Canada Dry is a brand of soft drinks[2] founded in 1904 and owned since 2008 by the American company Dr Pepper Snapple (now Keurig Dr Pepper).[3] For over 100 years, Canada Dry has been known mainly for its ginger ale, though the company also manufactures a number of other soft drinks and mixers. Although Canada Dry originated in Canada, just as the brand name tells, it is now produced in many countries such as the United States, Panama, Mexico, Chile, Japan, and in a number of countries of Europe and the Middle East.
The "Dry" in the brand's name refers to not being sweet, as in a dry wine. When John J. McLaughlin, who first formulated "Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale", originally made his new soft drink, it was far less sweet than other ginger ales then available; as a result, he labelled it "dry".[4]
History
Canada Dry logo next to name of an old abandoned Iranian confectionery
When McLaughlin began shipping his product to New York, it became so popular that he opened a plant in Manhattan shortly thereafter. After McLaughlin's death in 1914, the company was run briefly by his brother, Samuel McLaughlin. P. D. Saylor and Associates bought the business from the McLaughlin family in 1923 and formed Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc., a public company.[1]
Canada Dry's popularity as a mixer began during Prohibition, when its flavor helped mask the taste of homemade liquor.[8] In the 1930s, Canada Dry expanded worldwide. From the 1950s onward, the company introduced a larger number of products.
In 2019, Canada Dry faced a false advertisement lawsuit from the U.S. Government.[13] According to researchers, the drink did not have enough ginger for it to have health benefits and for the company to claim that it was "made from real ginger."[13] Instead of defending their ginger content by going to court, they decided to settle by no longer making this claim.[14] Dr Pepper decided to offer payment to those who purchased Canada Dry for personal use since 2013.[15][16]
After the settlement with the U.S. Government, a class-action lawsuit has also been requested in Canada.[17] As of June 2021[update], Canada Dry still advertised their drinks as "made from real ginger" in Canada.[17] The Supreme Court of British Columbia case was settled with the defendant Canada Dry Mott's Inc. agreeing to pay $200,000, inclusive of all expenses and fees, plus disbursements of $18,607.61, but it did not require the defendant to change its product labelling or advertising for products marketed in Canada. The settlement amount was to be distributed to the class members by way of cy-près donation to the Law Foundation of British Columbia, while two lead plaintiffs, Victor Cardoso and Lionel Ravvin, received $1,500 each.[18][19] On August 9, 2022, Canada Dry announced a new logo on their Canadian Facebook page.[20] As such, it is currently unknown if this logo will be used outside of Canada.
Canada Dry Sparkling Seltzer Water (unflavored and mineral free)
Canada Dry Flavored Sparkling Seltzer Water (Lemon Lime, Mandarin Orange, Raspberry, Triple Berry, Pomegranate Cherry, Peach Mango and Cranberry Lime; all available in low sodium and sodium free varieties) [22]
Cranberry Ginger Ale (Canada during the Christmas season, although also available in the United States during the Christmas season)
Blackberry Ginger Ale (Canada, spring 2016; also sold in some U.S. stores as 20 oz. bottles, but not all stores that sell Canada Dry sell the Blackberry variant)
Nylon Studios produced the song used in the Rabbit's "Jack's Farm" commercial featuring Canada Dry Ginger Ale.[25] A Cantonese version of the ad was also produced.
^Witzel, Michael Karl; Gyvel Young-Witzel (May 1998). Soda pop!: from miracle medicine to pop culture. Town Square Books. p. 68. ISBN978-0-89658-326-9.
^"DR PEPPER TO ACQUIRE CANADA DRY". The New York Times, By Barnaby J. Feder September 16, 1981
^"Schweppes to Buy Nabisco's Sunkist, Canada Dry Units". Los Angeles Times. June 3, 1986. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
^"Keurig Dr Pepper - Canada Dry". Keurig Dr Pepper. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
^ abDrinking, Eating & (January 12, 2019). "Facing false advertising lawsuits, Canada Dry drops claim it is 'made from real ginger' | National Post". Retrieved March 19, 2019.
^Drinking, Eating & (January 12, 2019). "Facing false advertising lawsuits, Canada Dry drops claim it is 'made from real ginger' | National Post". Retrieved March 19, 2019.
