What's in Dr Pepper?!
What's in Dr Pepper?
I heard the flavor was based on plum wine.
Answers:
If it was based on plum wine then it was a really bad batch of the stuff.
Personally I can't stand Dr. Pepper as it tasted like liquid maraschino cherries the first time I tried it and I haven't had the urge to try it again. But I have had plum wine (both the Chinese and Japanese varieties) and can say that they taste a lot better.
The formula for Dr Pepper is proprietary, but prune juice is definitely not one of the ingredients. It is a blend of many spices and flavor extracts. The color is supplied by caramel especially made for the product.
So, the question remains unsolved, but at least some of the conjecture can be put to rest. Looks like you'll just have to be satisfied knowing that "Dr Pepper makes the world taste better."
No prunes, no plum wine...
The recipe is supposedly in 2 parts, and no one knows both parts, so the recipe can never be duplicated.
"In 1885, in Waco, Texas, a young pharmacist called Charles Alderton invented the soft drink "Dr Pepper".
Alderton worked at a place called Morrison's Old Corner Drug Store and carbonated drinks were served at the soda fountain. Alderton invented his own recipes for soft drinks and found one of his drinks was becoming very popular. His customers originally asked for the drink by asking Alderton to shoot them a "Waco".
Morrison, owner of the drug store is credited with naming the drink "Dr Pepper" after a friend of his, Dr. Charles Pepper.
In 1904, the company introduced Dr Pepper to 20 million people attending the 1904, World's Fair Exposition, in St. Louis. That same world's fair introduced hamburger and hot dog buns and ice cream cones to the public."
http://inventors.about.com/library/inven...
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