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Dr Pepper is now as popular as Pepsi. It's still shrouded in mystery

Dr Pepper is tied with Pepsi to be the second-best-selling soda in the U.S. Many questions remain about its origin, undefinable flavor and ingredients.

had joined Pepsi to become the nation’s second-best-selling soda, behind category-dominating Coke, according to trade publication Beverage Digest. That news might have surprised even some of Dr Pepper’s most ardent fans, many of whom revel in the kind of weird aura that surrounds their beloved, inscrutable drink. More than a century later, among the shelves of bland corporate products, Dr Pepper has always felt like a freaky anomaly, a brand shrouded in mystery.

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