My mom definitely fell for the “clear drinks are healthy” when I was a kid. The only soda I was allowed for a long time was sprite because it was “healthier” than my preferred orange Fanta soda

@yetrz

2 жыл бұрын

My mom always let me drink orange Fanta bc she thinks it's just like orange juice and thinks it's the healthiest till this day

@sebyfloristean9514

2 жыл бұрын

@@trollrat2828 sprite is weak af I haven't drinked sprite since like 2018 Also i haven't drinked any soda for 2 months now

@VenomousCosmo

2 жыл бұрын

@@sebyfloristean9514 lol

@Intr0vertical

2 жыл бұрын

@@trollrat2828 coke sucks sprite and Fanta are the best

@GlaciusTS

2 жыл бұрын

@@benito23453 Thanks, random Russian propagandist!

Matpat’s soda knowledge and passion is unparalleled

@dontreadprofilephoto1728

2 жыл бұрын

Don't read my name!

@benito23453

2 жыл бұрын

MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео): kzread.info/dash/bejne/lXWF2rKMp7CamJM.html

@MagikusMasalus

2 жыл бұрын

Ah,the classic bots.

@clockhanded

2 жыл бұрын

I have no pride in admitting it, but soda might be my favorite food. Yes, I drink plenty of water and love water. But that doesn't mean I don't love soda too. A frosty tall cup of soda fountain sprite on ice is exhilarating. There is no other food or drink that captures that physical "crispness" or level of refreshment. Sometimes water can't hit the spot like soda can.

@obelius_

2 жыл бұрын

These bots r getting out of hand now

I work for PepsiCo. The reason why Pepsi cut Crystal back in the 90s was due BOTH a lack of sales and an overarching number of products and the company trying to scale back on that to save $$$. Crystal Pepsi didn't hit the required volume for a permanent product to stick around. Thats why it's considered a novelty drink to us now, much like Pepsi Blue. It'll come back from time to time, but it'll never be permanent.

@NoSirNotTodayOrTomorrow

Ай бұрын

I like Pepsi Crystal, great while it was around. We will see in Pepsi brings it back.

@ColaTai

Ай бұрын

Fire pepsi

@adamstanton5313

20 күн бұрын

You work for PepsiCo? Cool.

@Callmethebreeze902

15 күн бұрын

What’s the difference in Crystal Pepsi and Pepsi clear?

This entire episode was like a detective movie, and I loved it.

Dear Matpat: I regret to inform you that when you said "fruitopia was off the shelves less than a decade later," my local walmart & safeway in Canada still sells fruitopia rather well on their shelves. Sincerely, a canadian

@RoosterMontgomery

2 жыл бұрын

Are you referring to those orange juice style containers or plastic bottles? Fruitopia is indeed still out there but not how it used to be here in the USA.

@auliamate

2 жыл бұрын

Fruitopia is usually at most fast food places in my province. So I guess Canadians liked it so much it became ours after the Americans didn't like it.

@reubenoakley8967

2 жыл бұрын

This is how a Canadian would tell someone they're wrong, an apologetic letter

@MamaWheelz

2 жыл бұрын

@@auliamate we have it in certain restaurants in the mid southern US as well

@thedarkvampress3833

2 жыл бұрын

Oh hey! I found another Canadian!

Sprite is one of the few "clear soft drinks" in existence as of today at least

@RocketShipSquid

2 жыл бұрын

Ramune? Sparkling Water?

@sapphirethegrrem

2 жыл бұрын

@@RocketShipSquid They said one of the few, meaning that there are others, and they just brought up Sprite because it's probably the only one they remember :/

@lschoenrank

2 жыл бұрын

7-Up as well.

@blck.tentation6574

2 жыл бұрын

*Here we go again* . . . . I didn’t saw u in a while! Haha 🫠

@adenmitchell7633

2 жыл бұрын

Bot

Clear = healthy Soda Companies : adds clear dyes. People : get sick Soda : you wanted clear

To be fair, Fruitopia may not be available in the USA anymore, which this video makes be think is the case, but it's still very much available and popular in Canada. Sold at all grocery store outlets and most fast food places. I love the blue one with Watermelon and Blueberry myself lol

@bellaknightR597

6 ай бұрын

I just bought 2 cartons of Fruitopia today

@cantgetright742

Ай бұрын

I drank that all the time in high school. Fruitopia and a pretzel was my usual lunch.

I miss Crystal Pepsi. I got a ton of it when they revived it temporarily in 2016. I hope they bring it back permanently some day, because I think it was awesome.

@phoenixlights1543

2 жыл бұрын

Never tried it nor never seen it in my life😭

@byngus8696

2 жыл бұрын

I’d buy it

@haventpickedanameyet2527

2 жыл бұрын

I love crystal pepsi

@undermanx2578

2 жыл бұрын

Was the Crystal Pepsi THAT good @Lucky ?

@GlitchedOctoMedia

2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, bots.

It's interesting that New Coke ALSO has a "actually a genius marketing move to make people miss the taste of old coke" conspiracy theory surrounding it. Makes me think that marketing dude's just been on damage control for the last few decades.

