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. Sun Crest Orange is currently available in fountain service and glass bottles in select markets in the U.S.

History

The Sun Crest brand of soft drinks was introduced by the National NuGrape Company of

, in 1938 as a flavor line, and sister brand to NuGrape, 2-Way lemon lime, and

Kickapoo Joy Juice Kickapoo Joy Juice is a citrus-flavored soft drink brand owned by the Monarch Beverage Company. The name was introduced in ''Li'l Abner'', a comic strip that ran from 1934 through 1977. Although ''Li'l Abners Kickapoo Joy Juice was an alcoho ...

. Sun Crest was acquired along with

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in 1968 by The

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Company (renamed Moxie-Monarch-NuGrape Company and later

). Hedinger Brands, LLC. purchased the Sun Crest brand from Monarch in 2007 along with

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Dr. Wells Dr. Wells is a "Dr Pepper, pepper-style" carbonated soft drink manufactured by the Dad's Root Beer Company, LLC. of Jasper, Indiana, and owned by Hedinger Brands, LLC. Developed and introduced in 1935 as a "pepper-style" carbonated soft drink b ...

brands, and licensed the brand to The Dad's Root Beer Company, LLC. The Dad's Root Beer Company headquarters is located in Jasper, Indiana. From the 1970s until the early 1990s, Sun Crest branded lime soda, sarsaparilla, grape soda, and cherry soda were sold in the UK at

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stores, and delivered in glass bottles by

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. Since 2016, the UK branch of Sun Crest has also begun selling exotic fruit juice such as pineapple, passion fruit, grapefruit, and coconut water in supermarkets like

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. As of 2021, the only Sun Crest branded soda still available in the UK is sparkling grape juice.

Products

* Sun Crest Orange Soda * Sun Crest Strawberry Soda * Sun Crest Grape Soda * Sun Crest Pineapple Soda * Sun Crest Peach * Sun Crest Cherry * Sun Crest Grapefruit * Sun Crest Lemon & LimeCan Museum
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References

External links

Dad's Root Beer Company - Sun Crest pageMonarch Beverage Company - Company History page
American soft drinks Dad's Root Beer brands Products introduced in 1938 Orange sodas Citrus sodas Grapefruit sodas Lemon-lime sodas {{food-product-stub