Found: Dr. Pepper with Real Sugar

I realize that this may not be Earth shattering news. After all, the famous Dublin Dr. Pepper has always been made with real cane sugar. However, Dublin Dr. Pepper is often sold at a premium and can be relatively inconvenient to obtain in Austin. The green bottles in the photo, however, were in the cooler at the 7-11 on 15th and San Antonio. No special effort necessary; they were on the shelf next to the Diet Dr. Pepper and priced exactly the same.

I'm not on the anti high fructose corn syrup bandwagon, nor am I convinced that it's Satan's own sweetener. I do, however, think that real sugar tastes MUCH better. Compare, for example, a Coke bottled in Texas (corn syrup) to one from Mexico (made with real sugar, and extremely delicious). Same thing with DP. I picked up one of the green bottled Dr. Peppers and drank it after my Leadership Austin meeting. It was very good, a definite cut above it's corn sweetened cousin.