Is Dr Pepper older than Coca-Cola?
Yes. Coca-Cola was not invented until 1886, making Dr Pepper the oldest of the current major-brand soft drinks in the United States. In this case, I’m defining a “major brand” as one of the top ten best-selling carbonated brands in the United States, of which Coca-Cola is currently #1, and Dr Pepper is #5, as ranked by Beverage Digest as of 2010, the latest year for which data is available.
