Is 7-up caffeine free??? - GoFuckYourself.com

Ecksent · 03-02-2006, 01:03 PM

I know Sprite is since it says it all over the label, but 7-Up doesn't say anything about it. I'm trying to lay off the caffeine since I've been having these dull but painful aches in my kidney area. My Dr.'s office told me to start drinking a TON of liquid and if I drank soda, for it to be a caffeine free lemon-lime based. I just got home from the store and 7-Up was on sale, so I bought it. Came home and started to read the label and nowhere does it say anything about it. Does anyone know???

QualityMpegs · 03-02-2006, 01:03 PM

usually clear citrus drinks like that...and root beer...dont have caffeine

leg4 · 03-02-2006, 01:05 PM

...Never had it... never will....

HorseShit · 03-02-2006, 01:06 PM

no caffeine

http://www.7up.com/

Ecksent · 03-02-2006, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QualityMpegs

usually clear citrus drinks like that...and root beer...dont have caffeine

That's what I thought, but I thought it would usually say it somewhere on the packaging. Thanks.

Ecksent · 03-02-2006, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdavis

no caffeine

http://www.7up.com/

Yeah, I just hit that up. Good stuff.

Slick · 03-02-2006, 01:22 PM

"Crisp and clean, no caffeine, 7-up"

EroticySteve · 03-02-2006, 02:06 PM

Wasn't part of their pitch in the 80's.

"No caffiene, never had it, never will.

Don't you feel good about (ahhhhh) 7up."

bastardsquad · 03-02-2006, 02:10 PM

03-02-2006, 03:50 PM

yup no caff

PhotoNut · 03-02-2006, 04:12 PM

Totally free!

xxxice · 03-02-2006, 04:15 PM

They have a version that does http://www.bevnet.com/reviews/dnl/

I like it a lot

xxxice · 03-02-2006, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanderweb

They have a version that does http://www.bevnet.com/reviews/dnl/

I like it a lot

hmmm looks like they don't make it anymore

Sarah_Jayne · 03-02-2006, 04:46 PM

the uncola

D · 03-02-2006, 04:50 PM

Like was mentioned earlier, you're generally good to go on Root Beer, too...

Except Barc's... the "bite" they advertise is caffeine.

rowan · 03-02-2006, 05:29 PM

I thought it was 7up that had the caffeine, did a bit of research and it turns out that it was Mountain Dew I was thinking of... although in some parts of the world it's caffeine free.

Persignup Dustin · 03-02-2006, 05:41 PM

Interesting...but Mountain Dew is loaded with the shit i'm sure...

reynold · 03-02-2006, 05:43 PM

Not the real thing anymore
Coke recently announced it was changing its flavor and a lot of people are mad.

The new Coke is sweeter, more like Pepsi, which is a little ironic. Only a few months ago Bill Cosby was on commercials telling us he liked Coke because it was less sweet than Pepsi. Cosby has probably changed his mind and decided he likes the new Coke more than anything, if only because it's in his contract.

The Coke change comes amid a flurry of new soft drinks. In the past few years grocery store shelves have been assaulted with a plethora of variations on old stand-bys. The Coke change is just one of these recent changes. Despite the cries of protest from old Coke lovers, more changes could be on the way.

7Up started it all. 7Up and the Food and Drug Administration.

Just about two years ago, 7Up, the only major soft-drink company with declining sales, launched a new advertising campaign extolling its lack of caffeine. "Crisp and clean and no caffeine," the ads proclaimed. A health-conscious country took notice. There was widespread interest in caffeine-free drinks and the other beverage companies brought out their own products.

And so it was that Pepsi begat Pepsi Free, Dr. Pepper invented Pepper Free, Coke gave rise to Caffeine Free Coke, and so on. The new crop of caffeine-less drinks gave consumers more of a choice, and most were happy with that choice. It was a little hard keeping track of all the varieties, but everybody started to settle down and get comfortable with the new order. Apart from the introduction of Diet Coke (a drink that strangely resembled Tab), it looked as if the soft-drink situation would stabilize.

