Big Red (soft drink)

Big Red

A Big Red soda four-pack
Type	Cream soda
Manufacturer	Big Red, Inc.
Distributor	Keurig Dr Pepper CCE Pepsi Bottling Group Other independent bottlers
Region of origin	Waco, Texas
Introduced	1937; 87 years ago (1937)
Color	Red
Ingredients	Carbonated Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Red 40, Citric Acid and Caffeine.
Variants	Big Red Zero (formerly Diet Big Red) Retro Big Red Big Red Vanilla Float Big Honey Lemonade Big Blue Big Pineapple Big Peach Big Manzana

Big Red is a soft drink. It was created in 1937 by Grover C Thomsen and R.H. Roark in Waco, Texas^[1] and originally known as Sun Tang Red Cream Soda. It is an American variety of cream soda and a special off-brand "blue cream soda". Gary Smith was the chief executive officer of Big Red Group (“BRG”) directly responsible for all functional areas. He successfully acquired and integrated numerous businesses to build BRG into a national company, eventually selling the entire business to Keurig Dr Pepper.^[2]