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'''Diet Mountain Dew''' is a no-calorie Mountain Dew that was first introduced in 1988.<ref name="Smith2006">{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Andrew|title=Encyclopedia of junk food and fast food|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4jIOEZ5F9fAC&lpg=PA188&dq=%22Diet%20Mountain%20Dew%22%201988&pg=PA188#v=onepage&q=%22Diet%20Mountain%20Dew%22%201988&f=false|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, Conn|isbn=0-313-33527-3|page=188}}</ref> It was formerly known as "Sugar-Free Mountain Dew" until 1986, when it was given its current name. In 2006 Diet Mountain Dew was reformulated with a new "Tuned Up Taste", using a blend of sucralose, aspartame, and acesulfame potassium as sweeteners. The previous formulation was sweetened exclusively with aspartame.<ref name="dietdew06">{{cite press release|title=A New Tuned Up Taste Changes How Dew Does Diet|publisher=PR Newswire|date=8 March 2006|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/a-new-tuned-up-tastetm-changes-how-dew-does-diet-55282307.html|accessdate=31 January 2011}}</ref> In limited areas in the United States, Diet Mountain Dew has treated water instead of carbonated water as a fountain drink.
'''Diet Mountain Dew''' is a no-calorie [[Mountain Dew]] that was first introduced in 1988.<ref name="Smith2006">{{cite book|last=Smith|first=Andrew|title=Encyclopedia of junk food and fast food|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=4jIOEZ5F9fAC&lpg=PA188&dq=%22Diet%20Mountain%20Dew%22%201988&pg=PA188#v=onepage&q=%22Diet%20Mountain%20Dew%22%201988&f=false|year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, Conn|isbn=0-313-33527-3|page=188}}</ref> It was formerly known as "Sugar-Free Mountain Dew" until 1986, when it was given its current name. In 2006 Diet Mountain Dew was reformulated with a new "Tuned Up Taste", using a blend of sucralose, aspartame, and acesulfame potassium as sweeteners. The previous formulation was sweetened exclusively with aspartame.<ref name="dietdew06">{{cite press release|title=A New Tuned Up Taste Changes How Dew Does Diet|publisher=PR Newswire|date=8 March 2006|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/a-new-tuned-up-tastetm-changes-how-dew-does-diet-55282307.html|accessdate=31 January 2011}}</ref> In limited areas in the United States, Diet Mountain Dew has treated water instead of carbonated water as a fountain drink.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 13:36, 21 November 2015

Diet Mountain Dew is a no-calorie Mountain Dew that was first introduced in 1988.[1] It was formerly known as "Sugar-Free Mountain Dew" until 1986, when it was given its current name. In 2006 Diet Mountain Dew was reformulated with a new "Tuned Up Taste", using a blend of sucralose, aspartame, and acesulfame potassium as sweeteners. The previous formulation was sweetened exclusively with aspartame.[2] In limited areas in the United States, Diet Mountain Dew has treated water instead of carbonated water as a fountain drink.

References

  1. ^ Smith, Andrew (2006). Encyclopedia of junk food and fast food. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press. p. 188. ISBN 0-313-33527-3.
  2. ^ "A New Tuned Up Taste Changes How Dew Does Diet" (Press release). PR Newswire. 8 March 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2011.
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