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Went to drink my cold unopened pepsi. Took a big sip and had this nasty after taste of mold!

I did not brush my teeth prior to drinking, nor did I eat anything that would have caused this. Now I am worried that I am going to get sick. The pepsi does not smell like anything other than pepsi. It just has an after taste of mold!

I have never had this happen before, I drink pepsi often. I really do not want to have to stop drinking my special treat Pepsi but I am scared this is going to happen again.

It is gross! This can was out of a 12 pack and the expiration date is January 26th 2015.

Monetary Loss: $7.

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Charlotta Ksk

We have bought 2 different cases lately. They taste like mold. Whatโ€™s up with you that

Guest

Everytime I drink Pepsi, all I can tastes is mildew

Jessalyn Eby

Just drank half a Pepsi and I swear it tasted like mold I hope Iโ€™m not gonna get sick whatโ€™s going on I used to love Pepsi

Guest

I also have had this moldy taste in pepsi for years off and on.I thought it was because they switched to plastic and cans. Never had this problem when they used glass bottles.

Guest

I just drank a small bottle Pepsi and I swear it smells and tastes like stale beer! I drink only Pepsi and Iโ€™ve had so many flat ones lately that I just may have to start drinking Coke! Get your act together please, tired of wasting my hard earned cashโ€ฆ

Guest

I am having the same issue. I am a coke drinker but was given pepsi at a fast food place.

opened it took a sip...and it tasted like a musty basement. August 2021

Guest

I just got a 12 pack of Pepsi and it also has a nasty after taste of mold. I thought it was just me but with all these comments I think Iโ€™m just gonna stop drinking Pepsi instead of risking it.

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-2041602

I had the same experience! I purchased a 2 liter of the kind made with real sugar yesterday 10/5/21.

The expiration date says DEC2 021. It's horrible.

Guest

Last few 12 packs I've bought tasted funny. Idk if it tastes like mold seeing as I have no idea what mold would taste like, but it definitely doesn't taste right.

I know it's been insanely hot and shipping has been slow so I thought maybe that was it with the first one. Now I don't know.

Guest

I just bought a two litre of pepsi for work and it tasted good but totally tasted like mould as an aftertaste. Very disgusting and upsetting.

It's like I go to work and tell everyone "here, I brought mouldy pop". Liss of 4.50.

Tais Gsn
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-2022451

I just experienced this same thing!

Guest

I experienced the same taste in almost all my carbonated drinks after being sick. The only soft drink that doesnโ€™t taste nasty to me anymore is rootbeer, donโ€™t know why. It may be a side effect of either COVID-19 or the vaccine for COVID.

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-2016273

This was happening way before Covid!!

Ryah Lbl

I have been noticing the difference in taste. As well, like a moldy flavor or something.

I legit had my doctor test me for diabetes, just in case. But all sodas, canned or fountain have been tasing this way since 2020 for me. I periodically try them here and there.

And still the same nasty flavor. I worry that they added a new ingredient that just changed all sodas for ever.

Guest

I have noticed this for the last several months, not just from a can, but fountain drinks also, I would ask my daughter and granddaughter to try it and see if they taste mold and they refuse to,and I have tried it with eating and without,and brushing my teeth and without but it never matters,seems like it is getting worse,the twelve pack I have now is dated, January 24 of 2022and it's the same way, I have been thinking about sending it to a lab to be tested

Guest

I have had 2 that smelled like mold or fungus. When it opened it didn't make the hissing sound of carbonation but a woosh of air.

I did not drink them, I poured them down the sink. It was a horrible smell. I have also been noticing almost every lid is faulty.

The ring that is suppose to stay attached to the bottle is coming off with the cap and this is like 95%+ of them doing that. I am really wondering what is going on with QC over there.

Guest
reply icon Replying to comment of Guest-2008507

Yeah I agree same thing happened to me taste like mold now like wth are they giving us .

Guest

Searching online because I just got a 12 pack that tastes like moldy dirt. Super bummed. Opened 4 cans and had others try it and everyone says itโ€™s gross.

Guest

We bought a 12 pack (caffeine free Diet Pepsi) in December 2020 and like others thought the word taste was a fluke. I feel validated that others taste the mold too....

but really hope theyโ€™ve corrected the problem. I donโ€™t drink soda often, but this was one I liked.

Guest

For at least a year, every time I drink Pepsi it tastes like mold. At first, I thought it was a spoiled pack that we had bought.

However, fountain drink stations also have the same moldy taste for Pepsi. We bought another pack and it tastes moldy too.

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