International Mountain Dew flavors We Wish We Could Have Here in the U.S.

If you know me, you know I don’t get out much. I travel a lot for work, so when I am home, I prefer to be horizontal on a couch, rewatching Parks and Rec and Avatar: The Last Airbender rather than gallivanting around the globe tasting all the wonderful and unique local Mountain Dew flavors. But I must be clear (because it’s Christmas and on Christmas you tell the truth), I absolutely DO want to try those wonderful and unique MTN Dew flavors – it’s the gallivanting I could take or leave. So, since this is one of those rare moments I get to be sitting here chatting about MTN Dew flavors, here are the ones we here at Sporked believe dew deserve a place on shelves here in the ol’ Dew. S. of A.

Mountain Dew Passionfruit Frenzy (New Zealand and Australia)

Why is it that other countries make passionfruit-flavored things left and right and the U.S. (with the exception of Hawaii; Hawaii, you’re alright) somehow still sees passionfruit as “exotic” or “highly tropical” or “rare”? At this point, we have all had it and we love it so give! us! more! Specifically, give us the Passionfruit Frenzy flavor of Mountain Dew so we can get our passionfruit fix at literally any 7-Eleven. New Zealand has had this flavor as a staple since 2012 for cryin’ out loud, and everything is upside down and backwards and covered in sheep and hobbits there (I assume) so if they can do it, I firmly believe we should be able to do it to (and no, the briefly available limited edition Passionfruit Punch Baja Blast back in 2023 does not count).

Mountain Dew Dry Ginger (Japan)

To be honest, it appears this Mountain Dew flavor isn’t available anymore, even in Japan, but it is cool to know that for a time in the ’90s Japan had a flavor of Mountain Dew that was essentially ginger beer (and it kind of looked like it too). I feel like this would be a more sophisticated, fancy alternative to sipping a regular Mountain Dew, so if you wanted to get your Dew fix but also look like you belong at the function, this would be the perfect solution. The closest thing we have had to this flavor recently is the blackberry-citrus-ginger flavor of Dew called Legend, which was available exclusively at Buffalo Wild Wings before it was discontinued. But I say give us the Ginger Dew! The sophisticated gamers will thank you.

Mountain Dew Supernova (Finland)

Leave it to Finland to have a flavor of Mountain Dew that sounds like it could also be a competitor in Eurovision. Now, I know we had a Supernova Mountain Dew flavor in the U.S. back in the 2010s, but that was pink and Melon Strawberry Ginseng flavored (and discontinued), whereas the Finnish Supernova is a delectable-sounding, orange-colored Lemon Raspberry flavor and is very much still available. I don’t know about you, but I am a sucker for anything even remotely Raspberry Lemonade adjacent. You know what they say, nice guys finish last—but I think the real saying should be Finnish guys finish first, since they have access to this very yummy Mountain Dew flavor most of us here in the states will never try.

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Mountain Dew Code Red Berry (New Zealand)

Yes, I know we have Code Red at home, but much like the meme, Code Red at home is just not the same. Why? Because Code Red here in the States is Cherry flavored and Code Red down in New Zealand is Berry flavored, further confirming my hypothesis that in New Zealand, up is down, left is right, and cherry is berry. Also, they have hobbits there, which is just categorically unfair, so I say to even the playing field, we should get Berry Code Red here in the States. I’d ask for the hobbits, but my guess is they wouldn’t be happy here, what with all the political turmoil—they’ve been through enough.

Mountain Dew Zero Sugar Blue (South Korea)

You know me, if the flavor is “blue,” I will love it, and this South Korean Mountain Dew is literally “blue” flavor. Sporked’s own Tyler Bowers thought this flavor tasted like lemon and blackberry when he tried it, and to be honest, that sounds delightful. Not much more to say here other than, “Hey, you! Give us the Blue Dew!!!!” (“You” being PepsiCo…just to be clear. Unless you aren’t PepsiCo and somehow have the power to make this happen, in which case please dew!).

Mountain Dew Blue Shock (Malaysia)

Oh, what’s this? More Blue Dew? You bet your butt it is. This wouldn’t be a Jessica Block article if I didn’t disproportionately favor all things blue-flavored. Now, in the States, we have actually had this blue Dew on and off since 2002. We had a Blue Shock flavor as recently as last year, at the very end of 2024, but only at 7-Eleven and Speedway gas stations. But you know where this stuff is a permanent flavor? Malaysia. There, it is a totally regular, Raspberry Lemon-flavored, widely available soda. How did they get it? Well, it actually won the DEWmocracy Malaysia, where people voted for it over LiveWire and Pitch Black, so Blue Shock was the one to become a permanent fixture in the country. Bring back DEWmocracy in the U.S., PepsiCo! Let us vote for more blue dew!!