Posted on 06/11/2025 11:34:19 AM PDT by Red Badger
If you're anything like me, you saw this headline and immediately your heart dropped.
19,000 cases, 12 and 24 packs, of Dr Pepper completely down the drain! Oh! The humanity! Also, it's apparently dangerous to drink.
On May 23, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Dr Pepper issued a voluntary recall on 19,203 12-pack and 24-pack cases of 12-ounce cans of Dr Pepper Zero Sugar.
Oh, thank goodness! It's just the Zero Sugar version of Dr Pepper and not the truly good stuff. Crisis averted. Unless you drink it, of course, then the crisis is just beginning.
Then, on Thursday, the FDA's recall was upgraded to Class II, which the organization describes as a 'situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.'
So, now I've gotta know - and so do you - what is the serious and dangerous defect in these Dr Pepper Zero Sugars? What is this poison that was sent out by mistake?
Although the cans, produced by Jacksonville, Florida-based Pepsi Beverages Company, were labeled 'zero sugar,' they were found to contain the full amount of sugar that is in a regular can, which is around 39 grams.
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If a person with diabetes eats too much sugar, it can lead to hyperglycemia, which is a condition where blood sugar levels become dangerously high, resulting in symptoms such as increased thirst and blurred vision.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, if hyperglycemia is left untreated, it can develop into diabetes-related ketoacidosis (DKA), which can be fatal.
WHAT?
I have now returned to my original state of despair! 19,000 cases of Dr Pepper -THE GOOD STUFF - down the drain because of a packaging error!
The recalled cans have the product code XXXXRS05165 with a 'best by' date of February 16, 2026. The soda was only distributed to retailers in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina ...
Customers who have purchased the affected Dr Pepper cans are urged to return the product to where they were purchased in exchange for a full refund or to throw them away.
NO! DO NOT DO THAT! SEND THEM TO ME!
My address is: [Redacted by a Not the Bee editor with good sense]
Not the Bee reports on not Not the Pepper!
It’s only three states. If it were the whole country it would be bad.
Dr Pepper Zero isn’t that bad tasting. Looks like they could just relabel the cans..................
I’d think anyone could tell just by tasting it. After I got used to diet soda, I couldn’t drink the ‘real’ stuff anymore; too syrupy sweet.
Seems to me that the ‘syrupy’ taste comes from the High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) they use in today’s soft drinks instead of real sugar. Soft drinks prior to about 1968 or so didn’t have that consistency.....................
I drink A&W Zero Root Beer... If it isn’t ‘zero’ I can tell pretty quickly... Regular root beer contains 45% sugar.
“You trying to make me mad? I said Dr. Pepper, this is Mr. Pibb. Only assholes drink Mr. Pibb. Well, drink up”.
I drink it too. It’s darn good.
I just requested closure for a Class I recall at my work. FDA may deny it because 3 parts were lost by the hospital. We made repeated trips onsite to try to help locate them, but no juice....so now I may be stuck keeping the recall open due to the hospitals inability to keep track of their stuff....
I find this one funny in light of my own circumstances :)
Hate Dr Pepper and fake sugar products so I’m good.
I always gagged on any diet drink.
The only one I could halfway tolerate was diet Canada Dry ginger ale. A few sips was my limit.
No, they didn’t; but even the ‘real sugar’ Mexican Coke from the ethnic store is too sweet for me now.
Did yet ANOTHER gold Rolex get sewn back up in someone after a spleen removal operation? ;)
Maybe it was a Junior Mint? LOL!
Coca-cola dropped the ‘Mr.’...It is now called “Pibb Xtra”.............
I wish they would bring back Cyclamates. Diet drinks used to actually taste good...............
There are now a number of regional brand sodas that use only cane sugar.
I don’t drink more than 2-3 a year. But when I do, it’s with real sugar. Major flavor difference.
Dr Pepper Zero Sugar
Ingredients:
Carbonated Water,
Color (Caramel E150d),
Flavorings
Including Caffeine, Phosphoric Acid,
Sweeteners (Aspartame, Acesulfame K),
Preservative (Potassium Sorbate).
I drink coke zero; it tastes nothing like diet coke. To me, it tastes like the real deal.
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