What flavour is Dr Pepper?

See title.

 

Prune.

Diet Dr Pepper is the best!!

 

I believe it's what you'd call CRAP-flavor. I hate that stuff. The aftertaste reminds me of puke.

 

Hmm, maybe sweet Cherry?

 

Peppery

 

Maybe it's pepper flavour?

 

Very rarely do I actually taste some 'cherryish' flavour in it ... but it's rare.

 

I concur that it's prune. I saw a show on it the other day believe it or not. So drink it near the potty if you're smart.

 

Cherry is the closest I can think of it.

Don't you just hate it when people think it's Coke?

 

I think it tastes... the way red Swedish Fish smell. Seriously, try it sometime, Dr. Pepper, Swedish Fish, Dr. Pepper, Swedish Fish...

Or maybe I'm on crack.

 

It tastes like sugary carbonated prune juice. Get a glass of prune juice and you will agree.

 

Well, like I said there was this whole show on the Discovery Channel and they revealed that one of the "secret" flavors was prune juice.

 

Tastes like peppered doctors to me.

 

The Prune Juice thing is an Urban legend

Dear Yahoo!:
What flavor is Dr Pepper?
Jen
Killingly, Connecticut

Dear Jen:
We've been known to enjoy a Dr Pepper every now and again, and we've often pondered how the good doctor gets the peculiar taste. We've heard it's prune juice. We've heard it's grape juice. We've even heard it's a top-secret combination of ingredients that only a few people know.
We started with a simple Yahoo! search on "Dr Pepper," which led us to two Dr Pepper categories. Choosing to head down the Drinks and Drinking > Dr Pepper path, we found six web sites dedicated to the popular soft drink. We clicked on the Official link, which actually led us to the commercial side of the directory. We went straight to the site from the doctor himself, Drpepper.com, a pretty cool site with Flash animation.

We clicked on the Our Story link and quickly learned that Dr Pepper is the oldest major soft drink in the U.S. It was first made and sold in 1885 in Waco, Texas. We scrolled down and learned more about the soft drink, its history, and Dr. Charles Pepper, the man after whom the drink is named. However, we didn't find any information on the drink's flavor. We decided to check out the FAQs.

The quest for an answer was solved, sort of. The second question asks, "What's in Dr Pepper? Is prune juice in Dr Pepper?"

The answer:

The formula for Dr Pepper is proprietary, but prune juice is definitely not one of the ingredients. It is a blend of many spices and flavor extracts. The color is supplied by caramel especially made for the product.
So, the question remains unsolved, but at least some of the conjecture can be put to rest. Looks like you'll just have to be satisfied knowing that "Dr Pepper makes the world taste better."

 

Kinky, to say the least.

 

It's supposed to be 'fruit flavoured', or something like that.



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It's a really tart cherry or plum or something. I've never cared for it.

 

It's Dr. Pepper flavored.

 

It's Dr. Pepper flavored.

Best. Cop-out. EVAR.

 

Dr. Pepper tastes like crap, thats also the name of the flavour.


-Mulacki

 

It tastes like cough medicine.

 

Hey, I love the stuff. And it's one of those mysteries that keeps us on our toes.

 

This thread inspired me. I purchased a Diet Dr Pepper for lunch.

I'm looking at the ingredients and there it is, right on the bottle: phenylketonurics.

For those of you who don't know, phenylketonurics is Latvian for 'prune drip'. Therefore, this question has been answered, MODS please lock this thread now.

 

Benadryl-flavor.

 

Well this is what I know about Dr. Pepper --
it was originally supposed to be some kind of beer, or alcoholic beverage. However, before it was major soft drink the family of the inventor didn't want their dad drunk all the time, so they he was only allowed to drink it without the alcoholic ingredient...thus, Dr. Pepper. Believe it or not. Eventually, it was sold as a drink in his local town and gained popularity, and rest is history.