^Aonso, Casey (January 12, 2019). "Canada Dry Is Being Forced To Pay Out Anyone Who Has Bought Their Ginger Ale Since 2013 Because Of This Lawsuit". www.narcity.com. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
^ abInternational, Radio Canada (January 28, 2019). "Canada Dry Ginger Ale- "no ginger" lawsuit settled in U.S., begins in Canada". RCI | English. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
^B.C. man's lawsuit over marketing of Canada Dry ginger ale settled for $200,000
^Cardoso v. Canada Dry Mott’s Inc., 2020 BCSC 1569
^"*Drumroll please* Allow us to introduce you to our new logo ✨ New look, same refreshing flavour ➡️~*Roulements de tambour s'il vous plaît* Permettez-nous de vous présenter notre nouveau logo ✨ Nouveau look, même saveur rafraîchissante"
^. Daily Boston Globe. April 16, 1948. Archived from the original on August 13, 2002. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
^"Keurig Dr Pepper Product Facts". dpsgproductfacts.com. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
^"The Milwaukee Journal". Retrieved February 21, 2015.
^. ccu.cl. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
^"Nylon Studios Creates Music for New Canada Dry TV Ad". Nylons Studios. February 28, 2011. Retrieved February 21, 2015.
Bibliography
Robertson, Heather (1995). Driving Force: The McLaughlin Family and the Age of the Car. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd.
External links
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Canada Dry is a brand of soft drinks 2 founded in 1904 and owned since 2008 by the American company Dr Pepper Snapple now Keurig Dr Pepper 3 For over 100 years Canada Dry has been known mainly for its ginger ale though the company also manufactures a number of other soft drinks and mixers Although Canada Dry originated in Canada just as the brand name tells it is now produced in many countries such as the United States Panama Mexico Chile Japan and in a number of countries of Europe and the Middle East Canada DryOwnerKeurig Dr PepperCountryCanadaIntroduced1904 119 years ago 1904 MarketsCanada United States Mexico Chile Colombia Costa Rica Peru Europe Japan Middle East AfricaPrevious ownersCadbury 1986 2008 Canada Dry Ginger Ale Inc 1923 1986 John J McLaughlin family 1904 1923 1 Websitewww canadadry cawww canadadry com Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 2 1 Made from Real Ginger lawsuits 3 Products 3 1 Brands with limited availability 3 2 Locale specific brands 3 2 1 Asia 3 2 2 The Middle East 3 2 3 South America 3 2 4 North America 4 Marketing 5 See also 6 References 6 1 Notes 6 2 Bibliography 7 External linksEtymology EditThe Dry in the brand s name refers to not being sweet as in a dry wine When John J McLaughlin who first formulated Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale originally made his new soft drink it was far less sweet than other ginger ales then available as a result he labelled it dry 4 History Edit Canada Dry logo next to name of an old abandoned Iranian confectionery 1916 Toronto Star ad for the product In 1890 Canadian pharmacist and chemist John J McLaughlin of Enniskillen Ontario after working in a soda factory in Brooklyn New York 5 opened a carbonated water plant in Toronto 1 McLaughlin was the eldest son of Robert McLaughlin founder of McLaughlin Carriage and McLaughlin Motor Car 6 In 1904 McLaughlin created Canada Dry Pale Ginger Ale Three years later the drink was appointed to the Viceregal Household of the Governor General of Canada and the label featuring a beaver atop a map of Canada was replaced with the present crown and shield label 7 When McLaughlin began shipping his product to New York it became so popular that he opened a plant in Manhattan shortly thereafter After McLaughlin s death in 1914 the company was run briefly by his brother Samuel McLaughlin P D Saylor and Associates bought the business from the McLaughlin family in 1923 and formed Canada Dry Ginger Ale Inc a public company 1 Canada Dry s popularity as a mixer began during Prohibition when its flavor helped mask the taste of homemade liquor 8 In the 1930s Canada Dry expanded worldwide From the 1950s onward the company introduced a larger number of products Norton Simon took an interest in the company in 1964 and it merged with Simon s other holdings the McCall Corporation and Hunt Foods to form Norton Simon Inc Dr Pepper bought Canada Dry from Norton Simon in 1982 9 10 In 1984 Dr Pepper