![]() ![]() Since it first appeared on the scene in 2004, Baja Blast has exploded in popularity. To get more granular, the ingredients list is “Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, caffeine, sodium benzoate (P), sodium citrate, gum arabic, calcium disodium EDTA (PF), yellow #5, blue #1.” Or, to put it in PepsiCo adspeak, “The exhilarating taste of DEW combined with a blast of tropical lime.”īy clicking submit you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. ![]() If you’ve never tasted this particularly delicious beverage-or even if you have-you might be wondering, “What flavor is Baja Blast?” In short, it is classic Mtn Dew mixed with lime flavor. Mountain Dew had made a fan for life.Īnd for those of us who do the Dew, there is perhaps no Mtn Dew flavor more sacrosanct than Mtn Dew Baja Blast, originally sold exclusively at Taco Bell. Eventually they got wise, but by then it was too late. So I’d be bouncing off the wall after a friend’s birthday party or trip to a mall food court and my parents would have no idea why. And yet, for some reason, the fact that Mountain Dew (as it was then called) had a tremendous amount of caffeine completely eluded them. If I begged and pleaded to have some Coca-Cola because my cousins were drinking it, my mom would sneak off and water it down so I wouldn’t be too high-energy. I wasn’t allowed to have coffee flavored ice cream. I was fairly hyperactive under the best of circumstances, so adding a stimulant to the mix was not a good idea. When I was a kid, my parents were very careful about my caffeine intake. ![]()
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