Mountain Dew flavors: every can to find, scan and keep

You are in the soda aisle, and there are six shades of neon on one shelf. Mountain Dew flavors change faster than most brands, and discontinued Mountain Dew flavors like White Out or Frost Bite still turn up in small stores and import shops. Here is the full checklist of current US cans, the caffeine per can from PepsiCo, the retired and limited flavors, and how many CanMog players own each one.

Why Mountain Dew flavors matter for a can collector

Mountain Dew flavors are one of the biggest flavor families in US soda, and most of them come in cans. That makes the brand a fast way to grow a shelf: one store visit can give you five different cans. Mountain Dew has caffeine, so in CanMog its cans count on the Energy shelf and also show on the Soda shelf.

Mountain Dew belongs to PepsiCo. Tennessee bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman created the drink in 1940, and the Pepsi-Cola company took over the brand in 1964. The footer of the Mountain Dew products page says all its brands are owned by PepsiCo.

Two shelves, one can

A caffeinated soda is a can on two shelves at once. The can adds to your Energy score, and it also fills a slot on your Soda shelf, so you see it in both views. You scan it once.

Rarity works the same way for every can: it counts how many players own it. The fewer owners, the rarer the can and the more points it gives. The full tier table is in how rarity works.

How to collect every Mountain Dew flavor, step by step

Collecting Mountain Dew flavors is a plan in five steps. You need the app, a list and a habit of checking the small print on each can.

1. Get the app. Download CanMog for free on iPhone or Android. Your shelf starts empty, and every new can you scan fills it.
2. Start with the core cans. Original, Zero Sugar, Diet, Code Red, Baja Blast and Voltage are in most US stores. Scan each one and tick it off the checklist below.
3. Look for the newer cans. Dirty Mountain Dew and Baja Cabo Citrus joined the lineup in 2025 and 2026, so not every store has them yet. Ask the store when a new flavor is due, and check again after restock day.
4. Add the Kickstart line. Kickstart Orange Citrus, Black Cherry, Fruit Punch and Pineapple Orange Mango are 16 fl oz cans that many stores keep in the energy drink fridge. Each flavor is a different can.
5. Hunt the rare ones last. Limited runs, older stock and imports are the cans few players own. Check discount stores, import shops and stores near borders.

The part people get wrong

Most mistakes come from the can size. A 12 fl oz can and a 20 fl oz bottle of the same flavor have different caffeine numbers, and many websites quote the bottle. Always read the size next to the mg figure.

CanMog counts cans only. The app asks "Is it a can?" when you scan, so a plastic bottle of Baja Blast does not go on your shelf.

The Mountain Dew flavors checklist: current US cans

The Mountain Dew products page lists 17 drinks in the US, checked on October 24, 2026. The caffeine figures come from PepsiCo product facts, per container.

I pulled the owner counts and tiers from the CanMog database on October 24, 2026. A dash means no database key clearly matches that can yet.

The sources for the caffeine column: original Mountain Dew, Zero Sugar, Baja Blast and Voltage, each on PepsiCo's product facts site. Dirty Mountain Dew and Baja Cabo Citrus show only a 20 fl oz bottle there, so their numbers are for the bottle, not the can.

Kickstart and AMP: the energy side

Kickstart and AMP are the stronger cans in the family. Both come in 16 fl oz cans, and PepsiCo lists their caffeine per can.

The figures come from PepsiCo's pages for Kickstart Orange Citrus and AMP Energy Original, plus the matching pages for the other two Kickstart flavors.

Discontinued Mountain Dew flavors and limited runs

Discontinued Mountain Dew flavors are the long tail of the collection. The Wikipedia list of Mountain Dew flavors tracks every release, and these are the best-known ones that left US shelves or come back only for short runs.

The same list records a run of shorter releases: Mountain Dew Sport (1989 to 1991), MDX (2005 to 2007), Dark Berry (2012) and Cold Fusion (2013 to 2016). Baja Blast started as a Taco Bell fountain drink in 2004 and, per the list, Pepsi said in January 2024 that it would stay on shelves year-round.

How to hunt the retired cans

Retired cans turn up where stock moves slowly. Discount stores, small gas stations and online resellers can hold the last cases of a flavor after it left the big chains. Some flavors stay on sale longer in other markets, like Major Melon in Canada, so a can from a trip may be the one nobody else has.

In the database on October 24, 2026, LiveWire and Purple Thunder each had a single owner, and Frost Bite, Major Melon, Pitch Black and White Out had no clear key at all. Nobody owns those cans yet on CanMog, so the first player to scan one can also get the first-find bonus.

How to measure your Mountain Dew collection

Your progress shows in numbers on your shelf. The database gives a baseline: as of October 24, 2026, CanMog had 31 Mountain Dew keys on the Energy shelf, owned 272 times in total.

• Checklist count: how many of the 17 current US drinks have you scanned? The core cans are the first ten.
• Tier mix: of the 31 keys, 7 were Common, 4 Uncommon and 20 Rare. How many of your Dew cans are Rare?
• Score change: a Common can gives 10 points, an Uncommon 25 and a Rare 75. Does your Energy score move after each new flavor?
• Badges: different cans of one brand count toward the Brand Collector badge, with levels at 5, 10 and 30 cans. See how badges work.

A one-month test

Pick one month and one store route. Each week, scan every Mountain Dew can you do not own yet and note the new tier on your shelf. After four weeks you see which stores restock new flavors and which ones still hold the older cans.

Common mistakes with Mountain Dew cans

Mountain Dew cans are easy to mix up. These are the mistakes that cost collectors a scan or a wrong number.

• Mistake: quoting bottle caffeine as can caffeine. A 20 fl oz bottle of original Mountain Dew has 91 mg, but a 12 fl oz can has 54 mg. Always pair the mg with the size.
• Mistake: trusting every flavor list online. Some lists and barcode databases mix real flavors with made-up name combinations. Check a flavor against the brand page or a sourced list before you hunt for it.
• Mistake: scanning duplicates for points. A second can of the same flavor gives no points. Variety moves your score, not volume.
• Mistake: expecting a Legendary Dew. Mountain Dew is a big brand, and big brands have a floor on rarity. In the October 24, 2026 data, no Mountain Dew key was Epic or Legendary, even keys with a single owner.

One flavor, several keys

Dirty Mountain Dew shows up under three name keys in the database, with 8, 3 and 3 owners. Barcode databases name the same drink in different ways, so the counts can split. When a can shows a lower tier than you expected, the other names may hold the rest of its owners.

Your points stay safe either way. The points for a can never drop below the tier you found it at, as the rarity rules explain.

Your Mountain Dew checklist and next steps

Your next store run needs only five lines.

• Core cans: original, Zero Sugar, Diet, Code Red, Voltage and LiveWire.
• Baja cans: Baja Blast, Baja Blast Zero Sugar, Baja Cabo Citrus and its zero sugar version.
• New cans: Dirty Mountain Dew and Dirty Mountain Dew Zero Sugar.
• Energy fridge: four Kickstart flavors and AMP Energy Original.
• Rare hunt: retired flavors, imports and limited runs from discount and border stores.

Scan each can once, watch your Energy and Soda shelves fill, and see where your score lands on the leaderboard. If you are new here, the app is free on iPhone and Android.