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“Poured flat by fate, but never by texture.”
Nitro Pepsi was PepsiCo's nitrogen-infused take on cola, swapping the usual carbon dioxide for nitrogen gas to create a famously smooth texture. It came in a can with a widget — a nod to the system Michael Edward Ash developed in the late 1950s for nitrogenating draft beers like Guinness — and also arrived in a vanilla flavor. For a while, soda drinkers got to feel like they were at a taproom with every crack of a ca
Developed around 2019 and on the market since March 2022, Nitro Pepsi got a dignified send-off: PepsiCo announced on October 18, 2024 that it would be discontinued in January 2025. No scandal, no recall — just a quiet farewell to the smoothest cola ever canned. Its widget now rests among the great forgotten gadgets of beverage history.
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