Who Invented Mountain Dew
By: Want To Know It
Mountain Dew is a popular citrus tasting soft drink that is produced by PepsiCo. It is the 4th best selling soft drink in America behind Coca Cola, Pepsi-Cola and Diet Coke. But who invented Mountain Dew? This article will answer exactly that question and also look at seven interesting facts about Mountain Dew.
Who Invented Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew was invented in 1940’s in Marion, Virginia (USA) by two brothers, Barney and Ally Hartman. It was originally invented to be a mixer drink with whiskey, and it had a very different formula to today’s Mountain Dew. The current formula for Mountain Dew was invented by Bill Bridgforth in 1958. Mountain Dew was not very well known until it was purchased by PepsiCo Ltd in 1964. PepsiCo Ltd then marketed it throughout the USA (and eventually globally) and it became a hot selling product. Throughout the 1980’s, 1990’s and 2000’s PepsiCo Ltd have brought out several varieties of Mountain Dew including Diet Mountain Dew, Mountain Dew Code Red, Mountain Dew Live Wire and AMP. So now you know who invented Mountain Dew. Now, let’s look at seven facts about Mountain Dew.
Seven Mountain Dew Facts
Fact 1: Bottles of Mountain Dew originally had pictures of hillbillies and outhouses on them to appeal to the ‘hillbilly’ market! When PepsiCo Ltd bought Mountain Dew they changed the bottle design completely.
Fact 2: Even though it is no longer designed to be consumed with whiskey, some people still mix Mountain Dew with alcoholic drinks.
Fact 3: Mountain Dew has been criticized for its high levels of caffeine. However energy drinks such as Red Bull contain much more caffeine than Mountain Dew.
Fact 4: Mountain Dew is very bright yellow-green.
Fact 5: Like many other soft drinks, Mountain Dew has been criticized for its high levels of benzene due to a toxic chemical reaction that can take place.
Fact 6: Mountain Dew contains orange juice!
Fact 7: Some people have allergic reactions to Mountain Dew as it contains Yellow No 5 (tartrazine).
7 Comments for Who Invented Mountain Dew
1. saiya tsujitani | January 8th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
yoyo mountain dew is the most awesome soda ever invented! i am in love with it!!!
2. Emily | March 11th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
mountain dew is greattt :]
i heard it gave you cancer if you drink to much of it.
bahahaha
people are liars!
3. peyton | April 8th, 2009 at 11:07 pm
omg thank you Hartman Brothers for inventing the famous drink Mt. Dew!!!!!! I love it soooooooo much, its the only soda i drink!!!!!
?Peyton?
4. Ellen | June 5th, 2009 at 1:45 am
i love mountain dew woho!
5. Rodney | January 21st, 2010 at 3:10 pm
The original Mountain Dew formula was invented in Marion, VA., NOT in Tennessee. It was first MARKETED in Tennessee, but the first bottles of the Dew were made in Marion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Dew
6. Want to know it | January 22nd, 2010 at 12:06 am
Thanks Rodney. It seems you are correct, as confirmed by the official Mountain Dew website (http://www.mountaindew.com/). I was going off info on a BBC report that is obviously wrong. I have edited the post to correct the mistake.
7. blainee99 | August 2nd, 2010 at 10:33 pm
OMG!!!! thx hartman bros i love mtn dew it is the best pop EVER!!!!! im so sooooo addicted!!!!!!!!
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