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Rockstar Original has been the best tasting out of all energy drinks for a long time. It had a bite at the back of the throat almost like alcohol or something and the flavor is tangy and slightly sour in a really delicious way. I literally never get tired of it. I completely replaced coffee with it. I was a little concerned when they were bought out by PepsiCO, but assumed that surely they wouldn't mess with the flagship product. I was foolishly naive. No bite, no tang, just rancid awful sweetness. The same undertaste that stops me from drinking most other energy drinks. I can't believe that they bought it out just to make it taste exactly as bad as all the others. I had to cancel my subscriptions immediately. First, they stopped selling the 24 packs, which made it all way more expensive to buy 12 packs for basically the same price. Now, they've just gone ahead and ruined the product altogether. In case you're curious, the difference seems to be that they've replaced "Sorbic Acid" and "Benzoic Acid" with "Sodium Benzoate" (that's bad) and "Potassium Sorbate" (also bad). Holding the two cans side-by-side, that appears to be the only visible difference. The Rockstar brand has a webpage with contact links. I reached out and they told me that PepsiCO is constantly adjusting it's formulas to maintain consistency of flavor. I told them that they seem to have succeeded, as I suspect that every subsequent can that I drink of this will taste exactly as gross as the last one until they change the formula back. They offered me a coupon. I said no thanks. What use is a coupon for cheaper repulsive swill? This needs to be fixed.