any alcohol or any ingredients that are of animal origin so the majority of Pepsi drinks are 100% halal. Diet Pepsi might or might not be halal, but the rest of the Pepsi products are permissible to consume according to Islamic restrictions.