Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages
Using Coca-Cola to dissolve phytobezoars
Coca-Cola isn’t just for drinking. It also has a medical use: to dissolve gastric phytobezoars (masses of indigestible material in the gastrointestinal system). Doctors administer the Coca-Cola via a tube threaded through the nose down into the intestines. As noted in a 2015 article in the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, "An administration of Coca-Cola® is believed to be the primary choice for phytobezoar treatment because it is safe, inexpensive, and effective."The same article further explains:
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jun 26, 2019 -
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Category: Medicine, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages
Nutrimato
According to wikipedia:Nutrimato would have been a good name for a robot. Not so much for a juice drink.
Green Bay Press Gazette - Nov 8, 1972
Posted By: Alex - Mon Nov 05, 2018 -
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Category: Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, Vegetables, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #393
Our soft drink is equivalent to a life-endangering catastrophic event.
Source of B&W ad here (scroll right).
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 03, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Disasters, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s, Weather
Follies of the Madmen #388
Dress so as to resemble a soda can.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 08, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Fashion, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1970s
Follies of the Madmen #382
Associating your product, even in jest, with reviled aristocrats: not the smartest move.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 11, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Royalty, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s
Follies of the Madmen #376
A quick hit of sugar at bedtime will send those kiddies straight to slumberland!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 25, 2018 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Children, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1930s
Follies of the Madmen #371
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 25, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1950s, Head
With real lemon juice!
In 1982, the Maryland Poison Center reported almost 80 cases of people who had suffered nausea and diarrhea after drinking Sunlight dishwashing liquid. They had received free bottles of the stuff in the mail as part of a promotional campaign. The source of the confusion was a picture of lemons on the label as well as the phrase "with real lemon juice." This led many to conclude that the bottle contained some kind of lemonade. Or a lemon-flavored drink mixer. A lot of people added it to iced tea.A spokesman for Lever Brothers, the manufacturer of the product, noted that the bottles also clearly said, "Sunlight dishwashing liquid."
Sunlight no longer uses the phrase "with real lemon juice." Apparently they learned their lesson. But they've still got a picture of a lemon on their bottles.
Muncie Evening Press - July 15, 1982
Indianapolis Star - July 15, 1982
The bottle that caused the confusion
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Posted By: Alex - Sat Jan 20, 2018 -
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Category: Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1980s
Make milk a social drink
1960: The dairy industry, noting that coffee, tea, beer, liquor, and soft drinks are traditionally served at parties but milk isn't, started plotting ways to make milk a "social drink."If you add alcohol to milk it could be considered a social drink. Otherwise, I'd say their campaign fizzled.
Akron Beacon Journal - Dec 4, 1960
Port Angeles Evening News - Mar 9, 1960
Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 26, 2016 -
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Category: Food, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, 1960s
Its The Real Thing
Some think of a pool full of Coca Cola and Mentos and say, "Why?" These guys said, "Why not!"
Posted By: patty - Tue Jun 28, 2016 -
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Category: Drones, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Candy, Soda, Pop, Soft Drinks and other Non-Alcoholic Beverages, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
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