@sion8

2 жыл бұрын

Duh, probably…

@LovroPlaninsek

2 жыл бұрын

As far as I know, these are the facts: Right before the release of new coke, Coca-Cola was at its lowest in sales (a few decades prior coke was at 60% of the soda industry and before the release of new coke it shrunk to around 20%). They didn't really change at all for nearly a century and people slowly got more interested in other brands such as Pepsi. So then this guy comes in, and things change for the first time in a long while. At first the reaction to new coke was meh, but over time people started to really dislike it, despite the difference being quite small. After returning the old coke, with the "classic" and "original taste" branding, it quickly grew back to the leading soda brand, where it has remained to this day.

@sion8

2 жыл бұрын

@@LovroPlaninsek While all true, there's evidence that Coca-Cola made effort to research an alternative flavor and people in blind test preferred Pepsi to the flavor of Coke, but not necessarily the whole time, only sips of it, this is something that later independent researchers noticed that Coca-Cola didn't as they used their research to just try to copy Pepsi's taste which was sweeter than Coke (at least at the time). Also, New Coke wasn't discontinued in all markets at the same time world wide, in Japan and a few other places they still have/had for decades after the disaster in the United States and North America in general.

@LovroPlaninsek

2 жыл бұрын

@@sion8 Well they'd obviously want as much sugar inside it as possible, sugar is actually addictive, in some country I forgot the name of they are pushing for it to be treated similar to nicotine in the sense of a health warning on the packaging and a higher tax (I think?). I didn't know that new coke still available anywhere, huh. I don't actually know it well, the only time we drink sodas is at parties, when we usually get a completely different one (not sold in the US I believe), but honestly no soda is "best", they're all just a slightly different poison.

@reputablehype

2 жыл бұрын

If you can't market yourself what's the chances of someone hiring you to market a product? lol

Alright Matpat, I'll rewatch these specific vids to enterain whatever game you're playing.

@Void_Suzerain

3 ай бұрын

Wondering if an ARG is hidden in here. Let me know if you find anything

@melamoris6728

3 ай бұрын

I wonder if it has something to do with the chapters. I don't think that they have those usually in these episodes and they're auto generated.

@Void_Suzerain

3 ай бұрын

@melamoris6728 I thought so too, but two of the videos don't have chapters at all. Let me know if you come up with anything else

@zahirlara8068

3 ай бұрын

​@@melamoris6728I'm assuming it's just an analytic thing of "what do people do when they open a channel page? Do they go to videos first or the about page?" That kind of experiment I don't know if the link was able to track that but that's where my brain went

@fauxclaws

3 ай бұрын

what are you guys talking about@@zahirlara8068

6:49 - The best animation I’ve seen in a LONG time! 😂

Hey Matt. I got covid a while back, so I was eating a lot of chicken noodle soup, and it got me thinking: why do eat chicken noodle soup when we have a cold (or something similar) does it actually help with the symptoms? Boost our immune system? Or is it just placebo? Better yet, deliberate marketing. This felt very much like something I would see food theory, so i would be super interested if you’d make a video around the subject

@Shark-pj8in

2 жыл бұрын

Me wanting to search it up.. But yea good idea.

@Slugger1990

2 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't mind seeing this is a video. That's one of those things I always wondered about but never actively looked up. I will admit tho, my go-to for a cold is Campbell's Chicken Noodle and Oyster Crackers.

@lindsaygilliss9644

2 жыл бұрын

Sodium and the various nurtients needed to fight colds are in soups. A cool look is into why chicken.

@necromancer147

2 жыл бұрын

we need this theory

@hansleyalonzo2805

2 жыл бұрын

That’s pretty cool

Can we please give the editing team the love they deserve? I literally can't be only hearing those vids, I have to watch em, because the edits are just too funny

@matfanikao.o47

2 жыл бұрын

yeah editing team is even more amazing these days, like theory films were always high quality but you can see this change recently that it became eeeeeveeen better!

@MrShadw-vi9wx

2 жыл бұрын

@@vreikezen8268 didn't know that, thanks!

@coshuloser

2 жыл бұрын

exactly, I love just listening to the theory channel videos but I feel like half the experience is gone, matpat is an amazing commentator but man without the edits it's a half empty cup of content

@matfanikao.o47

2 жыл бұрын

@@coshuloser honestly, I think it's the combination of everything that hits 'cus edits ARE amazing, but your brain can't as easily latch onto them without some sort of story, like you can have a beautiful movie that isn't watchable only because the story is so boring/dumb and you can have a film that has the most amazing plot ever but you can't get through it due to graphics or the way the cuts are made EDIT: of course there's also music, scripting, ideas, storytelling graphic design etc.

@dcvvfdcss4795

Жыл бұрын

I am the one who knocks

4:20 he made a unintentional pun here

I hope they bring crystal Pepsi back. It was me and my dad's favorite 😭😭😭

@nepherius

Жыл бұрын

They've done it twice now. It'll be back again soon!

