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Caffeine-Free Pepsi

Soft drink

Summary

Soft drink

Field	Value
name	Caffeine Free Pepsi
logo	Pepsi caffeine free newlogo.png
logo_size	100
image	Caffeine free Diet Pepsi.jpg
image_size	150
caption	Can of Caffeine-Free diet Pepsi
with the 2005 design
type	Cola
manufacturer	Pepsi
origin	United States
introduced
related	Caffeine-Free Coca-Cola
website

with the 2005 design

Caffeine-Free Pepsi is a version of Pepsi that omits the caffeine that is customarily part of a cola. The drink has been marketed by PepsiCo since 1982. A sugar-free variant, Caffeine-Free Diet Pepsi, also exists. Caffeine-Free Pepsi is marketed and distincted with a gold colored brand and packaging.

History

The product was introduced under the brand name Pepsi Free in 1982. It was claimed by PepsiCo to be 99.7 percent caffeine free. Diet Pepsi Free, a version based on Diet Pepsi, was also launched. The "Pepsi Free" name was phased out by 1987 and both were rebranded to their present names. As of 1994, it ranked as the tenth most sold soft drink in the United States.

In popular culture

Pepsi Free (as it was then known) was the subject of a scene in the 1985 blockbuster film Back to the Future. Upon entering a café in 1955, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) asks for a Tab (Coca-Cola's first version of a sugar-free soft drink, which was not available until 1963) and is told that he cannot have a "tab," unless he orders something. He then asks for a Pepsi Free and is told, "If you want a Pepsi, pal, you're gonna pay for it!" ("Free" is here being mistaken for gratis.).

Notes

References

(2008). "Breathtaking Design Strategy". [[Arnell Group]].
Dougherty, Philip H.. (1982-10-25). "ADVERTISING; Pepsico Sets the Debut Of a Drink, Pepsi Free". The New York Times.
"Decaffeinated Pepsi Free heads for US marketplace". Christian Science Monitor.
Ferraro, Thomas. (November 2, 1984). "Pepsi dumps saccharin out of diet drinks - UPI Archives".
"Pepsi introduces diet and caffeine free colas - UPI Archives".
(1995-02-02). "Corrections (Published 1995)". [[The New York Times]].
(2004-12-20). "Diet Drinks Get Aliases (Published 2004)".
Meslow, Scott. (2010-10-26). "5 Things 'Back to the Future' Tells Us About the Past".

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