Who is 7up made by

Chris Barnes, a spokesman for the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group -- the beverage behemoth to which 7-Up was sold in before that, it changed hands from its founder to tobacco giant Philip Morris, interestingly - said Grigg took the secret behind 7-Up's name to the grave.

Barnes said a corporate history book documents the same theory linking the name to the number of ingredients. But he said other theories suggest Grigg was inspired by a cattle rancher's brand. Another tidbit: Grigg apparently wanted to call the soda "Click," but the name was already taken, Barnes said.

News U. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism. Special Projects Highline. HuffPost Personal Video Horoscopes. While this sounds a little crazy, it's not wholly dissimilar from the original Coca-Cola, which used coca leaves in its recipe, the source of cocaine via Business Insider.

In fact, the reason sodas were made with carbonated water is because it was believed to have medicinal properties, so the inclusion of medicine in soda wasn't all that hard to swallow at the time. Sprite, on the other hand, never included a mood stabilizing drug in its formula, and wasn't even invented until Just two years after its formulation in West Germany, Sprite was introduced to the U. It's owned by the Coca-Cola company. They range from the expected — Shirley Temple , Sherbet Punch — to the very unexpected.

Especially if you try the 7UP guacamole. Image from www. First, we need to answer the question: what exactly is it called? Seven Up? Now, how did 7UP get its name? People seem to be even more confused about the origin of its name than they do about its spelling. Grigg had already developed an orange soda called Howdy. Howdy was fairly successful, but failed to seriously challenge market-leader Orange Crush.