I never knew fruitopia was taken off the shelves in the US. Here in Canada it sells reasonably well and even McDonald’s have them in their soft drink machines

@isabelramsey5103

2 жыл бұрын

I was just about to comment that I literally have Fruitopia in my fridge rn

@mcrachel5586

2 жыл бұрын

I know right fruitopia is pretty common here. My brain short circuited when he mentioned it as a failure.

@thedarkvampress3833

2 жыл бұрын

i found all my Canadians!

@violentbutterfly8144

2 жыл бұрын

What. I don't even know what fruitopia is-

@TarenNauxen

2 жыл бұрын

Do you still have the same wide variety of flavors available? Last time I saw Fruitopia was 2007 in a McDonald's, but it was fruit punch only. I loved the pink lemonade and grape flavors.

Fruitopia was actually never taken off shelves up here in Canada and actually sells reasonably well if my experience in retail has any validity, it actually exceeds minute-maid in a few places.

@jessezslayers

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I came here to the comments to see if anyone was saying anything about it. I still drink it on occasion, definitely still a thing up here

@brandongeltink

2 жыл бұрын

yea i was surprised to hear him say it was a failure, i have some in my fridge right now lol

@onecanadiandude9108

2 жыл бұрын

I was so confused because I head to a store and can pick some up. It's pretty good ngl and sells pretty well

@verzwefeltgaming4780

2 жыл бұрын

They even have it in the soft drink fountains at McDonald's!! Its very popular here

@zerokombatant6629

2 жыл бұрын

I briefly thought I was suffering with an extreme case of the Mandella effect because I just had Fruitopia the other day and it's a pretty common choice when I'm out and dont want something carbonated.

7:44 that looks so creepy...

A few years ago the dollar general near my town started selling crystal pepsi (ig they started production on it again or smth) and my mom was on the clear soda kick (for me, she was still allowed pepsi and coke) and ngl I loved it. I honestly miss it. It was only around for a few months but it was my preferred drink at the time and if it were still around it would probably still be.

"If only we made sure it tasted good." Seems like something a drink company should be better at checking...

@PokeX14

Жыл бұрын

What did I say

1. I had no idea Fruitopia was a Coca-Cola product. 2. I had no idea Fruitopia failed in the US. We still have it here in Canada, both on store shelves and in McDonald's drink fountains.

@masicbemester

2 жыл бұрын

same I was very surprised to see that it failed there

@thestonergamer420

2 жыл бұрын

@@masicbemester its the us anything fruit related wouldnt go well there, unless it was deepfried fruit

@malexthegreat

2 жыл бұрын

@@thestonergamer420 lmao

@CassandraCarter

2 жыл бұрын

I need to go to Canada. Fruitopia was pretty good, I miss it.

@toxicnukem

2 жыл бұрын

yeah!

The utter psychology behind all these marketing ideas. It baffles, it stuns,it gets results!

You ain't old bro I'm 31 and I'm here loving the nostalgia with you and I really like the education

New Coke wasn't a failure, it was a conspiracy that you should cover. Everyone was so happy to have the old Coke back that they didn't notice a critical difference: it was made with cheap corn syrup, not sugar.

@ashtongaskill3980

2 жыл бұрын

Was going to say the same thing. Weird to call out New Coke here when it being a conspiracy is way more popular of a theory than clear Tab being one.

@gem4036

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, came to this comment section looking for this. and knowing this conspiracy actually makes me trust Zymans statements more. and believe it was Tab that killed Crystal Pepsi

@hiker699

2 жыл бұрын

How was that not a failure? Are you implying that New Coke was released to fail on purpose to hide the fact that the Coke ingredients would no longer incorporate cane sugar? If so that’s not true and another example of revisionist history.

@metaforth1271

2 жыл бұрын

It was not a conspiracy They just decided to make it cheaper to produce when it came back because coke is a big company and big companies like making money. Coke wouldn't tank it's market share and nearly ruin it's brand reputation to make a minor change that most people wouldn't care about anyways, especially because by that point they'd already changed the recipe several times without anyone caring Edit: I guess they could have taken the opportunity to change it at that moment but it was almost certainly not the plan to use new Coke to make a minor change to the coke recipe

@desteny21

2 жыл бұрын

if u want content abt new coke watch the EmpLemon video

Important note: I believe Fruitopia was only discontinued in the Unites States. I know here in Canada, you can still buy it in grocery stores, and a large amount of Mc.Donald's restaurants still have Fruitopia available from their Soda Fountains

@GDkitty

2 жыл бұрын

I second this. Fruitopia is alive and well in Canada.

@hrebs

2 жыл бұрын

yeah its still here in Eastern Ontario Canada

@Missingno0479

2 жыл бұрын

@@GDkitty what does it taste like?

@billya3319

2 жыл бұрын

@@Missingno0479 good very very good

@zacheryteall427

2 жыл бұрын

I love fruitopia

It was a milder "cola" taste that was similar to what I can only describe as "non-spicy liquid pepper." But, that aftertaste was so much better than regular cola. I was on Cloud 9 when they brought it back for awhile a few years ago.

