Coca Cola, Pepsi Cola, Sprite, 7 Up, Gatorade, Mug Root Beer,
Mountain Dew, Passiona, Solo, and Bundaberg – these are some of the most
popular soft drinks in Australia. Any Australian would be quick to say that
they have at least had a sip of soft drink and loved it. Many Australians are
big fans of soft drinks as almost in every meal, a bottle or can of their
favorite soft drink is consumed. The refreshment a soft drink gives is a
perfect for an Australian hot weather or summer season.
What we see now in the market new-age and state-of-the-art soft
drinks. What we taste now are nowhere what soft drinks tasted like decades and
centuries ago. Soft drinks have long history. These drinks are a product of
years of innovation, imagination, and chemistry. About.com provides an in-depth
timeline of soft drinks’ history.
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1798 The term "soda water"
first coined
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1810 First U.S. patent issued
for the manufacture of imitation mineral waters
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1819 The "soda fountain"
patented by Samuel Fahnestock
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1835 The first bottled soda
water in the U.S
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1850 A manual hand & foot
operated filling & corking device, first used for bottling soda water
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1851 Ginger ale created in
Ireland
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1861 The term "pop"
first coined
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1874 The first ice-cream soda
sold
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1876 Root beer mass produced
for public sale
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1881 The first cola-flavored
beverage introduced
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1885 Charles Aderton invented
"Dr Pepper" in Waco, Texas
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1886 Dr. John S. Pemberton
invented "Coca-Cola" in Atlanta, Georgia
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1892 William Painter invented
the crown bottle cap
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1898 "Pepsi-Cola" is
invented by Caleb Bradham
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1899 The first patent issued
for a glass blowing machine, used to produce glass bottle
·
1913 Gas motored trucks
replaced horse drawn carriages as delivery vehicles
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1919 The American Bottlers of
Carbonated Beverages formed
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1920 The U.S. Census reported
that more than 5,000 bottlers now exist
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Early 1920's The first
automatic vending machines dispensed sodas into cups
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1923 Six-pack soft drink cartons
called "Hom-Paks" created
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1929 The Howdy Company debuted
its new drink "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Sodas" later called
"7 Up". Invented by Charles Leiper Grigg
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1934 Applied color labels first
used on soft drink bottles, the coloring was baked on the face of the bottle
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1952 The first diet soft drink
sold called the "No-Cal Beverage" a gingerale sold by Kirsch
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1957 The first aluminum cans
used
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1959 The first diet cola sold.
·
1962 The pull-ring tab first
marketed by the Pittsburgh Brewing Company of Pittsburgh, PA. The pull-ring tab
was invented by Alcoa
·
1963 The Schlitz Brewing
company introduced the "Pop Top" beer can to the nation in March, invented
by Ermal Fraze of Kettering, Ohio
·
1965 Soft drinks in cans dispensed
from vending machines
·
1965 The resealable top
invented
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1966 The American Bottlers of
Carbonated Beverages renamed The National Soft Drink Association.
·
1970 Plastic bottles are used for
soft drinks
·
1973 The PET (Polyethylene
Terephthalate) bottle created
This timeline continues to
expand and to improve. Indeed, soft drinks continue to evolve and to innovate.
More flavors and fizz are expected to happen since the technology is very much
available. Since industries have perfected the use of blow moulding, creating various plastic
containers. Blow moulding
is just one of the important innovations in the soft drinks industry. Flavor
makers, chemists, and beverage experts are stepping up to provide to consumers
the best-tasting and most refreshing soft drinks, giving the industry an even
brighter future ahead.
