Diet Taste Challenge #3

In the third exciting week of our Diet Taste Challenge, we decided to repeat week #1 taste challenge and 43 people answered the question, "Which diet do you prefer?" Though we expected similar results as the first week, we were proven wrong. The results this week were the following:

In the #1 position

Tab
16 people chose this drink
37.2% of individuals liked this drink the most
Diet Pepsi
10 people chose this drink
23.8% of indivduals liked this drink the most
Diet RC
8 people chose this drink
18.6% of individuals liked this drink the most
Diet HEB Original
7 people chose this drink
16.3% of individuals liked this drink the most


In the #2 position

Diet HEB Original
13 people chose this drink
31.0% of individuals liked this drink second
Diet Pepsi
12 people chose this drink
28.6% of individuals liked this drink second
Tab
8 people chose this drink
19.0% of individuals liked this drink second
Diet RC
7 people chose this drink
16.7% of individuals liked this drink second


In the #3 position

Diet RC
17 people chose this drink
40.5% of individuals liked this drink third
Diet HEB Original
11 people chose this drink
26.2% of individuals liked this drink third
Diet Pepsi
10 people chose this drink
23.8% of individuals liked this drink third
Tab
2 people chose this drink
4.8% of individuals liked this drink third


In the #4 position

Tab
15 people chose this drink
35.7% of individuals liked this drink the least
Diet HEB Original
10 people chose this drink
23.8% of individuals liked this drink the least
Diet RC
9 people chose this drink
21.4% of individuals liked this drink the least
Diet Pepsi
8 people chose this drink
19.0% of individuals liked this drink the least

Join us next week for the next exciting diet taste challenge!! The Diet Soda Taste Challenge is held at 2 PM on the 2nd floor of the Dr Pepper museum.

The Skinny on Diet Drinks

As part of our newest exhibit, The Skinny on Diet Drinks, Amber spent some time talking with our visitors about their favorite soft drinks. Check out what they had to say in our video blog. Then post a video blog about your favorite soft drink to our You Tube site.

Diet Taste Test Challenge #2

We had our 2nd taste challenge today. This time we put diet sodas against their regular brand to see if people could choose the diet drink. The 4 brands chosen were Dr Pepper, RC, 7 Up and A&W Root Beer. We asked 45 people "Which is the Diet?" Their selections were as follows:

Dr Pepper
37 chose A as the diet drink.
8 chose B as the diet drink.

A was the right answer. 82% chose A.


RC Cola
10 chose C as the diet drink.
35 chose D as the diet drink.

D was the right answer. 77% chose D.


7 Up
21 chose E as the diet drink.
24 chose F as the diet drink.

F was the right answer. 53% chose F.


A&W Root Beer
26 chose G as the diet drink.
18 chose H as the diet drink.

G was the right answer. 57% chose G.

Next week we will pit four kinds of diet colas against each other. Come and test the difference for yourself. See you next Friday at 2 pm on the 2nd floor.

Diet Taste Test Challenge #1

To go along with our new Diet exhibit, the Dr Pepper Museum issued a challenge to its visitors. This week's challenge was "Which diet cola do you Prefer?" We tested Diet Pepsi, Diet RC, Tab, and Diet HEB Original. We asked 41 people their opinion in a blind taste test and here are the results.



In the #1 position

Diet HEB Original
20 people chose this drink
48.7% of individuals liked this drink the most
Tab
8 people chose this drink
19.5% of indivduals liked this drink the most
Diet Pepsi
7 people chose this drink
17.1% of individuals liked this drink the most
Diet RC
5 people chose this drink
12.2% of individuals liked this drink the most


In the #2 position

Tab
13 people chose this drink
31.7% of individuals liked this drink second
Diet Pepsi
10 people chose this drink
24.3% of individuals liked this drink second
Diet RC
10 people chose this drink
24.3% of individuals liked this drink second
Diet HEB Original
7 people chose this drink
17.1% of individuals liked this drink second


In the #3 position

Diet RC
18 people chose this drink
43.9% of individuals liked this drink third
Diet Pepsi
8 people chose this drink
19.5% of individuals liked this drink third
Tab
8 people chose this drink
19.5 % of individuals liked this drink third
Diet HEB Original
6 people chose this drink
14.6% of individuals liked this drink third


In the #4 position

Diet Pepsi
15 people chose this drink
36.5% of individuals liked this drink the least
Tab
11 people chose this drink
26.8% of individuals liked this drink the least
Diet HEB Original
7 people chose this drink
17.1% of individuals liked this drink the least
Diet RC
7 people chose this drink
17.1% of individuals liked this drink the least



These are the results for this week. Next week will be a new and different challenge so come on down and give your tastebuds a test! Come and see us next Friday at 2 pm at the Dr Pepper Museum.

