straight dope -
Mar. 30th, 2001 07:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
scottobearWhy do they call it 7-Up?
Anything had to be an improvement over the original name:
Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda. Figuring that he was going to have a problem selling a product that you needed two years of speech therapy just to be able to pronounce, soda pop mogul C. L. Grigg changed the name to 7-Up, apparently because the drink contained "seven natural flavors blended into a savory, flavory drink with a real wallop." You may wonder what the seven natural flavors were besides lemon and lime. I ain't saying. All I know is, I'm sure glad they dropped the horseradish.
Anything had to be an improvement over the original name:
Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda. Figuring that he was going to have a problem selling a product that you needed two years of speech therapy just to be able to pronounce, soda pop mogul C. L. Grigg changed the name to 7-Up, apparently because the drink contained "seven natural flavors blended into a savory, flavory drink with a real wallop." You may wonder what the seven natural flavors were besides lemon and lime. I ain't saying. All I know is, I'm sure glad they dropped the horseradish.
