> > > Actually, the ingredient your looking for in DP is prune juice. That's the thing that makes it unique. This is also the reason for the original ad. campaign. They advertised for it to be taken at 10, 2, and 4 each day (10:00am, 2:00pm and 4:00pm) to stay regular. Like most early soft drinks it began as a medical aide/remedy and did not originally contain carbonation. By the same token Coke-Cola (or Coke) actually contained an amount of Cocaine in it's original receipe. Again, there was no carbonation in the original formula.
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> > > Drac "Just a mountian of useless knowledge" imas
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> > > BTW I prefer Wal-Mart's Dr. Thunder in the absence of true DP.
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> > Prune juice, really? I didn't know that.
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> > As for the ad campaign of 10-2-4, I do know the origins of that. The CEO of Dr Pepper in the late 1930's saw a scientific study that said the human body's energy levels were at their lowest at 10:30, 2:30, and 4:30. The ad campaign was designed not to promote being regular, but to encourage people to have a DP at 10, 2, and 4 in order to keep their energy levels up.
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> > You can find out more useless trivia about DP at the site below.
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> > Kel"9:15 am, and I'm on my second DP"ly
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> OK...maybe I've had too much caffeine this morning. Forgot to include the link. Here it is.
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> Kel"duh"ly

Geez, I'm obsessing about this stuff, but...

According to the Dr Pepper Company, there is not, and never has been, prune juice in Dr Pepper. Apparently the formula is a big secret, so they didn't say what was in it, just what was NOT in it.

Kel"time to go get #3!"ly