Soft drinks are drinks that typically contains carbonated water (some such as lemonades, are usually not carbonated), a sweetener, and a natural or artificial flavoring. They are also known as pop, soda, tonic, soda pop or fizzy drinks.
An early type of soft drink was lemonade, which became popular in Paris in 1630 when the price of sugar fell. Soon mixtures of water and lemon juice sweetened with honey were being peddled to thirsty Parisians. These first soft drink sellers carried large containers on their backs from which they sold cups of this lemonade. The Compagnie de Limonadier was formed in 1676 and given a monopoly for the sale of its soft drink products.
18th century clergyman and scientist Joseph Priestley invented carbonated water in 1772 when he suspended a bowl of water above a beer vat at a brewery near his home in Leeds. A few years after he published a description of how to make carbonated water Johann Schweppe set up Schweppes and began manufacturing fizzy drinks using Priestley's method. As the first to create the carbonated drink, Priestley has rightly been called "the father of the modern soft drink industry."
It was not long before flavoring was combined with carbonated water. In 1807 Philadelphia druggist Townsend Speakman invented the world's first soda soft drink. It consists of soda water mixed with fruit flavors, and was called a Nephite Julep.
Moxie is a brand of carbonated beverage that was among the first mass-produced soft drinks in the United States. As with many sodas, it was first marketed as an over the counter medicine called "Moxie Nerve Food". Moxie was created in 1876, is flavored with gentian root extract and is still sold in the eastern US.
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HISTORY
An early type of soft drink was lemonade, which became popular in Paris in 1630 when the price of sugar fell. Soon mixtures of water and lemon juice sweetened with honey were being peddled to thirsty Parisians. These first soft drink sellers carried large containers on their backs from which they sold cups of this lemonade. The Compagnie de Limonadier was formed in 1676 and given a monopoly for the sale of its soft drink products.
18th century clergyman and scientist Joseph Priestley invented carbonated water in 1772 when he suspended a bowl of water above a beer vat at a brewery near his home in Leeds. A few years after he published a description of how to make carbonated water Johann Schweppe set up Schweppes and began manufacturing fizzy drinks using Priestley's method. As the first to create the carbonated drink, Priestley has rightly been called "the father of the modern soft drink industry."
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It was not long before flavoring was combined with carbonated water. In 1807 Philadelphia druggist Townsend Speakman invented the world's first soda soft drink. It consists of soda water mixed with fruit flavors, and was called a Nephite Julep.
Moxie is a brand of carbonated beverage that was among the first mass-produced soft drinks in the United States. As with many sodas, it was first marketed as an over the counter medicine called "Moxie Nerve Food". Moxie was created in 1876, is flavored with gentian root extract and is still sold in the eastern US.
The Japanese carbonated soft drink Ramune was invented in 1884 by the Scottish pharmacist Alexander Cameron Sim. The drink became very popular with the local Japanese after it was advertised in the Tokyo Mainichi newspaper as a preventative for cholera.
Baltimore machine shop operator, William Painter revolutionized the soft drink industry when he invented the crown cap in 1892. Tiny in design, the "Crown Cork Bottle Seal" prevented the escape of carbon dioxide, that creates the bubbles, from bottled beverages. The previous stoppers that had been used in glass bottles were generally made of cork, metal or porcelain, which had the disadvantage of making the drink toxic, and therefore undrinkable, should they make contact with the bottles' contents.
Because of the availability of soda fountains in the Eastern US when soft drinks became popular, Easterners referred to the drink as soda. As the Midwest did not yet have them, the drink was called pop because of the sound a cork or cap makes when being removed from a bottle.
A consequence of the American prohibition in the 1920s was that manufacturers of soft drinks such as Coca-Cola and root beer saw their sales greatly increase.
The development of "Hom-Paks," the first six-pack cartons in the 1920s, also contributed to the growth of soft drinks in America. This was due to the convenience of being able to carry these cartons and their ensuing increased availability across America.
Tizer is a fizzy, orange colored soft drink bottled in Cumbernauld and sold in the United Kingdom. It was invented by Fred Pickup in 1924 and launched as Picnkup's Appetizer, before becoming "Tizer the Appetizer" then Tizer.
Ginger Ale became the first canned soft drink when it was introduced in America in 1938. A cone top can produced by Continental Can Company was used, but the sodas were beset by leakage and flavor absorption problems from the can liner.
In 1940, a new fizzy soft drink Fanta, which uses the by-products of cheese and jam production, was developed in Germany. Because of the war the importing of Coca-Cola syrup has been prohibited so Max Keith, the head of a bottling company, Coca-Cola GmbH, has developed Fanta as an alternative. The name comes from "fantastisch" the German word for fantastic.
The original formula for the carbonated soft drink Mountain Dew was invented in 1940 by Tennessee beverage bottlers Moses and Ally Hartman.
In 1948 Continental Can Company and Pepsi-Cola launched the first major soft drink in steel cans. Twelve ounces of Pepsi was sold for ten cents.
The first sugar-free diet soft drink was introduced in the US in 1952. It was a ginger ale sold by Kirsch and was called the "No-Cal Beverage."
