The Cola Wars
This massive beverage company famously introduced a "New" formula in 1985, sparking huge public backlash before reverting to its classic recipe
Coca-Cola
This bright green, highly caffeinated citrus drink urges soda fans to "Do the Dew."
Mountain Dew
This famous root beer brand features a cartoon bear mascot named Root Bear and is well known for its restaurant drive-ins
A&W Root Beer
This clear lemon-lime soda spent years using the famous, ungrammatical marketing tagline "Make 7Up Yours."
7Up
This is the standard term used to describe the large dispenser machines in fast-food lobbies where customers mix their own drinks
Soda Fountain
This dark, spiced-cherry flavored soda was created in Waco, Texas, in 1885, making it older than Coca-Cola
Dr Pepper
This classic, crisp lemon-lime beverage is Coca-Cola's primary competitor to 7Up
Sprite
This sharp, bite-heavy root beer brand uses a classic silver and red label and famously declares that it "has bite."
Barq's
This low-calorie drink introduced the incredibly catchy, rhyming 1970s jingle: "Just for the taste of it..."
Diet Coke
This high-tech Coca-Cola touch-screen dispenser allows users to mix over 100 different drink and flavor variations in a single station
Coca-Cola Freestyle
In 1992, this brand introduced a clear, caffeine-free alternative cola that became a famous 90s flop despite a massive Super Bowl ad campaign
Crystal Pepsi
This colorful brand, famous for its vibrant fruit flavors, had a catchy 2000s commercial campaign featuring a group of spokeswomen called "The Fantanas."
Fanta
This cream soda and root beer brand uses an old-fashioned brown glass bottle and is heavily associated with casual American backyard barbecues
IBC
This unique ginger ale brand bases its entire identity on its geographic origins, calling itself "The Champagne of Ginger Ales."
Canada Dry
This specific regional chain merchant brand, known as "Big K," is the private label soda found exclusively on the shelves of Kroger-family grocery stores
Kroger
This classic cola brand uses a red, white, and blue circular logo known officially as the "Globe."
Pepsi
This ruby-red, grapefruit-flavored soda created by the Dr Pepper Snapple Group shares its name with a fast-running desert bird
Squirt
This uniquely spiced herbal soda, originally created in Germany in 1931, uses a distinct blend of citrus and herbal flavors, often described as a cola-orange mix
Mezzo Mix (or Spezi)
This orange soda brand used a hilarious 90s Nickelodeon-era running gag where a character obsessed over it, asking "Who loves orange soda?"
Kel Mitchell / Sunkist / Kel Loves Orange Soda (Acceptable context for Crush/Sunkist)
This is the dynamic, dark brown liquid concentrate that is mixed with carbonated water inside traditional commercial soda dispensers
Soda Syrup (or Bag-in-Box syrup)
This premium cola brand, famous for its distinct retro glass bottles and real cane sugar, originated in Mexico and became a massive hit in the US
Mexicoke (or Mexican Coke)
This citrus brand, originally marketed as a mixer for whiskey, uses the tagline "The Original Radiated Citrus Soda" and features an intense yellow-green color
Mello Yello
This regional, highly caffeinated cherry-citrus soda has a massive cult following in the American South and was invented in Tennessee in the 1940s
Sun Drop
This carbonated water brand uses a simple name that translates to "The Cross" in French, dominating the modern sparkling water craze with flavors like Pamplemousse
LaCroix
This specific gas is compressed and dissolved into water under high pressure to give sodas their signature bubbles and fizz
Carbon Dioxide (or CO2)