Dewitos: How Gross, How Unhealthy?

           Last week, the news broke that Pepsi-Co will be testing out a Doritos-flavored Mountain Dew called Dewitos.  Kudos on the imaginative name, Pepsi-Co.  A more fitting title may be Cue the Spit Take.  A Reddit user who broke the Dewitos news gave this glowing praise of the product: “It honestly wasn’t that disgusting.”

            That’s denial if I’ve ever heard it.  There are too many decent soda flavors and brands right now for Pepsi to be wasting its time on this.  However, since they insist on the promotional gimmicks, we might as well take a stab at just how unhealthy this product could be.

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            A 12-ounce can of Mountain Dew has 170 calories, 46 grams of sugar, and 65 milligrams of sodium.  Even worse, it contains 54 milligrams of caffeine.  Meanwhile, a 1-ounce serving of Nacho Cheese-flavored Doritos contains 140 calories and a whopping 210 milligrams of sodium. 

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Dewitos appears to be an attempt to combine the overloaded sodium of the chips with the sugary components of the drink, creating maximum unhealthiness and presumably a high-calorie soda.  The only promise at the end seems to be a cheese-flavored soft drink that may remind you of your favorite chips.

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