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'''Big Red''' is a [[soft drink]] created in 1937 by [[Grover C. Thomsen]] and R.H. Roark in [[Waco, Texas]]<ref name="TXMonthly">Patoski, Joe Nick. [http://www.texasmonthly.com/ranch/readme/bigred.php "Big Red"], Texas Monthly, 1989. Accessed February 14, 2008.</ref> and originally known as '''Sun Tang Red Cream Soda'''. It is generally classified as an American variety of [[cream soda]], and it is the original "red cream soda." The name was changed to "Sun Tang Big Red Cream Soda" in 1959,<ref name="Name">[http://www.bigred.com/history Big Red Corporate History]</ref> and to "Big Red" in 1969<ref name="Name"/> by Harold Jansing, then president of the [[San Antonio]] bottling plant, after hearing a [[golf]] caddy refer to the soda by that name.<ref name="Todd">Todd, Heather. [http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/eating-drinking-places-eating/4130867-1.html "Seeing Red"]. Beverage World, September 15, 2004. Accessed February 14, 2008</ref> |
'''Big Red''' is a [[soft drink]] created in 1937 by [[Grover C. Thomsen]] and R.H. Roark in [[Waco, Texas]]<ref name="TXMonthly">Patoski, Joe Nick. [http://www.texasmonthly.com/ranch/readme/bigred.php "Big Red"], Texas Monthly, 1989. Accessed February 14, 2008.</ref> and originally known as '''Sun Tang Red Cream Soda'''. It is generally classified as an American variety of [[cream soda]], and it is the original "red cream soda." The name was changed to "Sun Tang Big Red Cream Soda" in 1959,<ref name="Name">[http://www.bigred.com/history Big Red Corporate History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090827021106/http://www.bigred.com/history |date=2009-08-27 }}</ref> and to "Big Red" in 1969<ref name="Name"/> by Harold Jansing, then president of the [[San Antonio]] bottling plant, after hearing a [[golf]] caddy refer to the soda by that name.<ref name="Todd">Todd, Heather. [http://www.allbusiness.com/retail-trade/eating-drinking-places-eating/4130867-1.html "Seeing Red"]. Beverage World, September 15, 2004. Accessed February 14, 2008</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Until the late 1970s, Big Red was marketed exclusively in Central and South Texas and around [[Louisville, Kentucky]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/texas-primer-big-red|title =Texas Primer: Big Red|work=Texas Monthly}}</ref> including parts of Southern Indiana. The drink is highly popular in the [[Southern United States]] and is well known for its unique taste and red color.<ref name="LP">[http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bluelist/index.cfm?fa=main.viewList&list_id=4569 "Texas Food - Best of the Best"], Lonely Planet Blue List, February 26, 2006. Accessed February 14, 2008</ref> Its unique taste, though often thought to be bubble gum, is created by mixing orange and lemon oils with the traditional vanilla used in other cream sodas.<ref name="TXMonthly"/> Big Red is produced and distributed by various independent soft drink bottlers including [[Dr Pepper Snapple Group]], CCE, and Pepsi Bottling Group under license from Big Red, Inc., based in [[Austin, Texas]]. |
Until the late 1970s, Big Red was marketed exclusively in Central and South Texas and around [[Louisville, Kentucky]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/texas-primer-big-red|title =Texas Primer: Big Red|work=Texas Monthly}}</ref> including parts of Southern Indiana. The drink is highly popular in the [[Southern United States]] and is well known for its unique taste and red color.<ref name="LP">[http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bluelist/index.cfm?fa=main.viewList&list_id=4569 "Texas Food - Best of the Best"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630144720/http://www.lonelyplanet.com/bluelist/index.cfm?fa=main.viewList&list_id=4569 |date=2007-06-30 }}, Lonely Planet Blue List, February 26, 2006. Accessed February 14, 2008</ref> Its unique taste, though often thought to be bubble gum, is created by mixing orange and lemon oils with the traditional vanilla used in other cream sodas.<ref name="TXMonthly"/> Big Red is produced and distributed by various independent soft drink bottlers including [[Dr Pepper Snapple Group]], CCE, and Pepsi Bottling Group under license from Big Red, Inc., based in [[Austin, Texas]]. |
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Big Red was the sixth-highest selling soft drink company in the United States from 2002–2004, after [[Coca-Cola]], [[Pepsi]], [[Dr Pepper/Seven Up|Dr Pepper/7Up]], [[Cott]], and [[National Beverage|National Beverage Company]].<ref name="Todd"/><ref name="Coke Stretches Lead Over Pepsi">Food and Drink Europe, February 25, 2003. [http://www.foodanddrinkeurope.com/news/ng.asp?id=17003-coke-stretches-lead "Coke Stretches Lead Over Pepsi"]</ref> As a preeminent red creme soda in the [[Southern United States|South]], it is a staple of many [[Juneteenth]] celebrations.<ref name="NPR">Bates, Karen Grigsby. [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11185556 "Red Sodas Are a Mainstay at Texas Celebrations"]. National Public Radio, ''Day to Day'', June 19, 2007. Accessed February 14, 2008</ref><ref name="Moskin">Moskin, Julia. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501E5DB1739F93BA25755C0A9629C8B63 "Late to Freedom's Party"]. New York Times, June 18, 2004. Accessed February 14, 2008</ref> |
