Pepsi
![The pharmacy of Caleb Bradham, with a Pepsi dispenser](/Images/godic/202502/02/HMB_Bern_New_Bern_Caleb_Bradham2749.jpg")
![1919 newspaper ad for Pepsi-Cola](/Images/godic/202502/02/Pepsi_newspaper_ad_19192749.png")
![A plaque at 256 Middle Street, New Bern, NC](/Images/godic/202502/02/PepsiPlaque2749.jpg")
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Pepsi (stylized in lowercase as pepsi, formerly stylized in uppercase as PEPSI) is a carbonated soft drink that is produced and manufactured by PepsiCo. Created and developed in 1893 and introduced as Brad's Drink, it was renamed as Pepsi-Cola on August 28, 1898, then to Pepsi in 1961, and in select areas of North America, "Pepsi-Cola Made with Real Sugar" as of 2014.