When it comes to fizzy drinks most of us sit firmly in one camp or the other: you’re either team Pepsi or team Coke. But those die-hard Pepsi fans might be swapping allegiance, as the brand has changed it’s recipe. Pepsi’s new reformulated recipe contains approximately 57% less sugar meaning a 330ml classic can of Pepsi will now contain only 15 grams of sugar rather than 36 grams. A two litre bottle will now contain 91 grams of sugar down from 213 grams. The move has seen long-time Pepsi fans vowing they will be ‘coming home’ to Coke. The "reformulated" Pepsi is sweetened with a blend of acesulfame potassium and sucralose, PepsiCo said in a statement. Shops will sell all their original recipe stock first before beginning to sell the new recipe. While Diet Pepsi and Pepsi Max will not have a recipe change, drinkers have taken to social media to express their dissapointment with the new taste. A spokesperson for Pepsico said in a statement: ‘We are making changes to improve the nutritional profile of our snacks and beverages, building on nearly two decades of work prioritising low or no-sugar drinks in the UK and Ireland. ‘Today, over 90% of the colas we sell in the UK and Ireland are sugar-free versions.’
