Top 20 Disgusting Beverage FAILS

most adults had pretty much the same reaction no not much huh welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 20 disgusting beverage fails what they hadn't factored in was the huge emotional attachment there was to this brand for this list we're looking at drinks that were utter failures in their marketing concept taste or a combination of all three do you look back unfondly on any of these drinks let us know in the comments number 20. okay soda it's usually a great thing for a product to live up to its name that is of course unless the product's name is okay from the marketing Wizards that brought you New Coke okay soda was launched in 1993 as something akin to the anti-soda with its neo-noir can design and non-marketing marketing campaign the drink tried to appeal to the Generation X crowd we urge you to drink okay with full confidence that are going to be instead it failed to hit it off with any target market and ended up getting axed off store shelves just two years later and it wasn't just the confusing marketing not everyone seemed to be psyched about the taste either which the soda's own advertising likened to carbonated tree sap nothing could be further from the truth it is a marketing tool only a secret or code of any kind would be counterproductive it would imply that okay is only for those who truly understand it please stop this rumor and help others to realize that things are going to be okay number 19 Diet Pepsi Jazz when rich flavors meet zero calorie Cola you can Jazz you know how Sheldon Cooper feels about actual jazz music well that's kind of how most people feel about Diet Pepsi Jazz soda I'm trying I'm really trying released in 2006 this diet cola skew from PepsiCo came in three different flavors black cherry and french vanilla strawberries and cream and caramel cream the tagline at launch hail Jazz soda as the new sound of cola but apparently it was a sound that many folks did not want to hear according to one blogger review from back in the day the drink tasted okay although these strawberries and cream flavor had a quote very noxious fake strawberry odor there were those who probably liked it but like real Jazz they were apparently in the minority number 18 Pepsi Blue hi this is Britney Spears wishing you a happy Pepsi Blue Christmas after PepsiCo saw a big jump in sales with the introduction of Mountain Dew Code Red in 2001. they decided that they needed a color jolt for their main Cola as well in 2002 following nine months of taste testing they gave us Pepsi Blue while the company simply described the flavor as Berry consumers thought the overly sweet Cola tasted like blueberries or raspberries and even cotton candy one of the biggest issues with it though was the blue one coloring agent used to achieve its signature Hue apparently at the time this compound was actually banned in a number of countries around the world Pepsi Blue number 17 Vault seeing the success that their Rivals over at PepsiCo were having with Mountain Dew the Coca-Cola Company decided to introduce vault in 2005. oh no he didn't a vault will help you put Casanova in his place Vault was an artificially flavored hybrid beverage with the tagline drinks like a soda kicks like an energy drink however after six high energy years the brand lost its kick and was discontinued although the end of Vault can't just be blamed on the taste in fact the soda still has a cult following begging for its returns like a soda kicks like an energy drink get to it but in 2011 the company made the decision to say goodbye to Vault and put their weight behind Mellow Yellow instead citing its longer history and better brand awareness from consumers number 16 7Up gold introducing seven up gold [Music] it might have been called 7Up gold but this 1988 soda was not winning any medals after merging with the Dr Pepper company back in 1987 it appears that 7Up went scrolling through the doctor's old recipe books what they found was a formula that was never used by the company so they grabbed it and that's what became 7Up gold now maybe it would have worked for Dr Pepper if they had tried it but a dark caffeinated spice-flavored 7Up made no sense to Consumers the company's goal for the new drink was to pick up one percent of the cola Market instead they only got 0.1 percent and discontinued it after a couple of months number 15 Dr Pepper 10. some beverages fail because of an unappealing taste or the use of controversial chemicals but where Dr Pepper 10 failed the hardest was with its seemingly sexist ad campaign released in 2011 Dr Pepper 10 was a diet soda so named because it only had 10 calories man this low calorie soda in the history of mankind and while you would think that'll Locale soft drink would be something both men and women might enjoy Dr Pepper made sure to let everyone know that this soda was for the boys alone think we're exaggerating well you obviously don't remember the drink's controversial ad slogan catchphrase Dr Pepper 10 it's not for women we understand trying to make your diet soda more appealing to men but is that really the only way to do it fail number 14 tab clear in the early 90s clear drinks were seemingly All the Rage from zema to