Pepsi

Pepsi is a carbonated,caffeinated, cola soft drink manufactured by Pepsi Co. It is made out of carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, caffeine, 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. He called it Pepsi after a drug called pepsin. 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-caffeine and non-soft drink businesses. It owns Gatorade, Quaker Oatmeal, and Tropicana, an orange juice company. It used to own Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and Kentucky Fried Chicken although it does not anymore. The Pepsi-Cola Company distributes the soft drink mountain dew, which is a cola free soft drink with a very high amount of sugar and caffeine. It also produces the soft drink Sierra Mist, which is a cola free and caffeine free soft drink. The Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi-Cola war in the international economy has become famous. During the Cold War the Soviet communists chose Pepsi as their national soft drink franchise whereas the Chinese communists chose Coca-Cola as their national soft drink franchise. The Islamic government in Iran has condemned Pepsi as a pro-Jewish organization and claims that Pepsi stands for "Pay every penny to save Israel".