Summer Camp: Week 2

The Second Week of Summer Camp has come and gone. It was much busier than the first week of camp. There were twenty-nine kids that attended camp this week. We had many interesting characters attend this week of camp. . We had brothers and sisters, cousins, friends, and neighbors that came to camp. We had several people from San Antonio and everywhere around Texas attending this week’s camp.. The same 4 programs again this week, but it was definitely a bit livelier than the previous week. On the Create a Soft Drink day we had a group create Funky Monkey and created a commercial making monkey noises. On Soda Pop Science Day, there was more homemade ice cream along with homemade silly putty for creeping out camp counselors. On the Pop Art Day, straw painting got a bit wilder this time with all the kids, but thankfully the walls didn’t get a new coat of paint. With Summer Camp, there is a day for every kid to love and there are still a few spots open for our last week in August.

Summer Camp: Week 1

Long hot summer days and the smell of Dr Pepper and ice cream in the air can only mean one thing; it is time for summer camp! The first week of camp was fun. This week had only about eight kids but they made it a blast! We had children as far away as Austin attended this week’s camp. On the first day the campers did a Create a Soft Drink Program where they combined 3 different flavors to make their own soda drink. Popular flavors were grape, pineapple, and green apple. (Thanks to Jell-Craft in San Antonio for getting us some great new flavors!) After they created their soft drink they performed commercials advertising their new product. On the second day, Soda Jerk Academy, the campers made many different sweets using both soda and ice cream. They also jerked their own soda drinks in our soda fountain. We had children turning down ice cream! They left that day with a full stomach. The third day was Soda Pop Science. The children learned about water filters and about the science behind soda drinks. One experiment had kids blowing up balloons using baking soda and vinegar. At the end of that day it was time for more ice cream—the old-fashioned way. And they didn’t turn it down this time, when you put that much work into it, you have to eat it. The last day of camp was Pop Art Day. During this day students learned about different types of art and created their own art. They created their own modern art paintings using soda straws and paint. They also created their own picture frame with Dr Pepper bottle caps to place a picture of them to remember their time here.

July Video Blog!

Hi, my name is Josh. I am a Media Communications and Information major at Texas State Technical College. I work at the Dr Pepper Museum as a carbonic engineer (soda jerk). I recently started an internship at the museum as well. I have been working here for some time; I know the museum like the front and back of my hand, so it is hard to say what I like best about this place. If I had to pick it would be all the people I have meet over the years—many I have become close friends with.

As a part of my internship, I was ask to pick my favorite collection piece from the museum, photograph it and write about the piece I choose in a blog. I choose a collection of diet 7-Up bottles. Seven-Up is an interesting brand. I remember as a child when I was ill, my mother would give me some Seven-Up to make me feel better. Seven-Up is not exactly a prescribed drug for illness, but it sure tastes more enjoyable then other remedies. The bottles I choose are on the second floor of the museum in the new exhibit, “The Skinny on Diet Drinks.”

Here are some other pictures I’ve taken of the museum’s collection.

Diet vs Regular: More Soda Drinkers Weigh In

Jack McKinney, Executive Director:
"Well, I know my doctor prefers that people drink diet sodas! Personally, I like Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper because it still taste sweet, and Diet A&W Root Beer and Diet Cream Soda because I think they taste similar to their originals."

Jennie Sheppard, Director of Communications:
"I like Diet 7Up and Diet Caffine-Free Dr Pepper, since I don't drink caffine. Also, I think that diet soft drinks have a lighter, crisper taste.

Amber Schneider, Exhibits Intern:
"I rarely drink diet sodas because I don't like the aftertaste, but I sometimes drink Coke Zero. I like cane sugar Dr Pepper a lot because it's really sweet, but my favorite soft drinks are the old fashion flavors like Ginger Ale, Cream Soda and Black Cherry Soda."

July FAN OF THE MONTH!!!

Wow it has been forever since we have done a FAN OF THE MONTH!!! Our July FAN OF THE MONTH is named Reagan Hailey and she is awesome! Read on to find out what Reagan likes about Dr Pepper:

My name is Reagan Hailey and I’m from Idaho Falls, Idaho. My favorite drink of all time is Dr Pepper and since last summer after discovering the Dr Pepper Museum by watching soda ads on YouTube I have been wanting to go there so badly.

Luckily we go to Texas once a year to visit family, but this January I was so sick I needed a lung transplant. We planned on driving from Houston to Waco one day to visit the Museum. And now right before going back home to Idaho I get to do what I have always wanted to do.

I guess the reason why I like Dr Pepper is because of its taste. It’s different from any other soft drink and tastes sweeter. I don’t like colas and root beer. I just plain don’t like them, but I love Dr Pepper. I try to collect Dr Pepper merchandise and I drink it at least once every day. For my whole thirteen years of my life Dr Pepper is the only soda I have really loved. I am kind of addicted to it.


To nominate yourself or someone you know for the Dr Pepper Museum FAN OF THE MONTH, email us at collections@drpeppermuseum.com!