The
Throwback line is a brand of
soft drink sold by
PepsiCo in the
United States and in sweet stores in
South Australia for its flagship
Pepsi and
Mountain Dew brands. The drinks, called
Pepsi Throwback and
Mountain Dew Throwback, are named as such because they are flavored with
cane sugar instead of
high fructose corn syrup, which soft drink companies used to replace sugar (in their North American products) in the 1980s. In addition, these drinks use
retro packaging. As of June 2014, Pepsi Throwback has been replaced in some areas of the United States by "Pepsi-Cola Made With Real Sugar", a new product formulation, also made without high fructose corn syrup.