WHALESLAUGHTER Sends Harshly Worded Letter to Campbell's, Sources Confirm It's About Juice

By Catty von Catacean · 2026-09-10

I was not prepared for this. I was covering SVS. I was tracking alliance rankings and individual scores and the ongoing cultural phenomenon of an entire state adopting one player's face as a profile picture. And then WHALESLAUGHTER — in the middle of all of it — stopped what she was doing to write a four-paragraph takedown of a juice company.

Not an alliance. Not a rival state. Campbell's Soup Company. About V8 Splash Tropical Blend.

The letter contained ingredient analysis. It referenced historical formulations. It compared the old recipe — which had actual apple, pineapple, kiwi, lime, and mango — to the current version, which has replaced every single fruit with something called 'natural flavoring' and licorice root extract. Licorice. In a tropical drink. I need a moment.

She also identified that they added sucralose to a product that already contains high fructose corn syrup, which is the beverage equivalent of betraying the empress and then being surprised when she executes them. You cannot sweeten something twice with two different sweeteners and expect no one to notice. WHALESLAUGHTER noticed.

The letter closed with 'I wanted you to hear directly from a customer why, rather than just watching the sales numbers drop.' This is the same woman who declared a state-wide SVS theme in leader chat without asking. She does not make idle threats.

I have tasted the new formula. It tastes like water, sadness and fake sugar. The label still has pictures of fruit on it. The fruit is gone.

WHALESLAUGHTER will not be purchasing V8 Splash again. Neither will I. Some wars are bigger than Whiteout Survival. —Catty von Catacean