Crystal Pepsi and of course tab clear more than just a clear cola taste and decide the latter most was introduced specifically to not only rival Crystal Pepsi but to destroy it you see back then Coca-Cola wanted to compete with Pepsi for the clear soda Market not willing to take a chance with a clear Coke they introduced the world to tab clear in 1992. while they would have loved for it to be a hit the more Sinister plan was to Market it as a diet soda this would give the impression that Crystal Pepsi was also a diet soda and adversely affect both drinks suffice it to say the plan worked and by 1994 both products were dead comes clear number 13. Hubba Bubba soda have you ever chewed on a piece of bubble gum and wish that you could just drink it in liquid form instead well in the late 80s and early 90s you could do just that with Hubba Bubba soda yes this was soda flavored like everyone's favorite childhood bubble gum your second favorite if you were a Bubblicious kid I know the super sweet beverage was obviously geared towards children with playful commercials and a major availability at Toys R Us stores this however may have hampered their spread across the teenage and adult markets [Music] while the soda had some initial success just like the flavor of the hubba bubba gum it disappeared pretty quickly number 12. Dr Pepper red fusion in 2002 Dr Pepper did something they had never done before in the over 100 Year history of the company they introduced a new flavor so come on Partner let's ride and while red fusion came with a lot of hype and a big marketing campaign it certainly wasn't as opposed to the original what the doctor ordered looking back at some online comments from the time people called it everything from nothing special to disgusting you think I'm playing try it we'll see who's playing sure there were those that dug the cherry flavored soda but obviously not enough given that declining sales led to it being discontinued within a year or two number 11. New Coke introduced in the 1880s Coca-Cola was almost 100 years old when the company decided they needed to tweak the formula of the world's most popular soda in 1985 with blind taste tests supposedly indicating that consumers preferred the sweeter Pepsi the company re-jigged their Flagship Cola and gave the world New Coke and guess what a lot of people liked it but there were also plenty who didn't especially in the southern parts of the US and they did well to make their concerns known [Music] it's how you feel when you know it's free the real thing wasn't real anymore and it took just 79 days for the company to announce the return of the original formula number 10 the Thanksgiving dinner holiday pack Jones Soda has managed to coexist with the heavyweights by carving out a niche for themselves with their unique photography-based bottle designs and willingness to embrace odd flavors yes they offer up standards like root beer and cream soda but they also do unusual flavors like peanut butter and jelly chocolate and Fufu berry it's the specialty in Holiday releases where things get really odd the 2007 gingerbread man flavor that we can get behind this Thanksgiving sampler not so much the 2005 National pack comes with the following flavors turkey and gravy brussels sprouts with prosciutto cranberry wild herb stuffing and pumpkin pie the 2006 variety added an antacid flavor yikes not exactly refreshing number nine Maxwell ready to drink coffee introducing a beverage that nobody needed making coffee simple add hot water to ground coffee beans and a filter and voila alternatively stop at a drive-through on your way to work if you're really pressed for time and don't care about quality or taste whatsoever instant coffee can be made well instantly with these options available taking coffee and putting it in a cardboard carton to then be poured out into mugs and reheated in the microwave had no justifiable reason to exist in the end it wasn't quicker or more convenient and it certainly did not deliver a superior taste to a fresh brewed pot you know the secret of my cappuccanus Muchachos you know what 100 goat milk number eight Pepsi am sure Maxwell House kind of blew it but when it comes to revolutionizing the concept of the morning beverage there have been far more spectacularly bad ideas there are a lot of people who struggle to face the day without a morning dose of caffeine hoping to cash in on this demand and maybe even convert some coffee drinkers Pepsi unveiled Pepsi am in 1989. to be clear this wasn't some revolutionary new type of Beverage it was good old-fashioned Pepsi Cola with the caffeine level jacked way up you're all hopped up on the caffeine but I feel like I'm talking a little faster but it's very hard to tell if your stomach is churning at the thought of starting your day with soda You Are Not Alone it was discontinued just one year later what I wanted a Pepsi number seven vo it was only a matter of time before the leading soft drink manufacturer made an appearance bio is a flavored carbonated milk beverage which the Coca-Cola Company introduced to American markets in 2009. sure milk is a popular drink all around the world but it seems not everyone appreciated a carbonated variant of it