Jones Soda, Oh The Huge Manatee!

[perfectfire]

[jillayne]

Well I have to say my kids love it. However, it's too full of sugar and parents are the ones making the weekly grocery decisions. Maybe they could diversify and do more with sugar-free sodas to try and take a bite out of the diet pepsi/diet coke market.

I noticed some jones soda gum the other day. Of course my daughter wanted to get it, but I said no because it was too full of sugar.

I say ditch the sugar, Jones.

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[WestSideBilly]

I'd have to side with RCC on this one. Real sugar is less harmful than HFCS, and both are better than aspartame, saccharine, sucralose, and other artificial sweeteners used in drinks.

[The Tim]

I don't drink much soda these days, but what little I do drink is almost exclusively Jones Soda, because they're pretty much the only ones using cane sugar instead of HFCS (ick).

I think their problems have little to do with the economy, and more to do with them trying to expand too fast. On my road trip to the other corner of the country back in December/January, I saw Jones on the shelf all the way down in Florida and Alabama.

Plus they've seriously expanded their product line, moving from just bottled sodas to canned, gum, and other random products, and will be adding a plain old cola line as well. Making the transition from local niche brand to national competitor is hecka expensive, as they're discovering. I hope it doesn't put them under.

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[ira s]

Jones soda does make a diet cola, sugar free and sweetened with Splenda, much better tasting than Diet Coke...If I recall correctly there were some accounting irregularities regarding Jones. I hope they survive..who else is going to come out with Turkey and Gravy flavored soda?

[Alan]

Mexican Coke isn't guaranteed to have cane sugar. It just usually does.

You can buy Imperial Dr. Pepper which is guaranteed to have 100% cane sugar.

http://www.olddocs.com/results.aspx?cat ... =Dr+Pepper

[perfectfire]

I tried a case of Mexican Coke several months ago and was unaffected by it. It did taste a little different, like it had a cinnamony taste to it, but I couldn't decide if that was good or bad. I'm not exactly a connoisseur of Coke though. The first time I had one was when I was 19.

It's too bad about the expansion problems though. My friend was hoping to get transferred to Denver, but that looks less likely now. It's good for me though because I don't want them to move away.