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===North America===
===North America===
====Canada====
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The first patent for Cream Soda was granted in Canada to James William Black of [[Berwick, Nova Scotia]] on July 5, 1886. The recipe had whipped egg whites, sugar, lime juice, lemons, citric acid, flavoring, and bicarbonate of soda.<ref>Mario Theriault, ''Great Maritime Inventions 1833-1950'', Goose Lane, 2001, p. 19</ref> Today, [[Canada|Canadian]] cream soda is often pink and has a unique taste somewhat reminiscent of [[grenadine]]. But clear versions of cream soda can also be found in Canada. In [[Quebec]], pink cream soda is very rare or non-existent.
The first patent for Cream Soda was granted in Canada to James William Black of [[Berwick, Nova Scotia]] on July 5, 1886. The recipe had whipped egg whites, sugar, lime juice, lemons, citric acid, flavoring, and bicarbonate of soda.<ref>Mario Theriault, ''Great Maritime Inventions 1833-1950'', Goose Lane, 2001, p. 19</ref> Today, [[Canada|Canadian]] cream soda is often pink and has a unique taste somewhat reminiscent of [[grenadine]]. Clear versions of cream soda can also be found in Canada. In [[Quebec]], pink cream soda is very rare or non-existent.


Brands include:
Brands include:

Revision as of 19:20, 13 March 2010

For other uses, see Cream soda (disambiguation).
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3 litre cream soda from Ireland

Cream soda is a sweet carbonated soft drink. It varies from country to country, but its most usual property is its vanilla flavoring. Its name originated, at least in the United Kingdom, from "ice cream soda" as it was traditionally served with a dollop of ice cream floating in it.


International variations

A can of Jones cream soda

North America

Canada

The first patent for Cream Soda was granted in Canada to James William Black of Berwick, Nova Scotia on July 5, 1886. The recipe had whipped egg whites, sugar, lime juice, lemons, citric acid, flavoring, and bicarbonate of soda.[1] Today, Canadian cream soda is often pink and has a unique taste somewhat reminiscent of grenadine. Clear versions of cream soda can also be found in Canada. In Quebec, pink cream soda is very rare or non-existent.

Brands include:

Canada also receives some US imports.

United States

The first patent for cream soda in the United States was granted to Francis John Higgins in Chicago.[when?] He later sold his company to Hires Root Beer, who wanted his recipe for cream soda. In the U.S. market, cream soda is often clear or colored light brown and vanilla-flavored, but pink, red, and blue are also relatively common. In addition, in some places in the U.S. where the drink is made on location, especially in cafes, cream soda consists of soda water, vanilla syrup, and cream or half and half.

Popular brands include:

Caribbean and Latin America

Cream soda is usually served as a "red pop", particularly Fanta's Red Cream Soda.

Oceania

Australia

In Australia, cream soda is generally known as creamy soda, creaming soda or red creaming soda by current manufacturers, and is pink, red or brown. Less commonly, there is a bright yellow type of creamy soda, an example of which is produced by Crows Nest Soft Drinks, or Hartz. The most common manufacturer of creamy soda in Australia is arguably Kirks or River Port, a soft drink manufacturer with a variety of other products. As of 2005, Kirks creamy soda is made and distributed by Coca Cola. Up until the mid 1990s, Kirks also produced Snow Cap, which was essentially the vanilla flavored brown version of the drink. The name "Snow Cap" was created to differentiate the pink and brown versions of the drink. Snow Cap is no longer produced. Cadbury Schweppes market Creaming Soda as part of their 'Schweppes Traditional' line of soft drinks. Until recently it was deep red in all states except Victoria where it was brown, but now both varieties are offered. South Australian soft drink manufacturer Woodroofe produces "Sno-Top", a brown creamy soda drink. A second South Australian soft drink and cordial manufacturer Bickford's markets a deep red colored creamy soda.[3] Golden Circle is also a popular brand of creamy soda.

New Zealand

This is known as Creaming soda, Ice cream soda, Chill drink or cream soda, though the flavor changes are negligible. It is usually a bright yellow color or a white opaque. It is one of the many flavors sold by Foxton Fizz. It is also one of the many carbonated drink-flavors offered by Golden Circle.

Europe

Another variety is one referred to as Italian cream soda. This is usually a mixture of carbonated water and Half and half or cream combined with vanilla syrup. Ratios vary widely, but the taste is usually that of sweetened, flavored milk.

United Kingdom

In the UK, cream soda was traditionally served with a dessert-spoonful of vanilla ice cream floating on the top, but this has now become a rarity in recent years. It is vanilla-flavored, slightly glutinous and has a uniquely thick, "soft" and long-lasting foam. A.G. Barr, Ben Shaw (a Cott) brand and DG Jamaica manufacture their own brands of cream soda, and most supermarkets sell it under their respective own brands. Pakola, a Pakistani brand of ice cream soda, is available in most Asian retailers.

Netherlands

Has only one brand called Frizz and is caramel-colored.

Asia

In Japan, "cream soda" is a term used for an ice cream float made with melon-flavored soda topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

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Schweppes Cream Soda

In Hong Kong, the Swire Coca Cola Company markets a yellow Schweppes Cream Soda. Some people enjoy Cream Soda in a 1:1 ratio with fresh milk.

In India, two brands of cream soda are Cottons and Bijoli. Pakistan's popular brand is Pakola Ice Cream Soda ([باكولا] Error: {{Lang}}: unrecognized language tag: Urdu (help), Bākōlā), which is green in color. In Malaysia the F&N or Fraser and Neave brand makes a clear Ice Cream Soda.

In Sri Lanka, Elephant Brand Cream Soda is considered to be a very popular soft drink. Meanwhile Coca-Cola Beverages Sri Lanka launched their newest flavor "Fanta Cream Soda" in July 2009.

Hale's Blue Boy Cream Soda Syrup

In Thailand, Hale's Trading produces Hale's Blue Boy Brand Cream Soda Flavoured Syrup. A green colored rose/floral flavored cordial. This is mixed 1 part to 4 parts water/soda water to get a cream soda drink, very similar to the South African Creme Soda. Or used as a flavoring in their shaved iced deserts. This syrup is sold world-wide in some Asian food stores.

PepsiCo's division in Thailand produces a green cream flavored soda under their brand name Mirinda.

Africa

Sparletta Creme Soda

In South Africa and Zimbabwe, Cream soda is sold under the label Sparletta Creme Soda, a product of the Coca-Cola company. It is green in color, however unlike other cream sodas, it is not a predominantly vanilla taste, it is a rose/floral taste and is highly sweetened. It is very similar in flavor to the Thai Hale's Blue Boy Brand Cream Soda Syrup.

In South Africa, Creme Soda is often referred to as the "Green Ambulance" (predominantly by students) as it is believed to assist with hangovers. They also use Creme Soda as a mixer with spirit cane (an inexpensive beverage made from the fermentation of sugarcane). This is commonly known as a "John Deer" or "Cane Train". Spirit cane is used due its ability to go relatively unnoticed therefore allowing for complete inebriation while enjoying the delicious mysterious taste of South African creme soda.

References

  1. ^ Mario Theriault, Great Maritime Inventions 1833-1950, Goose Lane, 2001, p. 19
  2. ^ http://www.rootbeer.com/flavors/cream_soda.aspx, referenced August 26, 2008
  3. ^ http://www.bickfords.net/products/prod_old_style.html
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