But then the Food and Drug Administration upset everything by deciding it was okay for Americans to consume aspartame (a.k.a. Nutrasweet) -- that clever little dipepetide that makes your tastebuds think they're encountering sugar. Diet Coke soon featured aspartame and the new flavoring was a big hit. Aspartame didn't taste exactly like sugar, but it was so much better than saccharin that many diet soda devotees were soon wondering how they could have ever put up with the old stuff. All the big diet drinks converted to aspartame -- first in a mixture with saccharin -- and then by itself.

But while the introduction of caffeine-free drinks had no bad points, the switch from saccharin to aspartame did. The new stuff may taste a lot better, but in making the switch, the beverage companies cut the range of taste choices available to consumers. Believe it or not, some people actually liked saccharin. The old Diet Coke was bitter, but the new Diet Coke is much like regular Coke. There isn't as much of a choice.

Which raises the question as to what "regular Coke" is. Coca-Cola can dictate whatever formula for Coke it wants, of course, but the recent taste change was bound to make people angry for two reasons: consumers are used to the old Coke and resent change, and the new Coke is sweeter, is more like Pepsi, so consumers again have their choices diminished.

Cola is the quintessential American beverage and Coke is the biggest of the colas. Changing the distinctive Coke taste is almost heresy. It's as if a fundamental pillar of our national culture and heritage has been altered.

But a company which has had as many marketing successes as the Coca-Cola Company must know what they are doing. Maybe they were responding to the apparent popularity of sweetness as shown by the success of aspartame. Maybe they saw that Pepsi was gaining popularity faster than Coke was. For whatever reason, the Coke executives decided that a taste change was in order and that they had to institute one to keep Coke number one.

People will probably come to accept the new Coke and forgive Coca-Cola. High-profile beverage companies are lucky about things like this. PepsiCo cozied up to the Russians, hired former Nixon aides, and joined the Arab boycott of Israel and is still considered a down-home all-American company, if only because of Michael Jackson endorsements and Steven Spielberg-like TV commercials.

Yes, Coke will be around for a long time. Flavor change or not, Coke will still be Coke in the public mind ten years from now.

Whether it's the pause that refreshes or the thing you have with a smile, Coke will retain its cokeness, despite taste variations. Marketing and advertising will keep it alive and in the long run people will accept it. The new Coke may not be the real thing, but, as we all know, Coke is it.

http://www-tech.mit.edu/V105/N25/crean.25o.html

Spunky · 03-02-2006, 05:56 PM

The topic is about 7 up reynold

PixeLs · 03-02-2006, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdavis

no caffeine

http://www.7up.com/

That's exactly why I preferred this over Pepsi...

SomeCreep · 03-02-2006, 06:53 PM

no it is not

sniperwolf · 03-02-2006, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EroticySteve

Wasn't part of their pitch in the 80's.

"No caffiene, never had it, never will.

Don't you feel good about (ahhhhh) 7up."

nice... I really prefer drinking this stuff after lunch, when I am fully stuffed..gotta love the burp..hehe

rowan · 03-02-2006, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reynold

Not the real thing anymore
Coke recently announced it was changing its flavor and a lot of people are mad.

The copyright notice says that article was written in 1985... was that the start of the "new coke" furore?

xxxice · 03-02-2006, 11:12 PM

No one read my above posts

$5 submissions · 03-02-2006, 11:20 PM

No cafeine. That's why it was marketed as the UNCOLA for a long time.

