Pepsi-Cola is one of the drinks that trace its root back to the corner drugstore. The formula of Pepsi Cola was created by Caleb D. Bradham, a pharmacist of New Bern in summer of 1893.
Bradham poured a sample of his mixture into a beaker and gave it to his assistant to taste it. Then he saw his assistant’s face light up upon tasting it, Bradham knew he had created a winner. His favorite was ‘Brad’s Drink’.
It was a unique combination of sugar, water, vanilla, caramel, lime juice, phosphoric acid, alcohol and oil (lemon, orange, cinnamon, nutmeg, coriander, and petit grain).
Bradham believed that his new drink aided digestion similar to the way the pepsin enzyme does. However, Pepsi never contained pepsin. Cola represent the refreshing and invigorating qualities of the drinks.
The name ‘Brad’s Drink didn’t convey the nature of the beverage and he decided to rename it ‘Pepsi-Cola’ in 1898 after pepsin and cola nuts used in the recipe.
In 1898, Caleb Bradham bought the trade name Pep Cola for $100 from a competitor from Newark.
Pepsi didn’t contain any harmful ingredients. Some of Pepsi’s competitors used narcotics and other dangerous substance in their formulas.
Cocaine and glycerin that were originally there in Pepsi that was present in Pepsi has been removed.
What is in Pepsi-Cola?
What makes soft drinks so noteworthy is that, despite not being essential, their consumption continues to rise. They are entirely human inventions—both as a product and as a market. In fact, soft drinks were among the first branded goods to achieve truly global reach.
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Healthy Beverages
Healthy Beverages
It is important to have a variety of health beverages in your diet. Today, there are too many people subsisting on diet sodas, regular sodas, and energy drinks. These consist mostly of artificial sweeteners, artificial flavoring, and caffeine. The body will not perform to peak performance with a steady intake of these types of beverages.
One of our favorite beverages to have in substitute of a soda is orange juice. It tastes good, it is natural, and is readily available. Orange juice provides a good dose of vitamin C. An 8 ounce glass contains as much potassium as a banana. It has a remarkable variety of phytonutrients. Beyond the great vitamin and nutrient content, a study has shown that orange juice can lower your blood pressure.
Another great beverage is apple juice. Fresh apple juice carries a significant amount of Vitamin A and C. The old time saying that an apple a day can keep the doctor away is true. Recent studies have shown that drinking apple juice can help slow down the process that leads to heart disease.
Cranberry juice is another powerful drink that should be added to your diet. Medicinal properties of the cranberry have been recognized for centuries. It provides powerful antioxidant qualities. A common treatment for urinary tract infections is to drink cranberry juice. It is thought that the strong acidic content of the juice provides an inhospitable environment for bacteria.
Beyond the standard juices, you can get a bit more exotic. Mango, pineapple, carrot, wheatgrass, and tomato are all great juices that provide wonderful health benefits. Many companies are now offering smoothies and other freshly made juices. As people become more health conscience, these will become the future of the beverage industry.
Healthy Beverages
It is important to have a variety of health beverages in your diet. Today, there are too many people subsisting on diet sodas, regular sodas, and energy drinks. These consist mostly of artificial sweeteners, artificial flavoring, and caffeine. The body will not perform to peak performance with a steady intake of these types of beverages.
One of our favorite beverages to have in substitute of a soda is orange juice. It tastes good, it is natural, and is readily available. Orange juice provides a good dose of vitamin C. An 8 ounce glass contains as much potassium as a banana. It has a remarkable variety of phytonutrients. Beyond the great vitamin and nutrient content, a study has shown that orange juice can lower your blood pressure.
Another great beverage is apple juice. Fresh apple juice carries a significant amount of Vitamin A and C. The old time saying that an apple a day can keep the doctor away is true. Recent studies have shown that drinking apple juice can help slow down the process that leads to heart disease.
Cranberry juice is another powerful drink that should be added to your diet. Medicinal properties of the cranberry have been recognized for centuries. It provides powerful antioxidant qualities. A common treatment for urinary tract infections is to drink cranberry juice. It is thought that the strong acidic content of the juice provides an inhospitable environment for bacteria.
Beyond the standard juices, you can get a bit more exotic. Mango, pineapple, carrot, wheatgrass, and tomato are all great juices that provide wonderful health benefits. Many companies are now offering smoothies and other freshly made juices. As people become more health conscience, these will become the future of the beverage industry.
Healthy Beverages
Wellness and Functionality of Softdrinks
Wellness and Functionality of Softdrinks
Health issues are already influencing the dynamics of the softdrinks industry, and this influence is likely to become pronounced as time progresses. Bottled water, fruit-based still drinks and fruit juice/nectars have gained volume on the back of an increased understanding of good health. As consumers, they wish to live healthy and die healthy. At the core of this is the concept of wellness – an increasing awareness of physical well-being and good health. Wellness drinks are those beverage that aid health and well being. Consequently, a broad range of products can be said to fit the wellness mould: from bottle water to juice and tea based drinks as well as those with added ingredients to provide an additional functional benefits.
