Everything about Big Red Drink totally explained
Big Red is a
soft drink that was created by
Grover C. Thomsen and R.H. Roark in
Waco, Texas (
1937). Originally, it was known as "Sun Tang Red Cream Soda." It is generally considered to be one of many American varieties of
cream soda, and is the original "red cream soda". The name was changed to "Big Red" in the late 1950s by Harold Jansing, then president of the San Antonio bottling plant after hearing a golf caddy refer to the soda by that name. Until the late seventies it was marketed exclusively in Central and South Texas and around
Louisville, Kentucky.
(External Link
) The drink is highly popular in the
Southern United States and is well known for its unique taste and red color. 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. It is produced and distributed by various independent soft drink bottlers including
Cadbury Schweppes Bottling Group, CCE, and Pepsi Bottling Group under license from Big Red, Inc., based in Waco, Texas. Several other red drinks have tried to gain market such as Mountain Dew's Code Red but have frequently failed to gain the same popularity as Big Red.
Big Red was the sixth-highest selling soft drink brand in the United States in
2002,
2003, and
2004, after
Coca-Cola,
Pepsi,
Diet Coke,
Mountain Dew, and
Sprite. As the preeminent red creme soda in the southwest, it's a staple of many
Juneteenth celebrations.
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 & CEO of Big Red and All Sport, Inc.
Fame and Popularity
Big Red is distributed in 43 states and in
Tahiti. With cigarettes, it's purportedly one of
John Cougar Mellencamp's two vices, a favorite of
Sammy Davis, Jr., and
Joe Tex sang about it in his "Men Are Gettin' Scarce" song.
NBA star
Karl Malone is also a fan of the soda, having grown up on it in
Louisiana. Singer
Doug Sahm posed with a bottle of Big Red on the cover of the
Sir Douglas Quintet's album "The Return of Doug Saldaña". It appears in the 2007 film
Death Proof, where
Mary Elizabeth Winstead's character Lee is seen drinking it and the drink is later seen in a gas station convenience store.
Ingredients
INGREDIENTS:
Carbonated water,
High fructose corn syrup, natural and artificial flavor,
red #40,
Citric acid, and
Caffeine.
Flavors
- Big Red
- Diet Big Red
- Caffeine Free Diet Big Red
- Big Red Vanilla Float
- Sugar Free Big Red Vanilla Float
- Big Peach
- Big Pineapple
Further Information
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