Totally not the only one remembering the 90s. Crippled geeky mom who ADORES your channel

11:58 "It would've been nice if I'd made sure the product tasted good" my guy missed the most important part

@blck.tentation6574

2 жыл бұрын

Get off YTB lmaoo 🤭 go outside mah guy.

@MAX-xd4uz

2 жыл бұрын

when did u change ur pfp?

@Aarav.B

2 жыл бұрын

@@MAX-xd4uz He changed it a long time ago

@karuki5791

2 жыл бұрын

dude, two comments, now I'm seeing you in every comment on the comment section.

@NemesisFromResidentEvil

2 жыл бұрын

@@karuki5791 It's a comment bot

I love how Matt said “bottoms up” instead of “bon appetit” since this was a drink related episode… clever

@Intrinseque52

2 жыл бұрын

He could have said "santé".

@BeulahKuku

2 жыл бұрын

But it still ended with a bite sound effect

@thejumpman6178

2 жыл бұрын

🤓🤓🤓

@S0NAL_

2 жыл бұрын

@@BeulahKuku duh he ate the can

3:37 A lot happened that year, crazy to think we were consuming something that could cause cancer up to that year. Makes you wonder if maybe there's more bad actors in the ingredients lists we just don't know about yet.

Never tried crystal Pepsi when it first came out, but when it was rereleased one summer a few years back I liked it. Wish it was widely available today.

When Matpat mentioned the whole "clear pop is healthier" myth I _immediately_ looked over at my open can of Sprite

@RainIncorporated

2 жыл бұрын

Sprites do pure it’s acidic

@justarandomalt255

2 жыл бұрын

It's got that lemon/lime taste and most of the time it's carbonated and fresh And it doesn't delete some of your drink out of existence I'm looking at you coca cola Why do you turn into bubbles when I pour you

@testerwulf3357

2 жыл бұрын

Whilst a soda simply being clear doesn't make it healthy some of the healthiest sodas out there ARE clear! Sprite is one of the healthiest sodas, though, top spot goes to similar called "Sierra Mist" (it's made with natural ingredients and flavors with no coloring added I think and no caffeine).

I wasn't alive during the og crystal Pepsi release, but when it was re-released in 2016 I fell in LOVE with it. I normally hate Pepsi but the crystal version tasted just different enough for me to love it, and I really wish they would bring it back permanently

@ICECAPPEDSKY

2 жыл бұрын

I keep a sealed bottle of Crystal Pepsi in my collection

@hoodie1355

2 жыл бұрын

Same, i can’t tell if they just changed it to actually taste good or if nostalgia fully took over but it just tasted honestly better than normal Pepsi to me, I even distinctly remembered it having a lemony hint to it, even if they don’t give it a full permanent release I wish they gave it to a sole restaurant like how Burger King has surge and Taco Bell has Baja blast mtn dew, it would just be good business all around for both companies, the fast food chain gets more customers for their exclusive soda and the soda company gets to take a fast food chain away from coca cola’s clutches

@rars0n

2 жыл бұрын

@@hoodie1355 I drank Crystal Pepsi quite a bit when it was first released, and I can tell you without a doubt that any "lemony hint" to the flavor was entirely the product of your brain being confused by the clear soda. I used to trick myself into thinking I was drinking Sprite by looking at the clear soda in my glass. But other than that it never tasted any different than regular Pepsi to me (at least, when I closed my eyes and thought about drinking dark-colored Pepsi). The brain confusion thing REALLY messed with the taste for anyone familiar with drinking regular Pepsi. They may have changed the formula for the re-release. In fact I would assume they did just because it's been 30 years. I haven't tried the new stuff so I have no idea how it tastes. On a side note, Burger King has Surge? I did not know that. I wonder if it's the original formula or if it's the later version that Coca Cola messed with.

@stevenichlson6085

Жыл бұрын

I love crystal pepsi

@hoodie1355

Жыл бұрын

@@rars0n I never drank the original so I’ll definitely take your word for it just being normal Pepsi. Also yep, I’m not entirely sure if it’s every Burger King but if they have the Coca Cola freestyle machine chances are they’ll have surge. I think they first had it in 2019 and just a month or two ago I saw it while ordering a whopper melt, sadly no longer available at Burger King

I have no idea who's responsible for soundtrack but the song tha starts around minute 11 is freaking awesome!!! Btw amazing episode, like every over on this chanel.

0:30 Love the nugget cave background chosen for this edit part

I think one topic that would be interesting to chew on would be the whole “starve a cold, feed a fever” thing. I dunno, it’s antiquated, but I think it would be an interesting topic, since it’s been around as “common knowledge” for a fair stretch of time.

@Bigjar420

2 жыл бұрын

Starve a cold feed a fever is talking about blankets and how hot u should be

@CatLover-lk9gz

2 жыл бұрын

Me, see's 68 likes. Also me, likes it. "nIcE"

@the_once-and-future_king.

2 жыл бұрын

It's entirely disingenuous. Fluids are the most important thing. Eat if you feel like it, but only small, light meals such as soup or sandwiches. Ignoring that fact that a 'cold' can make you suffer a fever, eating stimulates your metabolism, kicking your liver into action. The liver can produce quite a lot of body heat (hence why they mention 'liver temp' in shows like CSI). If you're already suffering from an increased body temperature, boosting it further is NOT a good idea.

