What kinda of soda pop is Dr. Pepper?!
What kinda of soda pop is Dr. Pepper?
Pepsi and Coke are cola, 7up and Sprite are lemon lime, A&W and Barqs are root beer but what the hell is Dr. Pepper??? The only other soda pop i can think of like it is Mr. Pibb..... help
Answers:
By its color and flavor, Dr. Pepper can be categorized as a "cola" drink which has caramel coloring and is similar in taste to other Colas such as Coke and Pepsi. Some even considered Dr. Pepper as similar in taste as Cherry Coke.
However, Dr. Pepper pre-dates both Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola. Dr. Pepper advertises as having "authentic blend of 23 flavors" on its recent 12 oz can packages. This is similar to the original Hires Root Beer formulation with 25 different ingredients (herbs, berries and roots) and Hires' version of root beer had been introduced in 1876, a full ten years before Dr. Pepper was introduced.
Although it has never been marketed as a root beer or cola, Dr. Pepper has been a successful soda pop in its own right, drawing a lot of imitators, including Mr. Pibb and now Pibb Xtra from Coca-Cola. Most supermarkets carry imitation brands include: Dr. IGA by IGA, Dr. K by Costco, Krogers, Dr. Shaw by Shaws, Dr. Bold, Dr. A+ by Albertsons, Dr. Riffic by Eckerd, Dr. Thunder by Wal*Mart, Dr. Pop by Safeway, etc.
Given that Dr. Pepper has such a large number of imitations by all the major supermarket chains, it is fair to conclude that Dr. Pepper deserves its own category as a soda pop. It has earned its place as Dr. Pepper.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/dr_pepper...
http://inventors.about.com/library/inven...
well, I would say its more of a cola if you want to lump it into that kind of category. but the base flavor is prunes.
Unlike Coca-Cola and Pepsi, Dr Pepper is not marketed as a cola. Dr Pepper's flavor is allegedly derived from a mixture of soda fountain flavors popular when the drink was first devised. A partial list of these flavors can be seen at the bottling plant in Dublin, Texas, although the formula itself (with its twenty-three ingredients) is a closely guarded secret. Contrary to a popular urban legend, Dr Pepper does not, and never has, contained prune juice.
Its basically its own thing...
Dr pepper falls into the cola family, because of its color and caffeine. But it is the best darn tasting pop out there, I have been hooked for 20 years....
The absolute best dr pepper comes from the dublin tx plant and I order 2 cases a year as a treat. It has Imperial cane sugar rather than high fructose corn syrup.
If it is dark and doesn't come from a root, I just call it cola.
If I HAD to lump Dr Pepper into a category, I'd say it was more in line with Cherry Coke, at least that's what it always reminded me of.....
Dr. Pepper is composed of Cola, Vanilla and 21 other soda fountain flavors. It's correct designation is "Soda Fountain Beverage".
It is cherry cola.
curly hit the nail on the head....never had prune juice in it, that is pure myth, it is in the cola category, and yes Mr. Pibb is as close to Dr. Pepper as you can get.
Dr. Pepper and Mr. Pibb are similar and I would consider them in their own catagory. If there were only 3 catagories:
Cola - Citrus - Root Beer then Dr. Pepper and Mr. Pibb would certainly fall into the Cola catagory.
By the way, I cannot drink either Dr. Pepper or Mr. Pibb with tasting prune juice - YES I KNOW there isn't any in either but to me they both have that taste.
The best kind! hahaha any way it doesn't really have a category but you could probably lump it under cola. Here's another mystery soda Orange soda.
There are varying stories, but most accounts agree that the name was given to honor Dr. Charles T. Pepper who was said to have concocted the drink. His clerk at the store, Wade Morrison later went to Waco, Texas where he reproduced the drink naming it Dr. Pepper. Some say Morrison created the drink in Texas. After Morrison became the owner of the drug store in Texas, Charles C. Alderton of New York was hired to handle the soda fountain and mixed fruit flavors, finally blending the favorite drink now so popular. Robert Sherman Lazenby (1867-1941) president of DR. Pepper Company for many years is also credited with perfecting the flavor with a blend of 23 fruit flavors. The drink was probably introduced to the public on a regular basis about 1885, was first bottled in 1886. In 1888 it was bottled in Waco, TX by Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company.
My friend who is a Dr. Pepper-aholic, says its cranberry cola.
Cherry cola
I heard raisins or prunes, like one poster already pointed out.