Big Red was the sixth-highest selling soft drink company in the United States from 2002–2004, after [[Coca-Cola]], [[Pepsi]], [[Dr Pepper/Seven Up|Dr Pepper/7Up]], [[Cott]], and [[National Beverage|National Beverage Company]].<ref name="Todd"/><ref name="Coke Stretches Lead Over Pepsi">Food and Drink Europe, February 25, 2003. [http://www.foodanddrinkeurope.com/news/ng.asp?id=17003-coke-stretches-lead "Coke Stretches Lead Over Pepsi"]</ref> As a preeminent red creme soda in the [[Southern United States|South]], it is a staple of many [[Juneteenth]] celebrations.<ref name="NPR">Bates, Karen Grigsby. [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11185556 "Red Sodas Are a Mainstay at Texas Celebrations"]. National Public Radio, ''Day to Day'', June 19, 2007. Accessed February 14, 2008</ref><ref name="Moskin">Moskin, Julia. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9501E5DB1739F93BA25755C0A9629C8B63 "Late to Freedom's Party"]. New York Times, June 18, 2004. Accessed February 14, 2008</ref> |
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[[Carbonated water]], [[high fructose corn syrup]], natural and artificial flavor, [[Red 40|red #40]], [[citric acid]], and [[caffeine]].<ref>[http://www.dietfacts.com/html/nutrition-facts/big-red-red-soda-24445.htm DietFacts.com: Big Red Soda]</ref> |
[[Carbonated water]], [[high fructose corn syrup]], natural and artificial flavor, [[Red 40|red #40]], [[citric acid]], and [[caffeine]].<ref>[http://www.dietfacts.com/html/nutrition-facts/big-red-red-soda-24445.htm DietFacts.com: Big Red Soda]</ref> |
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The [[diet soda|diet]] version, Big Red Zero, is sweetened with [[sucralose]], [[aspartame]], and [[acesulfame]] in place of corn syrup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bigred.com/Products# |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-02-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127103613/http://www.bigred.com |
The [[diet soda|diet]] version, Big Red Zero, is sweetened with [[sucralose]], [[aspartame]], and [[acesulfame]] in place of corn syrup.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bigred.com/Products# |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-02-07 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127103613/http://www.bigred.com/Products |archivedate=2013-01-27 |df= }}</ref> |
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==Flavors== |
==Flavors== |
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Revision as of 00:03, 20 July 2017
Big Red is a soft drink created in 1937 by Grover C. Thomsen and R.H. Roark in Waco, Texas[1] and originally known as Sun Tang Red Cream Soda. It is generally classified as an American variety of cream soda, and it is the original "red cream soda." The name was changed to "Sun Tang Big Red Cream Soda" in 1959,[2] and to "Big Red" in 1969[2] by Harold Jansing, then president of the San Antonio bottling plant, after hearing a golf caddy refer to the soda by that name.[3]
History
Until the late 1970s, Big Red was marketed exclusively in Central and South Texas and around Louisville, Kentucky,[4] including parts of Southern Indiana. The drink is highly popular in the Southern United States and is well known for its unique taste and red color.[5] Its unique taste, though often thought to be bubble gum, is created by mixing orange and lemon oils with the traditional vanilla used in other cream sodas.[1] Big Red is produced and distributed by various independent soft drink bottlers including Dr Pepper Snapple Group, CCE, and Pepsi Bottling Group under license from Big Red, Inc., based in Austin, Texas.
Big Red was the sixth-highest selling soft drink company in the United States from 2002–2004, after Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Dr Pepper/7Up, Cott, and National Beverage Company.[3][6] As a preeminent red creme soda in the South, it is a staple of many Juneteenth celebrations.[7][8]
In 2007, Big Red Ltd. was purchased by Gary Smith with the backing from Citigroup Venture Capital and Goldman Sachs. Gary Smith now serves as the Chairman and CEO of Big Red and All Sport, Inc. In 2008, Dr Pepper Snapple Group purchased a minority interest in Big Red, Inc. Dr Pepper distributes almost 80% of the product that Big Red sells annually.[9] Although the production facility is still in Waco, Texas, Big Red relocated their corporate headquarters to Austin, Texas in 2009.
Ingredients
Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, natural and artificial flavor, red #40, citric acid, and caffeine.[10]
The diet version, Big Red Zero, is sweetened with sucralose, aspartame, and acesulfame in place of corn syrup.[11]
Flavors
Current
- Big Red
- Big Red Zero (Formerly Diet Big Red)
- Retro Big Red (sweetened with cane sugar rather than high fructose corn syrup)
Current, limited availability
- Big Red Vanilla Float
- Big Honey Lemonade
- Big Blue
- Big Pineapple
- Big Peach
- Big Manzana (Apple Flavored)
Former
- Sugar Free Big Red Vanilla Float
- Big Punch Fruit Punch
- Big Orange
See also
References
- ^ a b Patoski, Joe Nick. "Big Red", Texas Monthly, 1989. Accessed February 14, 2008.
- ^ a b Big Red Corporate History Archived 2009-08-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Todd, Heather. "Seeing Red". Beverage World, September 15, 2004. Accessed February 14, 2008
- ^ "Texas Primer: Big Red". Texas Monthly.
- ^ "Texas Food - Best of the Best" Archived 2007-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, Lonely Planet Blue List, February 26, 2006. Accessed February 14, 2008
- ^ Food and Drink Europe, February 25, 2003. "Coke Stretches Lead Over Pepsi"
- ^ Bates, Karen Grigsby. "Red Sodas Are a Mainstay at Texas Celebrations". National Public Radio, Day to Day, June 19, 2007. Accessed February 14, 2008
- ^ Moskin, Julia. "Late to Freedom's Party". New York Times, June 18, 2004. Accessed February 14, 2008
- ^ "A dead link about Dr. Pepper distributing Big Red".[dead link]
- ^ DietFacts.com: Big Red Soda
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
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