“It really doesn't matter. Sugar is just sugar,” said Lisa Sasson, a faculty member at New York University's Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health “It's broken down and it's the same in our body.” Dr.

The change in branding away from the "Throwback" name has led to new packaging. The Pepsi-Cola Made with Real Sugar label is a variant of the Pepsi label that includes the 1940s era "Pepsi-Cola" script logo accompanied by a banner reading "Made with Real Sugar".

Per can: 150 calories. 0g sat fat, 0% DV. 30mg sodium, 1% DV. 40g sugars.

Suddenly, HFCS was the cheaper sweetener, and the quota ensured that the domestic sugar price would remain elevated. Both Coke and Pepsi quickly started using more HFCS, Bovard reports. In 1984 - the year before New Coke's launch - both companies publicly announced they had had made the switch.

“It really doesn't matter. Sugar is just sugar,” said Lisa Sasson, a faculty member at New York University's Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health “It's broken down and it's the same in our body.” Dr.

The drink is flavored with cane sugar and beet sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup, with which soft drink companies replaced sugar in their North American products in the 1980s. In June 2014, the Pepsi Throwback name was replaced by the current name, which continues to be made without high fructose corn syrup.

A great tasting and refreshing cola experience that is made with real sugar. Enjoy the bold and robust flavor of Pepsi Real Sugar in these fun size 7.5-fluid ounce mini cans for a small pick me up. Smooth and easy with a refreshing finish, it's no wonder Pepsi is one of America's favorite drinks.

Your body doesn't process natural sugars as quickly as it does added sugars or artificial sweeteners. So, eating natural sugars doesn't give you that same rollercoaster effect. Added sugars are digested quickly, so you don't feel full after eating them.

IN SUMMARY: Unfortunately most tasters mistook the sweeter taste of Throwback (made with sugar) as containing HFCS and thought it was regular Pepsi. Though most tasters agreed that Pepsi Throwback has a sweeter taste and regular Pepsi has more of a metallic taste.

IN SUMMARY: Unfortunately most tasters mistook the sweeter taste of Throwback (made with sugar) as containing HFCS and thought it was regular Pepsi. Though most tasters agreed that Pepsi Throwback has a sweeter taste and regular Pepsi has more of a metallic taste.

Like all types of added sugars, cane sugar is usually linked with negative health effects like weight gain, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. Unlike the sugars found naturally in foods like fruit, it offers calories with few nutrients or health benefits.

“Sweet and sugary foods should be a once-in-a-while thing,” Dr. Young says. “No artificial sweetener can turn an unhealthy food into a healthy one. Swapping out sugar for artificial sweetener isn't going to give you the health benefits you're looking for, and may prove to be dangerous to your long-term health.”