two the shock of nobody who wasn't working for Coca-Cola it was deemed a failure and soon pulled from production in their defense such beverages do succeed elsewhere in the world in Japan they're actually quite common this is simply a case of trying to push a market way outside of its comfort zone that being said an updated video has since been introduced in India in 2016 where their product has seemingly fared better number six Budweiser B to the E can't we just keep it to one Vice at a time in the early 2000s when energy drinks were all the rage the quote-unquote king of beers decided to jump on the bandwagon by pumping A variation of their ever popular beer full of caffeine boasting 6.6 alcohol and a hearty dose of caffeine the beverage was certainly sending your body mixed messages leaving aside the fact that numerous Studies have proven caffeinated alcoholic beverages to be incredibly dangerous this Brew was just downright disgusting oh they also like to refer to it as Budweiser B to the E like someone's deeply uncool Uncle you know just to make you cringe twice as hard while drinking it number five Aftershock if you were a bar and Club goer in the 2000s there's a good chance you tried Aftershock or at least no people who did whether you liked it or not probably depended on how you felt about fruity alcoholic drinks as Aftershock came in multiple flavors including Sherry raspberry and coconut usually done as a shooter this malt liquor has been described by some as quote mouthwash with a different label so it's a bit easy to see why it wasn't a huge success it's not meant for Mortal men neither was Omaha Beach Blondie stop trying to scare us man due to its 30 to 40 alcohol content and the cool fire shots Aftershock gained a loyal following among the younger party crowd of the odds but even they said their goodbyes once energy drinks entered the market number four True Blood for starters can you say false advertising this carbonated beverage is not in fact blood human or otherwise it is however a tie-in to the hit HBO series True Blood and the blood beverage that The Vamps in the show consume to quench their insatiable thirst don't drink the blood four Die Hard fans of the series this remarkably accurate looking replica is sure to get their hearts pounding unfortunately the marketing department decided to treat this beverage as more of a collector's item than a viable product slapping on a hefty price tag that scared away many would-be faux vampires oh and did we mention that most bloodsuckers in the show couldn't stand the stuff not exactly a great endorsement number three ranch dressing soda like Jones Luster's Fixins is known for taking soda pop to strange and often exciting new places this soda is without a doubt meant as a novelty but it makes you stop and wonder how far is too far it smells like straight up puke some of their concoctions are bizarre but nonetheless inspire a desire to give them a try take bacon PB and J and pumpkin pie Ranch flavor on the other hand the mirrors thought of it makes your stomach do somersaults based on their advertising weird is clearly the angle they were going for Lester let loose on this one with this particular flavor we wish they hadn't been so successful in achieving that goal the smell is apparently repulsive and the flavor has been described as at best unremarkable number two Coca-Cola black how do you connect with trendy young adults how about making a mysterious black edition of your Cola sure that's great and all but if you really want to get the people talking you better drop a letter and randomly recapitalize the K silly branding aside Coca-Cola black just didn't work why it's Coca-Cola and something called coffee Essence because its whole gimmick was that it was coffee flavored consider it Coca-Cola's own attempt to capture the coffee drinking Market it kind of reminds me did you just put that onto the floor they gave it a sophisticated looking bottle that screamed flavored coffee and hoped to connect with the masses connect they did not it earned a few devotees but mostly people prefer to keep their coffee and colas separate it only lasted two years before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one cocaine this drink promised serious levels of energy and was not afraid to invoke highly addictive illicit drugs to make that clear the can even featured a font that looked like bumpy lines of white powder the marketing was so problematic the FDA actually had it banned on the grounds that redox beverages was quote illegally marketing the drink as both a street drug alternative and a dietary supplement we're just asking the business owners to take this drink off their shells they compromised and rebranded it as no name before eventually reverting back to the original name branding aside this drink is also a bad idea for consumers the caffeine in taurine levels are drastically higher than the competition so much so that doctors have publicly warned against drinking it did you enjoy this video check out these other clips from WatchMojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos

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Length: 16min 37sec (997 seconds)

Published: Sat Jun 03 2023