Friday, September 25, 2015

Who's Brad?

I am pretty sure somewhere in my mental archives I knew Pepsi was first called Brad's Drink,but I didn't know who Brad was. Brad was the pharmacist who invented Pepsi,except his name was Caleb Bradham so the Brad part was not the first name of the inventor. Caleb set out in 1893 to make a drink free of stimulants,the original formula didn't even contain caffeine. In 1898 Brad's Drink became Pepsi-Cola because Caleb believed it was a healthy drink that aided digestion and the drink is still known by that name today although the name was shortened to Pepsi in 1961. Another interesting tidbit,the phrase "more bounce for the ounce" was coined for a Pepsi slogan in 1950 and later adapted by the military to "bigger bang for your buck".

A bigger bang for your buck
Pepsi was originally called "Brad's Drink"

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