Dr Pepper is a fantastic carbonated soft drink. It was created in the 1880s by pharmacist Charles Alderton in Waco, Texas, and it was first served around 1885. Dr Pepper was first nationally marketed in the United States in 1904 and is now also sold in Europe, Asia, North and South America, and Australia, as well as New Zealand and South Africa as an imported good. Dr Pepper has grown and has a variety of different flavours on offer.