CDSmith · 03-02-2006, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reynold

Just about two years ago, 7Up, the only major soft-drink company with declining sales, launched a new advertising campaign extolling its lack of caffeine. "Crisp and clean and no caffeine," the ads proclaimed. A health-conscious country took notice. There was widespread interest in caffeine-free drinks and the other beverage companies brought out their own products....http://www-tech.mit.edu/V105/N25/crean.25o.html

Whoever wrote that article is way out to lunch, at least on the 2-year timeframe mentioned. I used to see the "uncola" 7-up commercials back when I was a kid, which is a bit longer a time than 2 years.

xxxice · 03-02-2006, 11:34 PM

BevNET Review:
dnL is the latest new product from 7up. As you may or may not have noticed, dnL is the 7up logo flipped upside down. Slightly corny, but clever, this brand is an attempt to create a product to bring attention back to the classic 7up brand. The flavor definitely resembles the original 7up formula, but it has a sweet citrus finish, caffeine, and a green color that are not found in the original version. While it may be good in comparison to the new products launched by Pepsi and Coke, this product still has room for improvement. Sure, we'd choose this over the likes of Pepsi Blue or Vanilla Coke, but if we're anywhere besides a gas station, we'd pass on this product.

http://www.bevnet.com/reviews/dnl/

For those that missed this great drink

$5 submissions · 03-02-2006, 11:36 PM

Nice try on 7up's part but nothing can beat the original. Nice clean lemon lime taste. IMHO.

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanderweb

BevNET Review:
dnL is the latest new product from 7up. As you may or may not have noticed, dnL is the 7up logo flipped upside down. Slightly corny, but clever, this brand is an attempt to create a product to bring attention back to the classic 7up brand. The flavor definitely resembles the original 7up formula, but it has a sweet citrus finish, caffeine, and a green color that are not found in the original version. While it may be good in comparison to the new products launched by Pepsi and Coke, this product still has room for improvement. Sure, we'd choose this over the likes of Pepsi Blue or Vanilla Coke, but if we're anywhere besides a gas station, we'd pass on this product.

http://www.bevnet.com/reviews/dnl/

For those that missed this great drink

stickyfingerz · 03-02-2006, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanderweb

BevNET Review:
dnL is the latest new product from 7up. As you may or may not have noticed, dnL is the 7up logo flipped upside down. Slightly corny, but clever, this brand is an attempt to create a product to bring attention back to the classic 7up brand. The flavor definitely resembles the original 7up formula, but it has a sweet citrus finish, caffeine, and a green color that are not found in the original version. While it may be good in comparison to the new products launched by Pepsi and Coke, this product still has room for improvement. Sure, we'd choose this over the likes of Pepsi Blue or Vanilla Coke, but if we're anywhere besides a gas station, we'd pass on this product.

http://www.bevnet.com/reviews/dnl/

For those that missed this great drink

Fook that Vanilla coke did rock. Its gone now. ...

rowan · 03-02-2006, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CDSmith

Whoever wrote that article is way out to lunch, at least on the 2-year timeframe mentioned. I used to see the "uncola" 7-up commercials back when I was a kid, which is a bit longer a time than 2 years.

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BusterBunny · 03-02-2006, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stickyfingerzdotnet

Fook that Vanilla coke did rock. Its gone now. ...

no way that stuff tastes way too much like captain morgans..

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Ecksent Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Near Vancouver Posts: 1,415	Is 7-up caffeine free??? I know Sprite is since it says it all over the label, but 7-Up doesn't say anything about it. I'm trying to lay off the caffeine since I've been having these dull but painful aches in my kidney area. My Dr.'s office told me to start drinking a TON of liquid and if I drank soda, for it to be a caffeine free lemon-lime based. I just got home from the store and 7-Up was on sale, so I bought it. Came home and started to read the label and nowhere does it say anything about it. Does anyone know??? __________________ Anyone wanna sig spot.......cheap????

