I've taken a gander at the many options for Orange soda pop. It was a terribly tough decision ,but i decided there are only 3 different certain brands of orange pops that are readily available to America in almost any grocery, convenient store, or gas station and look appealing to the eye. Drumroll please...
Sunkist...Fanta...Crush.
I put much thought into how these 3 same ,but quite different sodas should be judged and decided that the best and fairest way of deciding the victor is to put each soda up against of a set of 3 criteria and give them a rating from 1-5.. One being the worst and 5 being the best (Optimal). The first criteria is the carbonation. How carbonated is it? Is it too bubbly? The second criteria is the orange flavor? Is it orange enough? Too acidic? Too sweet? The final third criteria is calories because well, let's face it... we all are avoiding foods and drinks with high calories. But enough chat- ON TO THE RATINGS!
SUNKIST- The crisp flavor of sunkist is definitely refreshing. It gives you a quick pick-me-up too. When considering the carbonation of this pop, i would say it's about a 3. It's a bit too bubbly for my taste but it's smooth going down. Not to mention its the only caffinated soda of the three so thats an added bonus to the bubbles and buzz. My next analysis was the orange flavor. It was quite sweet and the orange flavor was satisfactory. I would definitely give it a 4. There wasn't much acidic taste to it so that was definitely a bonus. The final assessment was the calories, for the 16.9 oz bottle, it was 230 calories for the whole bottle. It was a bit high so i'd give it a 2-3. I'm not too keen on the high calories in a drink.
FANTA- The sweetness of this pop is definitely quenching. When analyzing the carbonation, i found this to be not very bubbly and mostly smooth going down. This is a great factor in my opinion and therefore it gets a 5. Next up is the orange flavor test. It was a very sweet orange flavor and some would say it's too sweet and it's not acidic at all. My personal opinion it is a perfect orange flavor.. so a 4 1/2 atleast. When it comes to the calories, that's when Fanta looks south. For 20 oz drink, it's 290 calories.. YOWZERS! Almost 300 calories for a drink alone. That unfortunatly looks like Fanta gets a sad 2 in the calorie department.
CRUSH- This is the granddaddy of all orange pops and the cool thing is that this brand is still going strong. Crush's carbonations is very high when first opening it and taking that first sip. It does go flat quite quickly though. Neither are very optimal for my perfect orange pop so a 3 is what i'd give it. The flavor isn't very impressive either. It's a little to acidic for my tastes and after awhile, gives me a 'blah' feeling so not too impressed with flavor therefore, recieves a 3. I have to admit the calories aren't the worst. For a 24 oz bottle it was 80 calories per serving and it read on the bottle to be 2.5 servings so 160 to maybe 200 calories for the whole bottle. EH not bad. Crush deserved a 3 1/2.
After my thorough examinations and taste testing, I came to a strong conclusion of the best orange soda.
Are you ready for the big reveal?
And the best orange soda pop is.....................
FANTA!
Even though the calories were high- this really is a delicious drink... Just gotta drink it on rare occasions!
I know there are other orange brands out there that weren't mentioned and if you enjoy those more, feel free to share. I am always open to trying new things. No matter my opinion of these drinks, like i said earlier, everyone's taste buds differ so i HIGHLY suggest that you try each of these sodas atleast once in your life and be the judge for yourself.
Another person's opinion on the trio of pops- Which orange soda is best?