To feel good and healthy has high importance for most consumers. Although broader in scope than functional beverages, wellness drinks span naturally functional and the scientifically enhanced. Functional softdrinks are defined as drinks providing a health benefit beyond their basic nutritional value, by virtue of their physiologically active added components. Drinks providing a health benefits based on their inherent ingredients, such as mineral water, cranberry juice and green tea, can be said to be naturally functional, unless they are fortified with vitamins or other functional ingredients. A distinction can therefore be made between products and functional; by nature (water and orange juice) and those made functional by producers. For functional softdrinks, the term ‘health benefits’ is used in its widest possible application and includes benefits such as improved sports performance, increased mental alertness and better skin. Functional softdrinks can be broken down into four main sectors: enriched beverage (such as juices and waters with added vitamins and minerals); sports drinks; energy drinks; and finally nutraceuticals. Nutraceuticals embrace a multitude of specific claims ranging form digestive benefits and detoxification through aphrodisiac, nicotine craving relief, cholesterol lowering and anti-ageing declarations.
Wellness and Functionality of Softdrinks
Health issues are already influencing the dynamics of the softdrinks industry, and this influence is likely to become pronounced as time progresses. Bottled water, fruit-based still drinks and fruit juice/nectars have gained volume on the back of an increased understanding of good health. As consumers, they wish to live healthy and die healthy. At the core of this is the concept of wellness – an increasing awareness of physical well-being and good health. Wellness drinks are those beverage that aid health and well being. Consequently, a broad range of products can be said to fit the wellness mould: from bottle water to juice and tea based drinks as well as those with added ingredients to provide an additional functional benefits.
To feel good and healthy has high importance for most consumers. Although broader in scope than functional beverages, wellness drinks span naturally functional and the scientifically enhanced. Functional softdrinks are defined as drinks providing a health benefit beyond their basic nutritional value, by virtue of their physiologically active added components. Drinks providing a health benefits based on their inherent ingredients, such as mineral water, cranberry juice and green tea, can be said to be naturally functional, unless they are fortified with vitamins or other functional ingredients. A distinction can therefore be made between products and functional; by nature (water and orange juice) and those made functional by producers. For functional softdrinks, the term ‘health benefits’ is used in its widest possible application and includes benefits such as improved sports performance, increased mental alertness and better skin. Functional softdrinks can be broken down into four main sectors: enriched beverage (such as juices and waters with added vitamins and minerals); sports drinks; energy drinks; and finally nutraceuticals. Nutraceuticals embrace a multitude of specific claims ranging form digestive benefits and detoxification through aphrodisiac, nicotine craving relief, cholesterol lowering and anti-ageing declarations.
Wellness and Functionality of Softdrinks
Bone Fracture and Softdrinks
Bone Fracture and Softdrinks
Phosphate additives are used as flavor stabilizer in all popular cola beverage sold in the United States. Non cola carbonated beverage use citric acid rather that phosphates for this purpose. Several investigators have suggested that consumption of cola beverages and the associated decline in milk consumption may decrease bone density, particularly in children and young women.
In one study in 2000 from shows that the active teenage girls who drink cola beverages had a fracture risk 4.94 times higher than girls who denied drinking cola beverages, even if those other girls drank non-cola carbonated beverages. This finding appeared to confirm and extend previous findings indicating that consumption of cola beverages predicted high fracture risk in teenage girls. However all the studies relied on questionnaires and self-report: none included any dependent measure of cola beverage consumption or bone density, nor was any attempt made to confirm that girls who believed that they had sustained a broken bone had actually done so.
Researchers have suggested that the increased risk of fracture associated with consumption of cola beverages is not a result of anything in the beverage itself, but is rather due to the displacement of other foods and beverages such as milk.
Bone Fracture and Softdrinks
Phosphate additives are used as flavor stabilizer in all popular cola beverage sold in the United States. Non cola carbonated beverage use citric acid rather that phosphates for this purpose. Several investigators have suggested that consumption of cola beverages and the associated decline in milk consumption may decrease bone density, particularly in children and young women.
In one study in 2000 from shows that the active teenage girls who drink cola beverages had a fracture risk 4.94 times higher than girls who denied drinking cola beverages, even if those other girls drank non-cola carbonated beverages. This finding appeared to confirm and extend previous findings indicating that consumption of cola beverages predicted high fracture risk in teenage girls. However all the studies relied on questionnaires and self-report: none included any dependent measure of cola beverage consumption or bone density, nor was any attempt made to confirm that girls who believed that they had sustained a broken bone had actually done so.
Researchers have suggested that the increased risk of fracture associated with consumption of cola beverages is not a result of anything in the beverage itself, but is rather due to the displacement of other foods and beverages such as milk.
Bone Fracture and Softdrinks
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