Big Red (soft drink) by mixing orange and lemon oils with the traditional vanilla used in other cream sodas. Big Red is produced and distributed by various independent soft drink bottlers including Keurig Dr Pepper, CCE, and Pepsi Bottling Group under license from Big Red, Inc., based in Austin, Texas. Big Red was the sixth-highest selling soft drink company in the United States from 2002–2004, after Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Dr Pepper/7Up, Cott and National Beverage Company. As a preeminent red creme soda in the South, it is a staple of many Juneteenth celebrations. In 2007 Big Red Ltd. was purchased by Gary Smith, with backing
Banta each. By 2010 however the sales had dropped by nearly half, especially after reports of consumers experiencing nausea after consumption due to unsanitary conditions during production of the beverage. Banta Banta or Banta Soda also known as Fotash Jawl in Bengali, Goli Soda ("Goli" = spherical object in Hindi) or Goti Soda ("Goti" = marble in Hindi) is a colloquial term for a carbonated lemon or orange-flavoured soft drink in Codd-neck bottle popular in India. Though the origin of its name is from Punjabi word for marble (banta), Banta has been sold since the late 19th century, long before popular