| Typhoon | ||
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| File:Typhoon.jpg The official Typhoon label art. | ||
| Description | ||
| Flavor: | Tropical Punch | |
| Color: | Pink-Orange | |
| Current Status: |
Discontinued | |
| Locations Available: | United States | |
| Year(s) Available: |
2009 (Test Release), 2010, 2011 (Store release) 2013-2014 (Taco Bell as a freeze drink) | |
| Related Flavors: | Supernova, White Out, Distortion, Flavor 648 | |
| Similar Flavors: | Solar Flare, Baja Blast, Game Fuel (Tropical), Red, Kickstart (Fruit Punch), Kickstart (Pineapple Orange Mango), Kryptonite Ice, Aurora, White Label, Orange Mango Dew, Kickstart (Mango Lime), Game Fuel (Mango Heat), Game Fuel (Tropical Smash) | |
| Related Promotions: | DEWmocracy, FanDEWmonium, Back by Popular DEWmand, Loot for Labels | |
| Gallery | ||
Typhoon was a Mountain Dew flavor that was a contestant in the second DEWmocracy promotion. It returned for a limited time during Summer 2011 for the Back by Popular DEWmand promotion along with Pitch Black and Supernova from May to July 2011. Its tagline was "Punch of Tropical DEW with other natural flavors" while its diet version's planned tagline was "Punch of Tropical diet DEW with other natural flavors."
History
- Main article: DEWmocracy
Typhoon was first tested alongside multiple other new flavors in a tour that stopped in 17 American cities in 2009. Taste testers were to give their input, and at the end of the tour, three flavor finalists were chosen. During these tests, (flavor #509), was known as Cyclone.[1] It is the only one of the 7 prototype flavors to be a prime number. The three flavors names and flavors were chosen with the help of Dew Labs members, and the designs were submitted from artistic fans. Then, they were released to the public on April 19, 2010 as White Out, Distortion, and , and drinkers were to try all three and vote on which they preferred. Voting ended in June, and white out was announced to be the winner, with in second place, holding 40% of the votes.
- Main article: FanDEWmonium
It later returned in diet form for the FanDEWmonium promotion and came in 5th place, not making it to the final round.
- Main article: Back by Popular DEWmand
It saw a limited return to shelves over the summer of 2011 as a part of the Back by Popular DEWmand promotion, along with Supernova and Pitch Black. Unlike the others, however, was only distributed in 2-liter bottles at Wal-Mart stores. The three stayed on shelves until July 25th of that year.
Description
Typhoon was a Tropical Punch flavored soda, and was foggy pinkish-orange in color.
Freeze
Beginning September 26, 2013, select Taco Bell locations began offering "Mountain Dew Freeze", an icy variant of similar to the Baja Blast Freeze and the restaurant's pre-existing Frutista Freeze line. However, it was discontinued at the beginning of June 2014 and was replaced with the Dr. Pepper Vanilla Float Freeze.
Gallery
References
- ↑ Twitter: 509 Cyclone. Twitter.com