Dr Pepper is my favorite soda. I love its unique flavor!
I used to really love dr. pepper too! I am currently hooked on mt. dew.
Mt. Dew is really good too. It's my son's favorite. Dr Pepper has actually been around one year longer than Coca-Cola! That's hard to believe!
That is hard to believe! Did coca-cola buy the formula? Who created it?
It was formulated by pharmacist Charles Alderton in Waco Texas. It seems like a lot of beverages we drink today were formulated by pharmacists! 
I have noticed that too! I guess people thought they had a lot of heath benifits. Completly opposite to todays understanding. Still yummy though!
It is yummy! I try to stay away from high fructose corn syrup, so I usually drink Diet Dr Pepper. At least I feel like it's a little bit healthier haha!
I wish I had your attitude! I crave full sugar Mt. Dew even though I know it is horrible for me. I wonder if those pharmacists knew the monsters they were creating? haha
at Morrison's soda fountain soon learned of Alderton's new drink and began ordering a "Waco". Alderton gave the formula to Morrison, who named it Dr. Pepper (later stylized as "Dr Pepper").
As with Coca-Cola, the formula for Dr Pepper is a trade secret, and allegedly the recipe is kept as two halves in safe deposit boxes in two separate Dallas banks. A persistent rumor since the 1930s is that the drink contains prune juice, but the official Dr Pepper FAQ refutes this
a "fun" moniker. In some cases, it's become a life or death situation. Here, too, Coca-Cola is not alone in overcoming this challenge. I don't believe it's coincidence that for both Pepsi and Dr. Pepper Snapple (DPS), sales volumes were also down.
The question, though, is how much investors are willing to risk that Coca-Cola can still thrive in a more health-conscious market.
In that regard, I don't believe that Coca-