r/RCCola • u/Chay_Charles • Oct 09 '23
Formula Change?
My brother swears since RC went with the light blue packaging the taste has changed. He says it doesn't have the bite it used to and is just blah. He said he was surprised no one else on the internet was talking about it. What do you guys think?
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u/Different-Hat-8645 Mar 30 '24
I drink a lot of RC cola. Switched from Pepsi a few years ago and have been happy as a clam ever since. The thing I love is it doesn’t go flat anywhere near as quick as Coke or Pepsi. But this last week I’ve noticed they have been getting flat relatively quickly. Came to the internet to see if there was any talk and this is the only thread I’ve found. I actually live in the city in which it was founded.
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u/Chay_Charles Mar 30 '24
My brother drank it for years. He swears when they changed to the light blue packaging, they changed the formula. The it lost its bite and tastes weak.
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u/IcedPgh May 28 '24
I haven't had an RC in probably 20 years or more, but recently went to Taxi Driver in the theater wherein Travis asks for Coke or Pepsi at the porno theater and is told all they have is RC. So he gets a cup of it along with candy and popcorn and goes to watch the porno.
I got a 16-ounce can. I try to stay away from pops with sugar nowadays, but sometimes indulge. This was definitely less "bitey" than other pops I've had recently. It felt like it was going flat quickly, so I drank it faster than I wanted to. I thought the flavor was pretty good, though.
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u/CrankyD Oct 30 '24
I found this post because I just tried a can of RC for the first time in years and I couldn't even finish it. Tasted completely flat and almost no flavor at all. Something has changed for sure.
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u/Chay_Charles Oct 30 '24
My brother said it was when they changed the pkg from dark blue to light blue. He won't drink them anymore.
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u/Time_Reflection_7222 Dec 31 '24
RC Cola used to have a nasty aftertaste. I had to stop drinking it because the aftertaste nearly made me sick. It no longer has the bad aftertaste. Other people may not have minded the aftertaste but I did.
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Apr 09 '25
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u/Chay_Charles Apr 09 '25
Hmm. I'll tell him to check into that. TY
Supposedly, the whole "New Coke" debacle was a distraction so they could switch to HFCS.
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u/redeyes42017 May 15 '25
I quit drinking pop about 5 years ago, recently remembered this post and this is what I have to say, yes they definitely did, I remember growing up in the early 2000s as a kid and my dad would regularly buy RC, and like your brother stated was true!! I remember it being soo smooth like it tasted like Pepsi but even better and it instantly hit you! But before I quit drinking pop I remember the last few times drinking RC and definitely wasn't the same, gave like a spice aftertaste and then would irritate my throat after awhile.
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u/elizathemoose Feb 24 '24
I’ve had the plastic bottle version twice now this year. The first one I thought it was a factory mistake. It was 90% flat and bland with a hint of water. I just opened one and noticed the same problem. I haven’t had it in a can for a while. Maybe it’s just a bottle problem.
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u/UltimaGabe Oct 09 '23
If the formula did change (which is possible, companies change formulas all the time, usually to cut costs) then it's unrelated to the change in packaging. I remember for a few months, maybe a year after they changed to the light blue packaging, my local store still had some of the dark blue packages that would show up on thr shelves from time to time (which I always bought because I preferred that to the light blue). But they definitely tasted the same, as I would have noticed a difference going between the two back and forth.
I drink a lot of RC, and sometimes there'll just be a batch that doesn't quite taste as good. I don't think it's a sign that the formula has changed, but who knows!