The biggest ever mistakes made by food brands: Colgate meals to New Coke
Ben Halls
23 December 2024
Major food fails
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26. KFC's Oprah offer
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25. Whole Foods' Chantilly cake catastrophe
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24. Colgate frozen meals
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23. Coco Pops to Choco Krispies
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22. Red Bull Cola
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21. Long John Silver’s Big Catch
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20. Kellogg's OJ's
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19. Shake Shack's crinkle-less fries
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18. Arnott's Pizza Shapes' new seasoning
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17. Iceland's Wacky Veg
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16. Orbitz
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15. Yorkie's 'not for girls' campaign
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15. Yorkie's 'not for girls' campaign
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14. Tropicana's redesign
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13. Burger King's Satisfries
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12. Messing with Milo
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11. Heinz Salad Cream renamed
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11. Heinz Salad Cream renamed
HeinzUK/Facebook
10. Crystal Pepsi
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10. Crystal Pepsi
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9. McDonald's Szechuan sauce
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9. McDonald's Szechuan sauce
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8. Toblerone's twin troubles
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8. Toblerone's twin troubles
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7. Heinz EZ Squirt Ketchup
Heinz/Another Era/YouTube
7. Heinz EZ Squirt Ketchup
Heinz/Another Era/YouTube
6. Burger King's Halloween Whopper
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5. New Coke
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4. WOW Chips
Lays/Old Skool Analog/YouTube
4. WOW Chips
Lays/Old Skool Analog/YouTube
3. McDonald's Arch Deluxe
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3. McDonald's Arch Deluxe
Courtesy of McDonald’s Canada
2. KFC runs out of... chicken
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1. McDonald’s 1984 Olympics promotion
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