'''Pepsi''' is a [[carbonated]], caffeinated cola-based soft drink manufactured by Pepsi Co,Inc. It is made out of carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, caffeine, sugar, phosphoric acid, citric, coloring, artificial flavors, natural flavors and cola. It was invented by a pharmacist named Caleb Bradham in the early 1890s in New Bern, North Carolina. Bradham was operating a pharmacy and he invented the drink as a refreshment for his customers. It was originally called "Brad's drink" but Bradham changed the name to Pepsi in 1898. He called it Pepsi , after the enzyme pepsin.<br> Bradham's original form of Pepsi was made of sugar, carbonated water, vanilla, kola nuts, and rare oils.
Even though pepsin was not in Pepsi , they both helped the stomach to digest hard -to -digest foods because of their acidity and could therefore help calm an upset or sick stomach, which was why Bradham named Pepsi after pepsin. Pepsi was trademarked in June 1903. Pepsi-Cola Company also owns some non-caffeinated and non-soft drink businesses. It owns Gatorade, Quaker Oatmeal, and Tropicana, an orange juice company.<br>
The Pepsi-Cola Company distributes the soft drink mountain dew, which is a lemon-lime cola free soft drink with a very high amount of [[sugar]] and [[caffeine]]. Mountain dew was originally invented and owned by the Tip Corporation of Marion, Virginia but was sold to Pepsi in 1964 for about 6 million dollars in Pepsi Company stock. It also produces the soft drink Sierra Mist, which is a [[lemon]]-[[lime]] [[cola]] free and caffeine free soft drink. Their is a version of Pepsi called Diet Pepsi which has zero carbohydrates, zero calories and zero sugar but still retains the caffeine. There is also a caffeine free version of Diet Pepsi. Pepsi used to market a soft drink called Pepsi Blue, which tasted like a mixture of Pepsi and a blueberry muffin and ended up being a commercial disaster. It used to market a drink called Pepsi AM which contained much more caffeine than regular Pepsi but is no longer produced, it was marketed as a morning drink.