was acquired by Forstmann Little amp Company and Canada Dry was sold to R J Reynolds Del Monte Foods unit to pay off acquisition debt 11 RJR Nabisco sold its soft drink business to Cadbury Schweppes in 1986 Today Canada Dry is owned by Keurig Dr Pepper which was spun off from Cadbury Schweppes in 2008 1 12 Made from Real Ginger lawsuits Edit In 2019 Canada Dry faced a false advertisement lawsuit from the U S Government 13 According to researchers the drink did not have enough ginger for it to have health benefits and for the company to claim that it was made from real ginger 13 Instead of defending their ginger content by going to court they decided to settle by no longer making this claim 14 Dr Pepper decided to offer payment to those who purchased Canada Dry for personal use since 2013 15 16 After the settlement with the U S Government a class action lawsuit has also been requested in Canada 17 As of June 2021 update Canada Dry still advertised their drinks as made from real ginger in Canada 17 The Supreme Court of British Columbia case was settled with the defendant Canada Dry Mott s Inc agreeing to pay 200 000 inclusive of all expenses and fees plus disbursements of 18 607 61 but it did not require the defendant to change its product labelling or advertising for products marketed in Canada The settlement amount was to be distributed to the class members by way of cy pres donation to the Law Foundation of British Columbia while two lead plaintiffs Victor Cardoso and Lionel Ravvin received 1 500 each 18 19 On August 9 2022 Canada Dry announced a new logo on their Canadian Facebook page 20 As such it is currently unknown if this logo will be used outside of Canada Products Edit A can of Canada Dry Ginger Ale with the 2010 2022 logo at Lake Louise Canada Dry building in Saint Laurent May 1946 Canada Dry Ginger Ale Diet Canada Dry Ginger Ale rebranded in November 2020 as Canada Dry Zero Sugar Canada Dry Bold Ginger Ale Canada Dry Ten Canada Dry Ginger Ale and Lemonade Diet Canada Dry Ginger Ale and Lemonade Canada Dry Ginger Ale and Orangeade Canada Dry Club Soda Canada Dry Tonic Water with Quinine Diet Canada Dry Tonic Water with Quinine Canada Dry Bitter Lemon Canada Dry Lime Ricky Canada Dry Tahitian Treat now just Tahitian Treat Canada Dry Hi Spot Apple Hi Spot Orange Hi Spot Tutti cherry and fruit punch and Hi Spot Lithiated Lemon 21 Canada Dry Golden Cockerel Ginger Beer Canada Dry Sparkling Green Tea Ginger Ale Canada Dry White Tea with Raspberry Ginger Ale Canada Dry Cranberry Ginger Ale Diet Canada Dry Cranberry Ginger Ale Canada Dry Blackberry Ginger Ale Canada Dry Blueberry Ginger Ale Canada Dry Lemon Ginger Ale Canada Dry Sparkling Seltzer Water unflavored and mineral free Canada Dry Flavored Sparkling Seltzer Water Lemon Lime Mandarin Orange Raspberry Triple Berry Pomegranate Cherry Peach Mango and Cranberry Lime all available in low sodium and sodium free varieties 22 Sussex Golden Ginger Ale Sussex Pale Dry Ginger Ale Sussex Red Oval Ginger Ale Sussex Old English Ginger Beer Sussex Cola Cactus Cooler Purple Passion Canada Dry Lemon Soda Canada Dry Lemon Lime Soda Canada Dry Vanilla Cream Soda Canada Dry Cocoa Cream Soda Canada Dry Wild Cherry Soda Canada Dry Black Cherry Soda Canada Dry Sunripe Orange Soda Canada Dry Mandarin Orange Soda Canada Dry Concord Grape Soda Canada Dry Grapefruit Soda Canada Dry Spur Cola Canada Dry Sport Cola a caffeine free cola introduced in 1968 23 then discontinued in the 1970s Canada Dry Jamaica Cola Canada Dry Rooti Root Beer Canada Dry Barrelhead Root Beer Canada Dry Wink Canada Dry Pink Wink Canada Dry Collins Mixer Canada Dry Tonic Water Mixer with Quinine Canada Dry Hi GrapeBrands with limited availability Edit Limited availability flavors are produced in Pennsauken Township New Jersey by Pepsi Cola National Brand Beverages and are distributed in southern New Jersey Delaware southeastern Pennsylvania eastern Maryland and northern Virginia At one time the flavors all had uniquely designed labels but now all of them use the standard Canada Dry crest logo citation needed Brands with limited availability in the United States include Canada Dry Pineapple Canada Dry Peach Black Cherry Wishniak Island Lime Wild Cherry Vanilla Cream Blackberry Ginger Ale Cranberry Ginger Ale nationwide however only sold during the Christmas season Locale specific brands Edit Asia Edit Canada Dry Dry Ginger Ale Japan The Middle East Edit Canada Dry UAE Dubai