Week of October 17 – Soda

The Coca Cola Company purchases more sugar than any other company.

40% of one to two year olds drink an average of 9 ounces of soft drinks per day.

“Mountain Dew” is an old Slang term for Moonshine (bootleg whiskey).

Moxie s a carbonated soft drink created by, a pharmacist, Augustin Thompson in 1876 in Lowell, Massachusetts.  It outsold Coca Cola until the 1920s.

There are (or were) seven ingredients in 7up and the original bottle was seven ounces.