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reynold Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Global Traveler Posts: 51,271	Not the real thing anymore Coke recently announced it was changing its flavor and a lot of people are mad. The new Coke is sweeter, more like Pepsi, which is a little ironic. Only a few months ago Bill Cosby was on commercials telling us he liked Coke because it was less sweet than Pepsi. Cosby has probably changed his mind and decided he likes the new Coke more than anything, if only because it's in his contract. The Coke change comes amid a flurry of new soft drinks. In the past few years grocery store shelves have been assaulted with a plethora of variations on old stand-bys. The Coke change is just one of these recent changes. Despite the cries of protest from old Coke lovers, more changes could be on the way. 7Up started it all. 7Up and the Food and Drug Administration. Just about two years ago, 7Up, the only major soft-drink company with declining sales, launched a new advertising campaign extolling its lack of caffeine. "Crisp and clean and no caffeine," the ads proclaimed. A health-conscious country took notice. There was widespread interest in caffeine-free drinks and the other beverage companies brought out their own products. And so it was that Pepsi begat Pepsi Free, Dr. Pepper invented Pepper Free, Coke gave rise to Caffeine Free Coke, and so on. The new crop of caffeine-less drinks gave consumers more of a choice, and most were happy with that choice. It was a little hard keeping track of all the varieties, but everybody started to settle down and get comfortable with the new order. Apart from the introduction of Diet Coke (a drink that strangely resembled Tab), it looked as if the soft-drink situation would stabilize. But then the Food and Drug Administration upset everything by deciding it was okay for Americans to consume aspartame (a.k.a. Nutrasweet) -- that clever little dipepetide that makes your tastebuds think they're encountering sugar. Diet Coke soon featured aspartame and the new flavoring was a big hit. Aspartame didn't taste exactly like sugar, but it was so much better than saccharin that many diet soda devotees were soon wondering how they could have ever put up with the old stuff. All the big diet drinks converted to aspartame -- first in a mixture with saccharin -- and then by itself. But while the introduction of caffeine-free drinks had no bad points, the switch from saccharin to aspartame did. The new stuff may taste a lot better, but in making the switch, the beverage companies cut the range of taste choices available to consumers. Believe it or not, some people actually liked saccharin. The old Diet Coke was bitter, but the new Diet Coke is much like regular Coke. There isn't as much of a choice. Which raises the question as to what "regular Coke" is. Coca-Cola can dictate whatever formula for Coke it wants, of course, but the recent taste change was bound to make people angry for two reasons: consumers are used to the old Coke and resent change, and the new Coke is sweeter, is more like Pepsi, so consumers again have their choices diminished. Cola is the quintessential American beverage and Coke is the biggest of the colas. Changing the distinctive Coke taste is almost heresy. It's as if a fundamental pillar of our national culture and heritage has been altered. But a company which has had as many marketing successes as the Coca-Cola Company must know what they are doing. Maybe they were responding to the apparent popularity of sweetness as shown by the success of aspartame. Maybe they saw that Pepsi was gaining popularity faster than Coke was. For whatever reason, the Coke executives decided that a taste change was in order and that they had to institute one to keep Coke number one. People will probably come to accept the new Coke and forgive Coca-Cola. High-profile beverage companies are lucky about things like this. PepsiCo cozied up to the Russians, hired former Nixon aides, and joined the Arab boycott of Israel and is still considered a down-home all-American company, if only because of Michael Jackson endorsements and Steven Spielberg-like TV commercials. Yes, Coke will be around for a long time. Flavor change or not, Coke will still be Coke in the public mind ten years from now. Whether it's the pause that refreshes or the thing you have with a smile, Coke will retain its cokeness, despite taste variations. Marketing and advertising will keep it alive and in the long run people will accept it. The new Coke may not be the real thing, but, as we all know, Coke is it. http://www-tech.mit.edu/V105/N25/crean.25o.html

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xxxice Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5,042	BevNET Review: dnL is the latest new product from 7up. As you may or may not have noticed, dnL is the 7up logo flipped upside down. Slightly corny, but clever, this brand is an attempt to create a product to bring attention back to the classic 7up brand. The flavor definitely resembles the original 7up formula, but it has a sweet citrus finish, caffeine, and a green color that are not found in the original version. While it may be good in comparison to the new products launched by Pepsi and Coke, this product still has room for improvement. Sure, we'd choose this over the likes of Pepsi Blue or Vanilla Coke, but if we're anywhere besides a gas station, we'd pass on this product. http://www.bevnet.com/reviews/dnl/ For those that missed this great drink