Where does the name for 7up soda come from?

Question

What is the origin / what does it mean?

Answer 1

IT IS from the number of ingredients. What a smart cookie! LOL

Answer 2

7 UP was introduced by C L Grigg in 1929 in St Louis, Missouri, USA, a caramel-coloured, lithiated lemon-lime soda which he positioned as a drink with a 'flavor wallop'. It carried the burden of an unwieldy name, 'Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda' and competed against more than 600 lemon-lime soft drinks already in the market place. In spite of these obstacles, the new brand sold well. The earliest 7 UP advertising featured a winged 7 UP and described the soft drink as 'A glorified drink in bottles only. Seven natural flavors blended into a savory, flavory drink with a real wallop.' By the late 1940s 7 UP had become the third best-selling soft drink in the world.

There are (or were) seven ingredients in 7Up.

The original 7Up bottle was seven ounces.

Mr. Grigg saw a cattle brand that looked like 7 Up, and he liked it enough to name his soda after it.

Mr. Grigg named his new soda after a popular card game at the time that was also called 7up.

Answer 3

The origin of 7 Up's name is unclear. One popular myth is that its creator named the soft drink after seeing a cattle brand with the number 7 and the letter U.[2] Other theories suggest that the drink was formulated with seven flavors plus the bubbles from the drink's carbonation (the bubbles go up). Other ideas include the original bottle contained seven ounces; its creator came up with the name while playing dice; that it was the 7th large commercial lemonade brand that tasted the same. Another rumor has it that the name was created because the company had previously failed six times, hence the name "7 Up".[2] Before the formula change in 2006, a can of 7 Up included seven ingredients. The "Up" in the drink's name might refer to the original inclusion of lithium citrate, when it was marketed as a patent medicine to cure hangovers.

Some people mistakenly believe that the name 7 Up comes from the fact that its pH is 7.0 and therefore neutral. This is not the case at all: the pH of 7 Up is comparable to many other soft drinks. At a pH of 3.67,[3] Diet 7 Up is less acidic than lemon juice (pH 2.3), vinegar (pH 2.9) or wine (pH 3.5).[4]

Another possibility is that the drink is named after the card game Seven Up

Answer 4

I think it may have something to do with the number of ingredients it has. Try Googling it!

Answer 5

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