And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, October 14, 2023
Anybody still drink this? Is 7up still even in business?
Pretty sure the 7up brand is owned by Keurig, along with Dr. Pepper and a few other less popular brand pops. Been awhile since I've downed one. It was standard fare when I was sick with the puking flu when I was a kid. I can still hear my mom advising me to just take sips.
Nope, haven't had a "soda" since 2007 when I cut out as much sugar as I possibly could. The diet of the average American includes over 75 pounds of sugar annually.
Formula 7 Up has been reformulated several times since its launch in 1929. In 2006, the version of the product sold in the U.S. was reformulated so it could be marketed as being "100% natural". This was achieved by eliminating the chelating agent calcium disodium EDTA, and replacing sodium citrate with potassium citrate to reduce the beverage's sodium content.[12] This reformulation contains no fruit juice and, in the U.S., is sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). The manufacturing process used in the production of HFCS has led some public health and advocacy groups to challenge the ad campaign's "natural" claims.[13]
In 2007, after the Center for Science in the Public Interest threatened to sue 7 Up, it was announced that 7 Up would stop being marketed as "100% natural". Instead, it is now promoted as having "100% Natural Flavors". The controversy does not extend to other countries, such as the United Kingdom, where HFCS is not generally used in foods, including 7 Up. In 2011, 7 Up began test marketing a formula, called 7 Up Retro, using sugar rather than HFCS. Container labels sport the caption "Made With Real Sugar".
My friend drinks 7-Up Zero and it is available in NC. My great aunt aways soaked her hams in 7-Up. I still do today. Not sure you can still get the old straight stuff.
I had some last week. Mom fed us that when we had an upset stomach. I only drink it when I'm feeling puny.. it'll make me feel a bit better. Kinda like a dog eating grass....
My parents gave me a cold 7 Up when I got seasick for the first time sailing as a kid. To this day I still can't stand it, even the smell. Strangely like tequila...lol.
As a kid I never understood their slogan then, "You Like It, It Likes You!" What does it mean? How can a soda "like you"? Questions with no answers! I never cared for 7-Up, too sweet for me. And I quit drinking Orange Crush after I read the ingredients. What is ester of wood rosin doing in an orange soda? Now Fresca! That's refreshing!
I drank 7Up sometimes in the sixties when I was a kid. I remember when Mountain Dew came out; Yahoo, Mountain Dew! Enough sugar and caffeine to give you heart palpitations.
Pretty sure the 7up brand is owned by Keurig, along with Dr. Pepper and a few other less popular brand pops. Been awhile since I've downed one. It was standard fare when I was sick with the puking flu when I was a kid. I can still hear my mom advising me to just take sips.
ReplyDeleteWell now, that's a memory there! Not great but recalling my Mom saying that is good. If she was still with us, I'd thank her.
DeleteYour mom sounds cool. Ours would make us drink ginger ale when we were sick.
DeleteYep, stale ginger ale.
DeleteThose were the days……. 😅
DeleteYep, just bought a couple sixers on sale along with some RC.
ReplyDeleteAlbertsons in Texarkana only place that has it around here.
ReplyDeleteNope, haven't had a "soda" since 2007 when I cut out as much sugar as I possibly could. The diet of the average American includes over 75 pounds of sugar annually.
ReplyDeleteYuck!
Same here. I stopped doing soda waters more'n 15 years ago. Don't miss em at all.
DeleteOnly the fat fucks eat 75 lbs of anything
DeleteFormula
Delete7 Up has been reformulated several times since its launch in 1929. In 2006, the version of the product sold in the U.S. was reformulated so it could be marketed as being "100% natural". This was achieved by eliminating the chelating agent calcium disodium EDTA, and replacing sodium citrate with potassium citrate to reduce the beverage's sodium content.[12] This reformulation contains no fruit juice and, in the U.S., is sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). The manufacturing process used in the production of HFCS has led some public health and advocacy groups to challenge the ad campaign's "natural" claims.[13]
In 2007, after the Center for Science in the Public Interest threatened to sue 7 Up, it was announced that 7 Up would stop being marketed as "100% natural". Instead, it is now promoted as having "100% Natural Flavors". The controversy does not extend to other countries, such as the United Kingdom, where HFCS is not generally used in foods, including 7 Up. In 2011, 7 Up began test marketing a formula, called 7 Up Retro, using sugar rather than HFCS. Container labels sport the caption "Made With Real Sugar".
My friend drinks 7-Up Zero and it is available in NC. My great aunt aways soaked her hams in 7-Up. I still do today. Not sure you can still get the old straight stuff.
ReplyDeleteHell yes! What planet do you live on?
ReplyDeleteI had some last week. Mom fed us that when we had an upset stomach. I only drink it when I'm feeling puny.. it'll make me feel a bit better. Kinda like a dog eating grass....
ReplyDeleteVeerrryy puny, Nony.
DeleteMy parents gave me a cold 7 Up when I got seasick for the first time sailing as a kid. To this day I still can't stand it, even the smell. Strangely like tequila...lol.
ReplyDeleteDo bar patrons still order a Seven-and-Seven highball?
ReplyDeleteYup!!! If only it was like it used to be. Real sugar…
Delete7&7s (Seven up & Segrams 7) were the fashionable adult beverages when I was socializing in the early 1960s
ReplyDeleteBack in the 60s, I recall my dad holding up a bottle of 7-up that had a mouse in it.
ReplyDeleteThe name is still live, but the product as a polluted obesity-inducing shell of its former self. Like all other sodas practically… Hard pass.
ReplyDeleteIt was sometimes known as doctors soda in southern Arkansas back in the early 60s.
ReplyDeleteGrandfather kept a glass bottle of 7Up in the fridge and would drink straight from it. Ticked off grandma to no end. Great times.
ReplyDeleteIt's still huge Mason Dixon line south....
ReplyDeleteAs a kid I never understood their slogan then, "You Like It, It Likes You!" What does it mean? How can a soda "like you"? Questions with no answers! I never cared for 7-Up, too sweet for me. And I quit drinking Orange Crush after I read the ingredients. What is ester of wood rosin doing in an orange soda? Now Fresca! That's refreshing!
ReplyDeleteI drank 7Up sometimes in the sixties when I was a kid. I remember when Mountain Dew came out; Yahoo, Mountain Dew! Enough sugar and caffeine to give you heart palpitations.
ReplyDeletedon't taste nothing like it did in the 60's ! aint worth a hoot.
ReplyDeleteWhat about it's 1960s competitor, Upper 10? Drank 'em both, long before Sprite was a thing...
ReplyDeleteHow about Wink and Squirt, two soft drinks that mixed well with vodka. Or gin.
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