Originally Posted by
hawkandhoo
What do you mean by a "broken thread"? Are you saying that there's a difference between (1) caps that have what looks like a space between the two rows of letters/numbers and (2) caps that do not? I've never noticed that being a key distinction before, although I have observed from time to time that Powerade and MM caps sometimes show up as the other. I don't think it has anything to do with this promotion.
No, I was referring to the thread in the inside of the cap that holds the cap to the bottle when you screw it on.
In one style the thread is continuous -- one unbroken ridge. In the other style (the one that shows up as Powerade instead of Minute Maid although "Minute Maid" is written on the top of the cap on the outside), the thread "breaks" (has a discontinuity) at two points, one just above the other as it winds around the inside of the cap.