@AmyraCarter

2 жыл бұрын

It's absolute bollocks. Simple fact is, when one is sick/injured, they need these things three: 1) Lots of rest. 2) Good food. 3) As little stress as possible.

@monroerobbins7551

2 жыл бұрын

Here’s a heads up: A) I didn’t know it was about blankets, my apologies, my Abuela has always associated it with food, so pardon me, and B) I know it’s not true, or in the very least, isn’t as simple as it seems, I’m just more curious about why it’s been a thing for so long. I’ve done some research (IE, googling, but Google Scholar, so I can see some of the sources they’re citing), and I haven’t been able to find many sources that agree with each other.

And even this won’t stop Matpat’s love for Coke

@benito23453

2 жыл бұрын

MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео): kzread.info/dash/bejne/lXWF2rKMp7CamJM.html

@ProdByAngus

2 жыл бұрын

You sir, have been botted

@nookscrossing7293

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProdByAngus yeah the entire reply section its bots 🙄

@nookscrossing7293

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProdByAngus I reported them all

@GamerGodOfficiaI

2 жыл бұрын

@@benito23453 This guy is a brain burner [True video] kzread.infotxkJqbaxSVI

New shorts format is awesome, I only wish I could see more of the performers on my screen

"Maybe it's Canada" but I have definitely seen Fruitopia and Tab in stores lately... I don't know about much 'clear' drinks that aren't 'soda water' or stuff, I don't drink much POP but I do feel like I've seen a few, in recent memory

One of the other things that crystal pepsi had going for it was since the caramel coloring wasn't here, you could actually notice the lemon flavoring in it a touch more. It's amazingly clear what a lick of color can do. Also I remember the original sample I got in 1991-2 so have a sit down with your clear brick GB Matpat and just enjoy expanding your wisdom tree.

@benito23453

2 жыл бұрын

MatPat is a brain burner!(Правдивое видео):. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lXWF2rKMp7CamJM.html

@PhantomGato-v-

2 жыл бұрын

It’s so sad… I actually have a clear brick GB (I’m a Zoomer) but I could never get my hands on games

This just goes to show how easily history can be manipulated and distorted. Makes you wonder how much of what's in our history books is really an accurate and honest depiction of what actually happened.

@arandombard1197

2 жыл бұрын

99% of history is people just re-contextualising the past to fit their narrative.

@landroverrangeroversporths2569

2 жыл бұрын

Isaac newton being a pedophile is now a possibility lmfao

@maxpowers9129

2 жыл бұрын

Most history we are taught, is probably misleading in some way. It's always streamlined with some sort of an agenda as far as I can tell. You would probably need to do a lot of independent study to understand the real history of nearly any topic.

@Yami1Hitomi

2 жыл бұрын

They say "History is told by the victors" for a reason. Probably all sorts of horrible things get buried either forever or at least until every last person involved has died.

@ppphhhoooeee

2 жыл бұрын

@@Yami1Hitomi yeah

Suggestion: Please do a video about movie theater drinks and snacks, and if they make you go to the bathroom faster than other drinks?

You should check out the coke vs Pepsi billboards in Chattanooga TN. Quick search should pop them up. I work in Chattanooga and get a chuckle every time I drive by!

When it came out, we used to get about 3 bottles a week. Usually we'd have tacos on Friday and the 3 bottles would last all weekend. For a while there, it was the only carbonated beverage we'd keep in the refrigerator. Not because we thought it was healthy, we just liked the flavor. I don't remember ever seeing Tab Clear in the supermarket.

@getonthecrossanddontlookba5004

2 жыл бұрын

Repent to Jesus Christ “The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭19:1‬ ‭NIV‬‬ K

@Dutchyuri

2 жыл бұрын

@@getonthecrossanddontlookba5004 why does this matter

@aaronlycan6595

2 жыл бұрын

@@getonthecrossanddontlookba5004 no

@flamebreaker7318

Жыл бұрын

@@getonthecrossanddontlookba5004 hail satan

oh wow, as a Canadian that still has Fruitopia available on store shelves, hearing in this video that it had been discontinued was so weird. good to know I'm not going insane, it was discontinued in the US

@annemariekennis3122

2 жыл бұрын

Right!? I work in the Dairy department in my grocery store. I put up Fruitopia almost every week because of how popular it is.

@krystelbeaulieu-thibault3621

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah i thought i was going insane too

@alstonjacobs4934

2 жыл бұрын

Came down to the comments to say this

@girldartsgaming9033

2 жыл бұрын

I was so lost and was searching comments for this (since it's 2am) thank you fellow Canadians!

@Demonsta

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same about tab! I swear I saw it at the grocery store all the time, but Google says it was discontinued in 2020 so now I'm wondering if my brain is just blurring my pandemic memories lmao. Fruitopia is still popular though, including info about Japan and stuff made it seem like he was talking about worldwide sales but I guess this was just us focused afterall.

