Illustrated Pepsi Ads, 1950s

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Kaitlyn

November 21, 2011 at 2:17 pm · Reply

It’s amusing how folks want to point the finger at soft drinks for the obesity problem nowadays…. yet Pepsi is billed here as “light”. [/irony]

I can’t imagine serving Pepsi at a wedding…. but I guess some people do…
JJ

December 4, 2011 at 6:15 am · Reply

So, regular Pepsi is a diet drink? How “filling” was it before this campaign?
qka

December 26, 2011 at 8:53 pm · Reply

Look at the size of those bottles- a typical serving wasn’t a liter or more, as it is today. Nor did they drink it morning, noon, and night, as some people do today.

Then there is the whole high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) controversy. At least in the US, almost all soda pop (that isn’t “diet”) is sweetened with HFCS. HFCS has a different effect on the body than sucrose as in cane sugar that used to be used. Some scientists claim that this difference is more likely to contribute to obesity.
Mark2

January 3, 2012 at 12:15 pm · Reply

Isn’t anyone going to say anything nice about the wonderful illustrations? I like them. (even the purple lawn chair that hurts my eyes a bit.)
melissa2012

January 16, 2012 at 2:29 am · Reply

wow. Propaganda and lies, bandwagon everyone who’s attractive it’s probably because they drink sugar water. Oh wait, that’s a lie.