The Pros:Widely available- can get one pretty much anywhere. Refreshing on a hot summer day. A little less sweet when compared to other pop's.
The Cons:Contains too much sugar. High calorie count.
The soft drink 7 Up was originally launched in 1929 in St Louis, 2 weeks before the crash of the stock market that caused the Great Depression in the 30's. It originally contained lithium citrate, which explains its popularity during such a difficult time for the American populace.
Lithium was removed in 1950. Sprite, 7 Up's main competitor, wasn't launched until 1961 and took more than 20 years and some undercutting by Coke (Coke forced its bottlers to drop 7-Up) to surpass its popularity.
7 Up changed their formula for only the third time in 2006 removing all artificial flavors and making it 100% natural. However, because the drink still contained high fructose corn syrup (a manufactured chemical) they were forced to change the tagline to 100% natural flavors.
Ingredients: filtered carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, natural flavors, natural citric acid and natural potassium citrate.
Nutritional Information
- Energy: 100 calories
- Total Fat: 0 g
- Protein: 0 g
- Sodium: 25 mg
- Total Carbs: 26 g (sugars 25 g)
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Widely available- can get one pretty much anywhere
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Refreshing on a hot summer day
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A little less sweet when compared to other pop's
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Amanie:
#7_up Yeah, I don't think 7-up is a pick me up at all, I find it too sweet though. They should cut the sugar by like 2/3 or more.
Apr 9, 07
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sinui:
#7_up my mate drinks 7-up when hes dizzy (hes diabetic) or needs a fix...wont wake me up though, might as well drink some water....good for the cinima though.
Apr 5, 07
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dakalvia:
#7_up f'ya! As per comedian Mitch Hedberg, I have been making my own "homemade 7-Up"....just get some ice water and add lemon and lime. So refreshing......i'm not joking i drink a litre of this stuff a day. you could add sugar, but that would be silly.
Mar 23, 07
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Erik:
#7_up Haven't tried the new "natural" stuff yet. Two suggestions to Cadbury Schwepps: 1) drop the high fructose corn syrup, 2) bring back the lithium.
Mar 23, 07
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