8:47 matpat sounds like he wants to die while saying "pepsi"

I really enjoy this video! Really interesting

The thing I remember about Crystal Pepsi was that it was way over carbonated to a point it would feel like it was burning my sinuses. My friend and I would have contests to see who could stand the "burn" the longest while guzzling it.

@lisalarsen2384

2 жыл бұрын

So wholesome I miss being a kid 😂

Matthew's insane need and passion for the knowledge of all things soda related is amazing and I admire it!

@user-jm6qe6sz2p

2 жыл бұрын

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@Dr_Steal_Computer

2 жыл бұрын

soda

@noobwithagun9672

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dr_Steal_Computer so true

@ferozemohammed5339

2 жыл бұрын

Im the 191st like.

@noobwithagun9672

2 жыл бұрын

@@ferozemohammed5339 im the 196th like

Very interesting! Subscribed

Great work 🥳🥳🥳 Thank youuuu 💜💜💜

Something you should definity cover is Outback’s wings. When my family was trying to decide the level of heat we should get on them, the waitress told us (in her words) “an Outback Secret”, which is that “the wings are the same, the sauce-thing they put on the wings is also the same. The spicier you want it, the more sauce they add.

@tajah645

Жыл бұрын

Wait this is crazy lol

@coopisawesome189

Жыл бұрын

Nice job of keeping a secret.

@FelipeASaito

Жыл бұрын

Wait, that's not how it has always been?

@toxicjay8562

Жыл бұрын

Well I can understand that LOL I cook with hot peppers and even if I used the same kind of pepper the more pepper I put into a dish the spicier it's going to be especially if that pepper is something like a habanero or ghost. There's a massive difference between putting a pinch of ghost pepper on something and adding two or three whole peppers

@Lrizu

Жыл бұрын

Isn't that common sense?

I feel like we've entered a New Age of MatPat, the Passive Aggressive age where Mat absolutely DUNKS on his haters and detractors by proving beyond a shadow of a doubt he does his research But that's just a THEORY! Also whoever was in charge of the Tab Clear killing Crystal Pepsi graphics REALLY had a field day with this one

Tab clear was definitely a bigger bust

I once found this thing in my country by F&N called "Ice Cream Soda" that was also clear, and hey, it tasted good. Also I'm pretty sure Coke eventually made a clear Coke drink.

I was working at a grocery store when they temporarily brought back Crystal Pepsi a few years ago and I bought like 10 bottles and still got like 4 to this day. All on a collector’s shelf.

@vincentr.6109

2 жыл бұрын

I seldom drink soda, so when the brought it into my job I was excited to see it and a bought a lot myself.

Ahh Crystal Pepsi. I remember 10 year old me being absolutely in love with the stuff, despite constant ridicule from my friends. I can't quite remember exactly how it tasted all these years later, but I will say it definitely was NOT as bad as most people make it out to be. Sure, it doesn't taste like regular cola, and it might "mess with people's brains", but that was kind of the point. Doesn't mean it was an inherently bad product :)

@sylasthefox4844

2 жыл бұрын

I’m my experience during the 2016 revival it has a slightly lighter flavor. When my stomach wasn’t quite feeling up to regular Pepsi, crystal pepsi hit the spot without tasting quite as rich

Wait, did you reskin the crystal Pepsi episode?

11:07 the background noise💀💀💀

Matthew: *explains in detail the whole truth without any doubt" Also Matthew: BUT HEY, THAT'S JUST A THEORY

@zaidalhuneidi31

2 жыл бұрын

There’s also a theory running around that New Coke was just a play to get people missing “old Coke” and buy time to perfect the HFCS without losing much in cost on marketing a whole new thing. Swap out budgets, perfect the different formula, reintro “old Coke” with the new formulation and cost saving, look good to consumers that you went “Yo my bad there, here’s what you want back” So maybe the head of Marketing was just there for damage control. Could be that Tab was created to try to capitalize on the trend but once Pepsi released Crystal it was about tanking the product with an already failed product. It wasn’t what they set out to do, but was what it ended up being to make sure that if Coke couldn’t get into this game there was no game to get into AT ALL. Edit: last paragraph added

So, as someone who actually drank Crystal Pepsi when it first came out, I thought it tasted like Pepsi exactly then, but I tried it later and it had some weird orange flavor I didn’t remember before that. Like they tried to change the formula to distinguish it from regular Pepsi more and made it taste worse

@SoMitchellaneous

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they added "citrus" flavor (It was called Crystal From Pepsi, I believe) and tried to revive it a little while after the original was discontinued. It was so nasty.

@ToyKeeper

2 жыл бұрын

I recall liking Crystal Pepsi when it was new... just not as much as the regular version. Even without seeing it, it seemed like it was missing something. And the flavor seemed to get worse over time, but I assumed that was just my perception.

I actually liked Crystal Clear Pepsi when I was a kid. What killed it as I remember was that there was an article in the News that someone found hypodermic needles is a can of the soda. And nobody wanted to buy it after that.

Basically this is the corporate version of "If I'm going down, I'm taking you with me"

12:49 Hold up. Coca-Cola GARLIC?!