Canada Dry Dana Canada Dry Orange Soda Iran Canada Dry Cream Soda the Middle East South America Edit Pink Grapefruit Canada Dry Peru Canada Dry Limon Soda Chile 24 North America Edit Cranberry Ginger Ale Canada during the Christmas season although also available in the United States during the Christmas season Blackberry Ginger Ale Canada spring 2016 also sold in some U S stores as 20 oz bottles but not all stores that sell Canada Dry sell the Blackberry variant Canada Dry Pineapple U S Canada Dry Peach U S Black Cherry Wishniak U S Island Lime U S Wild Cherry U S Vanilla Cream U S Marketing EditNylon Studios produced the song used in the Rabbit s Jack s Farm commercial featuring Canada Dry Ginger Ale 25 A Cantonese version of the ad was also produced See also EditCanada Dry Gazelle List of Canadian inventions and discoveriesReferences EditNotes Edit a b c d History of our Brands Cadbury Archived from the original on July 8 2011 Retrieved September 11 2010 Ginger Ales Seltzer Waters Sodas Canada Dry www canadadry com Retrieved May 28 2016 Canada Dry Mott s Our History www canadadrymotts ca Retrieved May 28 2016 Morris Evan From Altoids to Zima The Surprising Stories Behind 125 Famous Brand Names Fireside 2004 p 23 24 The McLaughlins Sleighs Buggys Cars and Ginger Ale The Clarington Promoter September 2016 pages 1 and 4 by Myno Van Dyke Robertson Heather October 28 1995 Driving Force The McLaughlin Family and the Age of the Car McClelland amp Stewart ISBN 0 7710 7556 1 Nader Ralph Nadia Milleron Duff Conacher September 1 1992 Canada Firsts McClelland amp Stewart pp 96 ISBN 978 0 7710 6713 6 Witzel Michael Karl Gyvel Young Witzel May 1998 Soda pop from miracle medicine to pop culture Town Square Books p 68 ISBN 978 0 89658 326 9 DR PEPPER TO ACQUIRE CANADA DRY The New York Times By Barnaby J Feder September 16 1981 Canada Dry Sold to Dr Pepper Co The New York Times February 3 1982 Schweppes to Buy Nabisco s Sunkist Canada Dry Units Los Angeles Times June 3 1986 Retrieved April 5 2015 Keurig Dr Pepper Canada Dry Keurig Dr Pepper Retrieved April 5 2015 a b Drinking Eating amp January 12 2019 Facing false advertising lawsuits Canada Dry drops claim it is made from real ginger National Post Retrieved March 19 2019 Drinking Eating amp January 12 2019 Facing false advertising lawsuits Canada Dry drops claim it is made from real ginger National Post Retrieved March 19 2019 Aonso Casey January 12 2019 Canada Dry Is Being Forced To Pay Out Anyone Who Has Bought Their Ginger Ale Since 2013 Because Of This Lawsuit www narcity com Retrieved March 19 2019 Canada Dry Ginger Ale Settlements a b International Radio Canada January 28 2019 Canada Dry Ginger Ale no ginger lawsuit settled in U S begins in Canada RCI English Retrieved March 19 2019 B C man s lawsuit over marketing of Canada Dry ginger ale settled for 200 000 Cardoso v Canada Dry Mott s Inc 2020 BCSC 1569 Drumroll please Allow us to introduce you to our new logo New look same refreshing flavour Roulements de tambour s il vous plait Permettez nous de vous presenter notre nouveau logo Nouveau look meme saveur rafraichissante Display Ad for Hi Spot the delightful lithiated lemon drink Daily Boston Globe April 16 1948 Archived from the original on August 13 2002 Retrieved September 8 2013 Keurig Dr Pepper Product Facts dpsgproductfacts com Retrieved February 21 2015 The Milwaukee Journal Retrieved February 21 2015 CCU Un Mundo de Sabores Canada Dry Limon Soda ccu cl Archived from the original on February 6 2015 Retrieved February 21 2015 Nylon Studios Creates Music for New Canada Dry TV Ad Nylons Studios February 28 2011 Retrieved February 21 2015 Bibliography Edit Robertson Heather 1995 Driving Force The McLaughlin Family and the Age of the Car Toronto McClelland amp Stewart Ltd External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Canada Dry Canada Dry Canada Canada Dry Archived January 30 2013 at the Wayback Machine USA Canada Dry Japan Historic American Engineering Record HAER No MD 131 Canada Dry Bottling Plant 1201 East West Highway Silver Spring Montgomery County MD 20 photos 2 color transparencies 7 measured drawings 37 data pages 2 photo caption pages HAER No OR 137 Canada Dry Bottling Plant 4370 Northeast Halsey Street Portland Multnomah County OR 7 photos 2 data pages 1 photo caption page Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Canada Dry amp oldid 1136031368, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
