Competition
Many of the brands available from the three largest soda producers, The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and the Dr Pepper Snapple Group, are intended as direct, equivalent competitors. The following chart lists these competitors by type or flavor of drink.
| Flavor/type | PepsiCo | The Coca-Cola Company | Dr Pepper Snapple Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cola | Pepsi | Coca-Cola | RC Cola |
| Diet Cola | Diet Pepsi / Pepsi Light Pepsi ONE Pepsi Max Pepsi Next |
Diet Coke / Coca-Cola Light Tab Coca-Cola Zero |
Diet Rite Diet RC |
| Cherry-flavored cola | Pepsi Wild Cherry | Coca-Cola Cherry | Cherry RC |
| "Pepper"-style | Dr Slice | Mr. Pibb / Pibb Xtra | Dr Pepper |
| Orange | Mirinda Tropicana Twister Tango Slice |
Fanta Minute Maid |
Crush Sunkist |
| Lemon-lime | Teem Sierra Mist 7 Up (in countries other than US) |
Sprite Lemon & Paeroa |
7 Up |
| Other citrus flavors | Mountain Dew Kas Izze |
Mello Yello Vault Fresca Lift Lilt |
Sun Drop Squirt |
| Ginger ale | Patio | Seagram's Ginger Ale | Canada Dry Schweppes Vernors |
| Root beer | Mug Root Beer | Barq's Ramblin' Root Beer (until 1995) |
A&W Root Beer Stewart's Rootbeer Hires Root Beer |
| Cream soda | Mug Cream Soda | Barq's Red Creme Soda | A&W Cream Soda |
| Juices | Tropicana Dole |
Minute Maid Fruitopia Simply Orange |
Mott's Nantucket Nectars Snapple |
| Iced tea | Lipton Brisk |
Nestea Gold Peak Tea |
Snapple |
| Sports drinks | Gatorade Propel |
Powerade Aquarius Vitamin Water |
All Sport |
| Energy drinks | AMP | Full Throttle NOS Relentless Monster |
Venom |
Read more about this topic: Cola Wars
Famous quotes containing the word competition:
“Mothers seem to be in subtle competition with teachers. There is always an underlying fear that teachers will do a better job than they have done with their child.... But mostly mothers feel that their areas of competence are very much similar to those of the teacher. In fact they feel they know their child better than anyone else and that the teacher doesn’t possess any special field of authority or expertise.”
—Sara Lawrence Lightfoot (20th century)
“Wearing overalls on weekdays, painting somebody else’s house to earn money? You’re working class. Wearing overalls at weekends, painting your own house to save money? You’re middle class.”
—Lawrence Sutton, British prizewinner in competition in Sunday Correspondent (London)
“All adults who care about a baby will naturally be in competition for that baby.... Each adult wishes that he or she could do each job a bit more skillfully for the infant or small child than the other.”
—T. Berry Brazelton (20th century)