In 1964 The American soft drink company Royal Crown started selling Diet-Rite Cola and RC Cola in all-aluminium cans. They were the first soft drink to be sold in such a way.
Lyndon B. Johnson had a weakness for pop and had a soda tap installed in the Oval Office. He had a particular weakness for Fresca, a citrus flavored soft drink which was introduced by Coca Cola.
In 1999 a Welsh child turned orange from drinking too much Sunny Delight. The company used Beta-Carotene (found in carrots) to color the drink which can make you orange at extremely high doses. The 4-year-old girl was drinking 1.5 liters a day.
The average American drinks about 600 sodas a year.
McDonald’s spends between 13 and 18 cents to produce a soft drink.
Drinking soda and crack cocaine have similar effects on your teeth.
The initial recipe of 7 Up used to contain lithium, a drug used to stabilize mood and cure depression.
Vitaminwater is basically sugar-water, to which about a penny's worth of synthetic vitamins have been added. A bottle of vitaminwater contains 33 grams of sugar, making it more akin to a soft drink than to a healthy beverage.
Bolivia makes a soft drink called 'Coca Colla' which is made with real coca leaf. It is a local competitor of Coca-Cola and Red Bull, but is currently illegal to export under both Bolivian and U.N. drug laws
Coca-Cola was sued by a consumer protection agency for misleading health claims regarding VitaminWater. Coca-Cola's defense was that "no consumer could reasonably be misled into thinking VitaminWater was a healthy beverage.”
Baltimore machine shop operator, William Painter revolutionized the soft drink industry when he invented the crown cap in 1892. Tiny in design, the "Crown Cork Bottle Seal" prevented the escape of carbon dioxide, that creates the bubbles, from bottled beverages. The previous stoppers that had been used in glass bottles were generally made of cork, metal or porcelain, which had the disadvantage of making the drink toxic, and therefore undrinkable, should they make contact with the bottles' contents.
Because of the availability of soda fountains in the Eastern US when soft drinks became popular, Easterners referred to the drink as soda. As the Midwest did not yet have them, the drink was called pop because of the sound a cork or cap makes when being removed from a bottle.
A consequence of the American prohibition in the 1920s was that manufacturers of soft drinks such as Coca-Cola and root beer saw their sales greatly increase.
The development of "Hom-Paks," the first six-pack cartons in the 1920s, also contributed to the growth of soft drinks in America. This was due to the convenience of being able to carry these cartons and their ensuing increased availability across America.
Tizer is a fizzy, orange colored soft drink bottled in Cumbernauld and sold in the United Kingdom. It was invented by Fred Pickup in 1924 and launched as Picnkup's Appetizer, before becoming "Tizer the Appetizer" then Tizer.
Ginger Ale became the first canned soft drink when it was introduced in America in 1938. A cone top can produced by Continental Can Company was used, but the sodas were beset by leakage and flavor absorption problems from the can liner.
In 1940, a new fizzy soft drink Fanta, which uses the by-products of cheese and jam production, was developed in Germany. Because of the war the importing of Coca-Cola syrup has been prohibited so Max Keith, the head of a bottling company, Coca-Cola GmbH, has developed Fanta as an alternative. The name comes from "fantastisch" the German word for fantastic.
The original formula for the carbonated soft drink Mountain Dew was invented in 1940 by Tennessee beverage bottlers Moses and Ally Hartman.
In 1948 Continental Can Company and Pepsi-Cola launched the first major soft drink in steel cans. Twelve ounces of Pepsi was sold for ten cents.
The first sugar-free diet soft drink was introduced in the US in 1952. It was a ginger ale sold by Kirsch and was called the "No-Cal Beverage."
In 1964 The American soft drink company Royal Crown started selling Diet-Rite Cola and RC Cola in all-aluminium cans. They were the first soft drink to be sold in such a way.
FUN SOFT DRINK FACTS
Lyndon B. Johnson had a weakness for pop and had a soda tap installed in the Oval Office. He had a particular weakness for Fresca, a citrus flavored soft drink which was introduced by Coca Cola.
In 1999 a Welsh child turned orange from drinking too much Sunny Delight. The company used Beta-Carotene (found in carrots) to color the drink which can make you orange at extremely high doses. The 4-year-old girl was drinking 1.5 liters a day.
The average American drinks about 600 sodas a year.
McDonald’s spends between 13 and 18 cents to produce a soft drink.
Drinking soda and crack cocaine have similar effects on your teeth.
The initial recipe of 7 Up used to contain lithium, a drug used to stabilize mood and cure depression.
Vitaminwater is basically sugar-water, to which about a penny's worth of synthetic vitamins have been added. A bottle of vitaminwater contains 33 grams of sugar, making it more akin to a soft drink than to a healthy beverage.
Bolivia makes a soft drink called 'Coca Colla' which is made with real coca leaf. It is a local competitor of Coca-Cola and Red Bull, but is currently illegal to export under both Bolivian and U.N. drug laws
Coca-Cola was sued by a consumer protection agency for misleading health claims regarding VitaminWater. Coca-Cola's defense was that "no consumer could reasonably be misled into thinking VitaminWater was a healthy beverage.”
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