@eadaoin2823

Жыл бұрын

Yep it’s real search it up

8:20 Fruitopia is not as popular as it was when it first came out with it's big budget marketing campaign, it's still available in just as many places and is also a staple in most fountain drink machines here in Canada.

@AiluridaeAureus

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was thinking that too when he mentioned that. Frutopia? A failure? That stuff is fucking everywhere up here.

@thecommoner6854

2 жыл бұрын

Searched the comments for this.

@Mason_Malakai_Leroux

2 жыл бұрын

Yep it's all over in Canada 🇨🇦

@karinawatermelon332

2 жыл бұрын

It tastes amazing though

@kaldo_kaldo

2 жыл бұрын

In Canada yeah. I haven't seen it in the US since the early 2000s.

Matt is now a forensic scientist, no longer a food theorist

I was, and still am, obsessed with the drink. So much so, that for my 15th birthday, I was given 23 bottles of it when it had been brought back in 2018. I had one friend that thought it tasted like soap, though. So she gave me two bottles, one of which she had funneled into a handsoap bottle as a gag gift 😅

Coke Inc: supposedly self-sabotages clear soda market Sprite: Why do you need to hurt me like this?

@triggerhappy4199

2 жыл бұрын

Sprite against crystal pepsi call a ambulance but not for me

@Bombsbombsbombs

2 жыл бұрын

@@triggerhappy4199 Sprite: Call an ambulance, *but not for me*

@triggerhappy4199

2 жыл бұрын

@@Bombsbombsbombs exactly imao

My great uncle loved crystal pepsi, so much so that years later long after it’s discontinuation he found a bottle and drank it, he obviously got sick but he claims it was worth it

Coke and Pepsi: Brawling DrPepper: Hello, how are you?

In before any of my Canadian brethren point this out: They don't have Fruitopia in America apparently, and that's why MatPat considered it a failure. To our American friends, yeah Fruitopia is still alive and well in Canada, in fact there's a whole shelf of it at the 7/11 beside my place with at least 4 different flavours. So, not necessarily a failure on that guys part, just didn't hit the right market, or flavour pallets .

@VictiniTheGreat

2 жыл бұрын

Just made a comment on this lol. Australians still have it too apparently

@BA-qn7xj

2 жыл бұрын

Omg okay thank you for pointing this out. I thought I was going crazy because everyone I know drinks strawberry fruittopia!

@redditdevilsadvocate.5134

2 жыл бұрын

@@VictiniTheGreat we definitely do lol.

@Golden12500

2 жыл бұрын

I live in Nova Scotia, and it’s enormous here too. Walmart and Atlantic Superstore sell them in huge stocks and McDonald's even has it in their fountain machines, and it’s really darn good I might add. If you ask me America deserves another chance for once, and this is it

@skykibz

2 жыл бұрын

All the fruitopia flavours bussin, and I DEMAND a apology from Matpat for dissing this awesome beverage.

The conspiracy theory that I had always heard was that they released new coke so people wouldn’t notice the slight flavor change when they switched from real sugar to corn syrup

@drewengel7073

2 жыл бұрын

They had switched to corn syrup in the late 70s, it's why Robertto Goizueta became the CEO.

@clarehidalgo

2 жыл бұрын

Real sugar is better for you since the human body isn't meant to break down large amounts of fructose, high concentrations of fructose can trigger IBS

@RTU130

2 жыл бұрын

Hmm

@iFYMxDRKNSFALLS

2 жыл бұрын

they’re doing this with mexican coke now. since mexico passed a new law for unhealthy foods. and mexico coke tasted like american coke. i looked at the ingredients and i saw corn syrup. since then i haven’t seen it. but there is something else that looks suspicious

@nienke7713

2 жыл бұрын

@Clare Hidalgo fructose is real sugar as well, but I assume you mean common table sugar (saccharose) that typically comes from sugar cane and/or sugar beet. saccharose consists of a glucose molecule bonded to a fructose molecule, and your body breaks this bond first and then processes it like glucose and fructose (it is thus 50% of each). High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is glucose syrup made from corn starch in which subsequently part of the glucose has been transformed into fructose. It typically comes in 2 varietes HFCS42 and HFCS55 which respectively have 42% and 55% fructose. HFCS42 has somewhat less fructose than saccharose, and is commonly used in processed foods and breakfast cereal. HFCS 55 has slightly more fructose than saccharose, and is mostly used in soft drinks. So whilst it is true that soft drinks with HFCS will result in more fructose in your body than if saccharose were used, it isn't as much extra, and in different products HFCS likely even means less fructose than saccharose.

Our Meijer still has Clearly Canadian cherry carb water to this date. The bottle was just redesigned and the bottles are smaller.

I had no idea why crystal Pepsi was made but I loved it! Wish they would bring it back

hello Matpat and loyal theorists, you know how restaurants have "limited edition" items? well what if you made a video about who makes the most money from their signature limited run item. for instance does Taco Bell make more money with their Nacho Fries then McDonald's does with the Mc rib? i would love to see a full scale deep dive into this :D

Fruitopia is still sold here in Canada. I have actually had some of it recently, and it's delicious (I mean it is just juice after all lol). Expensive though and so I only bought it when it was on sale. Edit: I would like to point out, I had no clue the stuff was made by Coke till this video.

