{"id":13942,"date":"2012-11-08T12:39:48","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T22:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=13942"},"modified":"2020-12-24T11:26:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T21:26:11","slug":"news-japans-pepsi-special-sounds-like-its-a-beverage-sumo-wrestlers-will-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/08\/news-japans-pepsi-special-sounds-like-its-a-beverage-sumo-wrestlers-will-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Japan’s Pepsi Special Sounds Like It’s A Beverage Sumo Wrestlers Will Avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Do you eat fatty foods AND live in Japan? <\/p>\n

Well, I have a beverage for you, my fatty food feasting friend. It’s the new Pepsi Special<\/a>, which will be released in Japan later this month. What makes this cola special? It’s special because it contains dextrin. What’s dextrin? Well, I’ll tell you what dextrin is, my fact finding friend. It’s a soluble fiber supplement that helps prevent your body from absorbing fat. <\/p>\n

You might be thinking to yourself, “That sounds dubious.”<\/p>\n

Well, my cynical compadre, Pepsi Special has been certified by the Japanese government as a “food for specific health use.” The certification is based on dextrin experiments with rats by Junichi Nagata and Morio Saito from Japan’s National Institute of Health and Nutrition. But Pepsi Special isn’t the only dextrin-fied cola available in Japan. Earlier this year, Kirin introduced Mets Cola<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Pepsi Special will be released in Japan on November 13th and sold for 150 yen.<\/p>\n

Source: Foodbeast<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you eat fatty foods AND live in Japan? Well, I have a beverage for you, my fatty food feasting friend. It’s the new Pepsi Special, which will be released in Japan later this month. What makes this cola special? It’s special because it contains dextrin. What’s dextrin? 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