sodas that are ‘Rootbeer Flavor’ frighten me a bit. it is like ‘chocolate flavored coating’ on my chocolate covered pretzels. no, i want actual chocolate, not chocolate flavor! in this case i will let it slide as the rest of the can is in Thai or perhaps Siamese. which makes me have no idea of the ingredients or anything. it could be zebra urine or something really, just rootbeer flavor. who knows? someone who can read Thai, that is who! not me.
any the who, the can combines some traditional root beer images like a frosty, sudsy mug with something that appears to be a hybrid of a flower, a butterfly and an orange cut in half. it also has some illusionary lines that make it initially seem like they want a garbage can look although i now see that it is supposed to look like the frosty mug also pictured. staying on the subject of the can, it is 325 ml, not the usual 330 ml which is 12 oz. i should create a new container category in my database just for this but i probably will not, 5 ml is close enough. Pepsico actually owns this company if that matters in any way to you. actually reading about it, this soda line is marketed as Tropicana Twisters Soda in the US. it is also available in a lot of countries. i don’t know how wide spread the root beer is so i will just leave it as Thailand for now.
so my experiences with sodas from the far east have not always been so great. i am leery here for that reason. nonetheless it is not too bad. it is unusual that is for sure. it starts off not so good, like of tart and becomes a much more fruity taste. the root beer flavor is in there a bit but not a lot. i can’t place the fruit flavor though. i would not try to find it and i certainly wouldn’t mail order it again, but it is not an unpleasant flavor.
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| Type: | Root Beer | Comes In: | 12 oz can |
| Available: | online, Thailand | Obtained in: | mail order |
| Head: | Small | Sweetener: | unknown |
| Caffeine: | No |
Anthony, watch your chocolate. Although the FDA doesn’t permit confections that include both chocolate solids and fats other than cocoa butter to be labeled “chocolate,” many manufacturers (not Mars) are adulterating their candy with various vegetable oils because it’s cheaper, e.g. http://www.today.com/id/26788143/ns/today-today_food/t/chocoholics-sour-new-hersheys-formula/ . You’ve been warned!
I’ve seen various flavors of Mirinda in Europe, mostly Orange but some other fruit flavors. I’ve never a root beer flavor though. I wonder if they bottle it in glass anywhere.
Just found this while backpacking Vietnam, seems really common here!
I’m actually confused as to whether this is a discontinued flavor or if Mirinda moved on to bigger, better things with their “sarsaparilla” flavor aka H??ng V? Xá X? . I love their H??ng V? Xá X? (sarsaparilla) flavor that comes in a can, and honestly one of the top sarsaparillas I’ve ever tried. Me and my dad love it. It tastes like pure black licorice, not like root beer, and not too much like sarsaparilla. Reading noobs on Reddit saying it’s nice and “creamy” makes me cringe, but whatever, they actually don’t know what they’re talking about, because this stuff is not a cream or vanilla forward beverage at all. I almost wish they’d just call it black licorice soda (“soda cam th?o ?en”). You stating the soda starts off “tart and becomes a much more fruity taste” makes me think the Mirinda root beer and the Mirinda sarsaparilla might be different flavors. I’d love to find out. But, thankfully, the Mirinda sarsaparilla does not have a fruity taste, but 90% of taste is licorice dominant. You need to maybe try the one I’m trying. Perhaps a trade incoming? This soda is best ice cold. Really good in a can, like 90/100….. but put it in a frosted mug and it’s a 93 for me. So, I give this a 93. Excellent if you like black licorice. I really wish they made this in a glass bottle. If they do, hopefully they import those soon. Kinda like how I miss Thumbs Up in the glass bottle. The Indian store I used to get that cola from had them in glass and they were amazing. Now it’s just cans, and it’s not as good.
Sorry, appears the Vietnamese characters did not come through on my above comment. The name of Mirinda’s sarsaparilla flavor is: Huong Xa Xi.