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The Unsolved Mystery — How Did 7up Get Its Name?
Have you ever looked at an item’s name and wondered — how did it get its name?
One day I was drinking an ice-cold 7up and asked myself — Why is this soda named 7Up?! By doing some research I found that nobody has managed to confirm the origin of the name “7Up“and remains as a mystery to be solved. Let’s have a quick look at the history of 7Up and the many theories behind its name.
The short history
What we know as 7UP today was introduced as “Bib-label Lithiated Lemon-lime Soda” in the 1920s. “Bib-label Lithiated Lemon-lime Soda” sounds like something Mary Poppins would name a soda! Can you imagine yourself do the following order “….could I please get a pizza and a Bib-label Lithiated Lemon-lime Soda“? 😆No questions why Charles Leiper Grigg, the original creator, renamed the soda to 7Up.
When breaking up all the words in the original name into smaller pieces we can get a better understanding of the original name:
🏷 Bib-label is referring to the use of paper labels used on the bottle.
💊Lithiated refers to mind-altering drug lithium. Yes — 7Up originally contained the drug Lithium. What is Lithium? Lithium is today better known as an antidepressant drug that we humans started using after World War 2. The drug was banned by governments and 7-Up…
