I love orange juice, I love grapefruit juice, and once in a while, I like to drink a glass of soda. So I figured, ’’let’s give Diet Squirt a try.’’ It has both, orange and grapefruit juices in it. What can be wrong with the taste?
It also contains, citric acid, sodium, aspertame(an artificial sweetener) and artificial flavors(I guess to enhance the citrus taste)and artificial color.(It’s really not an appetizing color at all! Greenish/yellow.)
So I anxiously chilled it, opened the bottle and poured it in a tall glass over a couple of ice cubes and took a sip............of the most horrible tasting soda I had ever tried!
The artificial flavors and citric acid were overpowering! The taste of the orange and grapefruit juice was totally lost. It left a bitter aftertaste, that remained for quite a while.
It reminded me very much of Mountain Dew, which up until then was my least favorite.
I was so disappointed. After all, it is manufactured by Dr. Pepper. And I do like Dr. Pepper.
So, I guess for a soda with a clean, citrus taste, I’ll stick to 7-up or sprite.
Anyone want a bottle of Diet Squirt? I know where you can get one with only a few ounces missing.