Coke Rewards or Pepsi Stuff

Of course I am collecting both. I currently have over 800 My Coke Rewards points, and around 10 Pepsi Stuff points. I have a bunch more Coke points because it's been going on for a while now, while the Pepsi promotion just started a few months ago. I get a kick out of punching in the codes and checking out what prizes I might get. Nothing cashed in so far, but I have my eye on a few things.

How many points do you have? Any prizes picked up so far?

My Coke Rewards: http://www.mycokerewards.com
Pepsi Stuff: http://www.pepsistuff.com

Here's the Pepsi Stuff Super Bowl ad featuring J-Tim:

Taste of Tava

Sometimes there are definite advantages to being the writer of the I Love Diet Soda blog...like free beverages. I was lucky enough to be able to sample the new zero calorie sparkling beverage from Pepsico, Tava. I know a lot of people are moving away from soft drinks, so these flavored sparkling waters might be just what they are looking for. I like all the flavors, very fruity and nicely sweet, but must say that the black cherry citrus was my favorite.

I like the cool names for the flavors too: Brazilian Samba, Mediterranean Fiesta, and Tahitian Tamure. Are you like me and don't know what a Tamure is? Check this out then. All of this makes me want to grab some of these and be in the sand and surf.

Although, I'm not in the target demographic (apparently men and women aged 35 to 49, according to this story) I don't have any problem recommending this new calorie free drink.

New Pepsi in UK

Pepsi is ditching high fructose corn syrup for a new beverage in the UK called Pepsi Raw. Instead the soft drink will be flavored with cane sugar.

From the UK Metro:

"...Pepsi Raw has only natural ingredients including apple extract, plain caramel colouring, coffee leaf, tantaric acid from grapes, gum arabic from acacia trees, cane sugar and sparkling water."

I'm too young to remember when cane sugar was used in soft drinks instead of high fructose corn syrup, but I know that Mexican and Passover Coke have very devoted following due to their continued use of cane sugar. I like the taste of the current Coke and Pepsi just fine, but would definitely give something different a try. I think it's important to have choices when it comes to soft drinks (and most things in life). So whether it's sweetened with cane sugar, high fructose corn syrup, aspartame, sucralose, saccharin, or what have you, it's all good!

Metro: Pepsi launch new 'healthy' drink

And check out the racy ad!

Turkey, Dressing, Cranberry Splash

Looking for something to wash down that turkey and dressing this upcoming Thanksgiving? Well, here is something to be thankful for: for the second year in a row Pepsi is putting out a Cranberry Splash version of Sierra Mist, and this year there is a sugar-free version!

I saw this while doing my grocery shopping the other day, but regrettably didn't pick any up. :-(

Anyone looking to buy the Cranberry Splash version of Sierra Mist Free better do so quickly, Pepsi says it will only be around for the holiday season.

Cheers!

hat tip to BevNet

Gotta Have It!

Okay wow, now I’m impressed. I never realized that Pepsi had garnered so many celebrities to serve as their spokespeople. The following is a list of past and present celebs that have at one time served as a spokesperson for Pepsi or Diet Pepsi (from Wikipedia). Drink up!

Among Pepsi's are:

James Dean
311
African Footprint
Christina Aguilera (Europe and Latin America only)
The All-American Rejects
Bamboo (Philippines only)
Rubens Barrichello (Brazil only)
David Beckham
Polly Bergen
Halle Berry
Beyoncé
The Notorious B.I.G.
Rico Blanco (Philippines only)
Mary J. Blige
Barry Bostwick
David Bowie
Kirk Cameron
Mariah Carey
Roberto Carlos (football player)
Kim Cattrall
Jackie Chan
Ray Charles ("You Got the Right One, Baby! UH-HUH!")
Chayanne
Sammi Cheng
Leslie Cheung
José Luís Chilavert
Jay Chou (Asia Only)
The Corrs
Cindy Crawford
Joan Crawford (advertising executive from 1955 to 1973, who in April 1959 was elected to fill the vacancy on the board of directors left by her late husband, Pepsi-Cola president Alfred Steele)
Cruz Azul football club in Mexico
Billy Crystal
Rodney Dangerfield
Denílson (Brazil only)
Amr Diab
Diddy
Bob Dole
Hilary Duff (as Lizzie McGuire)
Hallie Kate Eisenberg
Carmen Electra
Gloria Estefan
Elissa
Eve
Jimmy Fallon
Regis Philbin ("Gotta Have it!")
Michael J. Fox
Aretha Franklin
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Jeff Gordon
Faith Hill
Paris Hilton
Enrique Iglesias
Janet Jackson (Outside the U.S only)
Michael Jackson (who was badly burned while filming a commercial)
Kiss
Avril Lavigne
Los Lonely Boys
Ludacris (commercial was pulled from airwaves due to controversy)
Madonna (for less than two days during the release of her album Like a Prayer, in 1989; her contract was cut)
Manchester United football club
Menudo
Kylie Minogue (Britain and Australia only)
Mis-Teeq
John Tesh ("Gotta Have it!")
Al Pacino (as Tony Montana from Scarface)
Martín Palermo
Robert Palmer
Pink
CM Punk
Donny Osmond
Marie Osmond
Jack Osbourne
Kelly Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
Real Madrid football club
Michael Richards
Lionel Richie
Shakira
Sammy Sosa
Joanie Sommers The Pepsi Girl
Tammin Sursok
Britney Spears
Spice Girls
Gwen Stefani
Rod Stewart
Tina Turner
U2
Juan Sebastián Verón
Brian Vickers
Damon Wayans
Kanye West

While I don’t recognize all of the names, I must say that Pepsi’s got some real star power when it comes to spokespeople.

Diet Pepsi Jazz in Caramel Cream

If want to indulge your sweet tooth without the guilt have I got the product for you! Introducing Diet Pepsi Jazz in Caramel Cream. This zero-calorie soda is sweet without being too sweet. It’s not a soda that I would sip on while having a meal but more like the drink I would grab after a meal to satisfy my sweet tooth. Come to think of it, I bet this diet soda would be fantastic poured over some lower-calorie ice cream! I might even go so far as to call this one of my favorite new flavors of 2007. I encourage all of you to check it out!

If you want more info, check out Jazz by Diet Pepsi.