[Lee Stewart]

This classic lemon-lime beverage is the first and only soda on our list that wasn’t invented by a pharmacist—it was created by businessman Charles Leiper Grigg in 1929. However, like our previous pops, it was originally marketed for its health benefits; its original formula featured lithium citrate, a chemical still used today as a mood stabilizer. And while 7-Up is one of the shortest soda brand names today, the drink’s original name was more of a mouthful: 'Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda.' Grigg changed the name of the soda pop shortly thereafter, and then changed the name of his business from the Howdy Corporation to the Seven-Up Company in 1936.