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Squirt Used To Go By A Different Name

Squirt has always been a grapefruit-flavored soda, but before 1938, most people knew it as Citrus Club. It got its name when Ed Mehren teamed up with Herb Bishop, who had been experimenting with Mehren's drink to create one of his own.

Carbonated Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Contains 2% or Less of: Grapefruit Juice Concentrate, Natural Flavors, Citric Acid, Modified Corn Starch, Ester Gum, Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Calcium Disodium EDTA (to Protect Flavor).

Squirt became a popular soft drink in many parts of the country, especially the West and Southwest. In the 1950s, it became commonly used as a mixer in co*cktails. The Squirt brand has changed ownership several times, and is currently property of Keurig Dr Pepper.

(For reference, a 20-ounce bottle of Squirt contains 63 grams of sugar, which is almost double what the average man should consume, and more than double what the average woman should consume, in an entire day.)

Orbitz was marketed as a "texturally enhanced alternative beverage" but some consumers compared it to a portable lava lamp. The small balls floated due to their nearly equal density to the surrounding liquid, and remained suspended with the assistance of gellan gum.

Squirt is famously grapefruit-forward, as is Ting. Green River, while it has lemon in its makeup, hits its lime note hard. Ski is made with an unusual combination of lemon and orange. Sun Drop combines the trifecta of lemon, lime, and orange.

Herb Bishop created it in 1938 and named it thusly because the soda would "squirt" into your mouth like a freshly squeezed grapefruit. Now owned by the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, you can get it anywhere. Squirt's tartness has a slight edge on the sweetness yet doesn't overpower it.

From the Package. CARBONATED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: GRAPEFRUIT JUICE CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, ESTER GUM, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR).

Although it's clear that Squirt is at least citrus flavored, what you might not realize is that the soda is made with grapefruit juice, not lemon, lime, or a combination of different citrus fruits.

At 239 years of age and counting, Schweppes is not only the oldest soda brand in existence but the first bottled soft drink, period (via RFDTV). Schweppes did not introduce a flavored beverage until 1835, nearly four decades after Johann Jacob Schweppe's retirement (via Schweppes).

What soda did they discontinue? ›

That means that in addition to Mango and Cherry, Fruit Punch, Green Apple, and Red Apple have been quietly discontinued. Coca-Cola could bring these flavors back — discontinued is relative in the soda world — but, for now, those flavors are no longer sold in the United States.

The problems with Life Saver Soda turned out to be many and included the unappealing color and a funky taste. Seems it wasn't like drinking Life Savers after all. It was way more like drinking soda that wasn't very good.

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Squirt has always been a grapefruit-flavored soda, but before 1938, most people knew it as Citrus Club. It got its name when Ed Mehren teamed up with Herb Bishop, who had been experimenting with Mehren's drink to create one of his own.

"Tonic" has been used in eastern Massachusetts and parts of Maine and New Hampshire since at least 1888. Its usage has been gradually declining in favor of "soda". In some areas, "tonic" is still understood to mean "soft drink", but many regard it as an antiquated term.

Fans of the beverage Sierra Mist were disappointed when the drink disappeared in January. At that time, PepsiCo announced that the lemon-lime soda would be discontinued and replaced by a new drink called Starry.

Only has five flavors outside the original: Cherry-Lemon Sun Drop, Diet Sun Drop, Caffeine-free Sun Drop, Caffeine-free Diet Sun Drop, and Diet Cherry-Lemon Sun Drop. Caffeine-free Sun Drop is not to be confused with the soft drink Squirt, despite Squirt being owned by the same company who makes Sun Drop.

But although Squirt has a citrusy taste, it's noticeably different from well-known lemon-lime sodas such as Sprite, Starry, and 7Up. If you can't quite put your finger on it, it's probably because the makers of Squirt have been vague about its flavor from the beginning.