Oh this will be easy! Mello Yello is watered down Mountain Dew. Let’s see how well they compare in flavor. However when I give it the old college try and breathe in a bit more the familiar scent of mixed citrus is what prevails. I think it’s time to get this review started… quite rightly.Īt first whiff Mello Yello puts off a scent more akin to Sprite than that of Mountain Dew. So very simple, so very classic in styling, so very yello. If there is one thing that Mello Yello has already beaten Mountain Dew and SunDrop on… it’s the can art. It’s made with chemicals, orange juice concentrate, and now sits in a snazzy looking retro can in front of me. That’s the easiest way to explain what they were trying to go for when Coke created it. For those of you not in the “kno”, Mello Yello is Coke’s version of Mountain Dew. I’m sure bringing it “back” to Texas was just a move that was fueled by money, but part of me thinks that SunDrop’s rise to national distribution might have had to do something with it as well. It’s almost like Coke just kind of gave up on ever taking the market back from Mountain Dew. So why have I, Aaron the Texan, decided that Mello Yello was important enough to review? For whatever reason, Mello Yello has been nearly impossible to find in Texas for several years now. Mello Yello is a very mainstream brand and many of you may be wondering why I’m just now picking up a can to review. This is an important fact to consider for the review today.

As many of you know I’m from Texas, and I’m just mad about Saffron.

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