Raspberry was a Mountain Dew flavor first released as a flavor shot in a test market release of a touchscreen soda fountain machine called Pepsi Fusion (designed to compete with Coca-Cola's Freestyle machine) for a short period in 2010.
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Mountain Dew Raspberry was a Raspberry flavor of Mountain Dew and was violet in color. It was similar to another Dew flavor, Berry Burst, which has a similar shade of raspberry flavor.
History[]
(2010) Pepsi Fusion test market release[]
In 2009, Coca-Cola released a touchscreen soda fountain called the Coca-Cola Freestyle. A year after, PepsiCo quickly responded with an equivalent touchscreen soda fountain called the Pepsi Fusion, designed to compete with Coca-Cola's Freestyle machine.
PepsiCo then conducted a test market release in 2010 in various restaurants for a short period of time. The flavors available in the Pepsi Fusion machine were Lemon, Lime, Grape, Orange, Cherry, Strawberry, Raspberry, and Wild Berry, for a total of eight flavor shots.