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[[Image:Vess soda 4cans.jpg|thumb|250px|Vess soda in cans 2006]]
[[Image:Vess orange whistle soda.jpg|thumb|250px|Early advertising for Whistle soda.]]
'''Vess Soda''' is a brand of [[soft drink]] manufactured and distributed primarily in the [[St. Louis, Missouri]], metropolitan area. The company was founded in 1916. During the height of its popularity, Vess had bottling plants in Ashville, NC; Lafayette, IN, Cincinnati, OH; and elsewhere. It is owned by [[Cott Beverages]].
[[Charles Leiper Grigg]], a Vess Soda salesman who developed the orange Whistle flavor for Vess, later founded [[7Up]] after devising its recipe too. Vess Beverage assets and division, Vess Specialty Packaging Company, was purchased in 1994 by Cott.<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE6D7103BF932A35755C0A962958260&sec=&spon=&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink Company New; Cott buys Missouri Bottler for $27.4 Million]</ref>
==Current products==
As of 2007 Vess soda is sold in small plastic bottles and cans, as well as 2 and 3-[[liter]] bottles. Their slogan is "The Billion Bubble Beverage".
Vess flavors include the standard [[cola]] and fruit flavors. Vess is well-known for their [[orange soda|orange]] soft drink, [[Whistle (soda)|Whistle]]. The [[cream soda|cream]] variety is an unusual deep pink color. Vess-Up is their lemon lime soda. Vess also produces pineapple, peach, strawberry, blue raspberry and kiwi-strawberry flavors. There is also Vess [[Tonic Water]], [[Ginger ale]], [[Club soda]] and [[Seltzer]] in one liter bottles and standard and fruit flavors available in 2 and 3 liter variety..
==Past products==
In the 1980's, Vess soda produced a chocolate beverage almost identical to [[Yoo-hoo]]. It was called [[Vess Chocolate]]. It was discontinued in the mid 1990s.
==Vess company collection==
The Vess family also maintains one of the finest private collections of [[Chinese ceramics]], and 19th/20th Century American and European prints in the US.
==See also==
* [[The Bottle District]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://stlcin.missouri.org/history/structdetail.cfm?Master_ID=2210 Giant replica of a family-size Vess Soda Bottle Neon Sign]
* [http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlfile19077/Worlds-Largest-Vess-Soda-Bottle.htm Aerial view of World's Largest Vess Soda Bottle]
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[[Category:Companies based in Missouri]]
[[Category:Companies based in St. Louis, Missouri]]
[[Category:Soft drinks]]
[[Category:St. Louis Drinks]]
[[Category:Cuisine of the Midwestern United States]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1916]]
[[Category:Orange sodas]]
[[Category:Beverage companies of the United States]]