Dr. Pepper

Factual Questions
1

I have looked throughout all of creation (maybe not all of it but a good bit) and have not been able to find the answer to these questions.

  1. Is it true that Dr. Pepper was the only drink to retain its sugar rights during WW2? If so how did they do it?

  2. Are they still making this formula? Although on the package it says that they now use fructose corn syrup, I have heard rumors that one can still get the original sugar formulated drink from the Mid-West.

2

Try one of the “Big Sscrets” books. They almost are as good as Cecils. In 1 there is a lengthy article about the “secret formula”.
Note, NO PRUNE JUICE!

3

I don’t know if they were the only one. They claimed health/productivity benefits from drinking it to get a burst of energy.

I think they used 10-12-2 as a slogan for the times you should drink it.

4

Starfish,
That’s 10, 2 and 4. Those were the hours your supposed to drink it. And it’s the origin of the poker game Dr. Pepper; five card draw with 2’s, 4’s & 10’s wild. It’s the only poker game I know of where five of a kind below an 8 is not a guaranteed winner.

5

It’s Dr Pepper. There is no period after the Dr

6

As far as I know, the only bottling plant still using pure cane sugar is the Dr Pepper plant in Dublin, Texas, about 1-2 hours from the Dallas Fort Worth area. Folks in this area go out of their way to get their Dr Pepper from there.

7

I don’t know the answer to the first question in the OP, but I can help out with the second:

The only Dr Pepper bottler that still uses pure cane sugar (as per the original formula) rather than high-fructose corn syrup is the one in Dublin, Texas (pronounced “Double-In”). In fact, I’ve got six returnable bottles from Dublin sitting in my office right now–if you make it out that way, could’ja return 'em for me?

And, lest we forget, before the David Koresh thing, Waco, Texas was better known for being the home of Dr Pepper. Drop by the Dr Pepper Museum in downtown Waco if you’re ever passing through!

(…says a former Waco resident who always meant to visit the museum, but was sure that he could do it “later”…)

8

Damn! I missed the Dublin scoop… that’s what I get for typing in unsolicited Dr Pepper trivia instead of getting to the point.

But, while I’m at it…

Dr Pepper is also the “official soft drink” of Baylor University in Waco. While I was in residence there, the deal went down, out went the Coke machines, and in came the Dr Pepper machines. At least our Big-12 Bottom-dwelling football team had nice, new jerseys.

9

Okay, my 90 year old father was a cost accoutant at the Dr Pepper plant in Dallas for quite a few years. I think have heard him say that Dr Pepper did keep their alcohol allotment but I am not 100% positive.
I have sent my sister an email, and have asked her to ask our father. He is very deaf so phone calls don’t avail much. If my sister obliges and if my father remembers, maybe I can answer in a day or two, unless someone beats me to it.

Crystalguy

10

I don’t know how the hell I turned “sugar” into “alcohol.” I did say “sugar” in my email to my sister.
Well, it is close to 5:00 PM and the sun is over the yardarm, so maybe it was just wishful thinking.

Crystalguy

11

I’ve never tasted Dr Pepper. Is it any good?

12

I don’t drink much soda, but I like it. It’s not bad for a soda. What I find strange is the large number (okay, maybe about 6 or 8) of people that I’ve known that are hopelessly attached to it, to the exclusion of all other caffinated beverages, whether coffee, tea, or some other brand of soda.

13

I was one of those Dr Pepper addicts till a bout with pneumonia in January. I tried to drink some while I was sick, made myself even more miserable, and now I can’t stomach it at all. I can’t even use my Dr Pepper “flavoured” lip gloss anymore. For me, a lot of the addiction stemmed from the fact that rarely do you get a bad Dr Pepper. Bad Cokes are EASY to find, either fountain or out of the can/bottle. Stick with what works, you know?

14

In my fridge, at this very moment, is the last remaining bottle of a six-pack of Dr Pepper made with pure cane sugar. A friend of mine picked it up for me when she went to east Texas. The glass bottles have a little “Imperial Sugar” logo painted on them. Mmmm, good stuff. The sugar gives it a much sharper, cleaner taste.