The 1990s were not quite the nostalgic utopia of the popular imagination. Sure, we were all somewhat less afraid of nuclear Armageddon than in previous decades, and we had cultural touchstones like ...

In the 1990s, colorful juice-based drinks marketed to children were a big deal. It's a sector pioneered by Kool-Aid decades earlier, but by the final years of the 20th century, kids eschewed pitchers ...

Before energy drinks became mainstream, there was Surge, Coca-Cola’s intense, citrus-flavored soda targeted directly at teens. Marketed as an extreme, adrenaline-fueled beverage, it became a staple of ...

Youngsters are putting the squeeze on a new General Mills fruit drink, but the company is in no hurry to move it into national distribution. The drink, called Squeezit, has been producing top numbers ...

Unless you want to risk a bacterial infection by buying a case of soda from some unknown seller on eBay, there are certain beverages from your past that will remain as firmly there as your ill-fitting ...

Never has a drink that was so sickeningly sweet been so critical to the happiness of an entire generation as the Squeezit. A fruit-flavoured sugary juice made by General Mills, this novel drink design ...

Mondo Fruit Squeezer (Jel-Sert, $1.99 a six-pack): This stuff’s fruity but not sickeningly sweet. The short 8-ounce bottle fits easily in lunch bags. The drink, the cheapest we found, comes in six ...

Considering that it was conceived and produced in Walnut Creek, Calif., Original New York Seltzer was probably doomed from the get-go. Still, the carbonated soft drink line, which was more soda than ...