@ttgconcepts

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it is everywhere in store over here in Canada

@kristianl.a900

2 жыл бұрын

McDonald's, movie theatres its everywhere, orange fruitopia seems the most popular.

@aydenator2770

2 жыл бұрын

@@kristianl.a900 i see orange fruitopia a lot in movie theatres and mcdonalds, but i have never actually seen it in a store. every store only has a combination of red, blue, pink, and green.

@lsquaredcosplay

2 жыл бұрын

@@aydenator2770 .... I love Fruitopia and worked in food service for 14 years and never noticed you can't buy orange 🧐

@NormalOval

2 жыл бұрын

There’s probably not a single fruit in Fruitopia

Tab survived in Sweden and I think a few other countries in Europe for quite a while, it was available well into the 2000s.

This may need a revisit since the eat with your eyes first episode.

5:29 if we can't have a clear soda then no one can - it's like a villain organizat- 😂

12:44: Ouch, that roast at the end 🤣

God I miss the intros to the theory channels, they’re all so creative and such bops

Not the biggest fan of food theory but love your videos so i shall sub 😊

I love the thumbnail lmao. Just the thought of a cop walking up to that cut bottle and feeling the need to do the outline thing 😂

@user-jm6qe6sz2p

2 жыл бұрын

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@lone.faerie

2 жыл бұрын

At first I thought it was going to be a cake or not cake video

Fruitopia is still sold in stores around Canada, and is my favorite movie theater drink of choice.

@ethanslife101

2 жыл бұрын

i was about to comment that

@CoiledDracca

2 жыл бұрын

@@ethanslife101 Me too. I was like FRUITOPIA definitely still exists... in a large amount of flavours too.

@Mason_Malakai_Leroux

2 жыл бұрын

Yep

@BA-qn7xj

2 жыл бұрын

Fruitopia and ice tea are my go to drinks at McDonald’s

i feel like they brought it back at some point since i remember seeing it at the store with my mom and having it and really liking it but i could be mistaken for a different product.

This is such a great video

8:21 Wait, wait, wait, hold on a minute. Fruitopia is widespread and successful up here in Canada. I'm always shocked to learn how different the products we have are to the States, and how some products/brands stay alive up here after they die down south. For example, we still have Toys R Us in Canada too.

@gdarcticwolf6226

2 жыл бұрын

Y’all still have Toys-R-Us?! Lucky!

@nateh1135

2 жыл бұрын

@@gdarcticwolf6226 Ye, it was a big deal when the American stores went bankrupt since we weren't sure if it affected us too. It was bought out by Fairfax and then it was sold to Doug Putman.

@RGC_animation

2 жыл бұрын

Toys-R-Us is discontinued in America!? Man, Toys-R-Us is a very cool store, still everywhere in Canada.

@gdarcticwolf6226

2 жыл бұрын

@@RGC_animation It's been discontinued for a couple of years now.

Fruitopia is still sold in stores across Canada - Macdonalds has Fruitopia as a fountain drink.

Matpat once again proving that doing your research MATTERS.

Thanks for reminding me Coca-Cola Life exists

the fruitopia bit is interesting because we actually still have this in our groccery stores in Canada or atleast in the area I'm in we do.

@skykibz

2 жыл бұрын

That’s what I’m saying

@kylevardy1325

2 жыл бұрын

Same

@toxicnukem

2 жыл бұрын

its all over canada

Its amazing how far mattpat has come, in just a few minutes he already has 3k views and almost 1000 likes, and finally almost 1000 comments. Keep up the great work

@benito23453

2 жыл бұрын

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@Purriah

2 жыл бұрын

Looks like it’s largely bots

@noobwithagun9672

2 жыл бұрын

@@Purriah true

I remember when they brought back Clear Pepsi back in like 2019. That was neat.

Bro the ending music is fire🔥🔥🔥

Eh, I was never big on Crystal Pepsi. Now Pepsi Blue, that was my jam! I was so excited when that made a brief comeback... Either last year or the year before... My only regret is that I didn't buy more to store for future consumption before it faded again into the mists.

@dethpig420

2 жыл бұрын

Although I loved crystal Pepsi, I also really dug Pepsi blue. I had bought a few but like the glutton I am, I consumed them lmao. They where too good.

I really liked Crystal Pepsi when they re-released it in 2018. I think the fact that it was clear made my subconscious mind think of it as more refreshing than the brown one. I think it would really work as a seasonal/summer drink

Clear Pepsi would be really good with some percs in it

My aunt is a retired marketing higher-up at Coke. This is true. She's really good at ruining reputations so ruining a competitor's reputation is definitely her strong suit.

I do kind of wish they'd re-release New Coke though, I got to try some of it with that Stranger Things marketing bit and I actually enjoyed it. I wouldn't want it to replace Coke, but I'd like it as an option. Maybe seasonal, like, McRib style lol

@jmurray1110

Жыл бұрын

Maybe call it alternative coke or something