Among widely recognized commercial soft drinks still sold today, Schweppes is historically cited as one of the oldest, founded in 1783 after Johann Jacob Schweppe developed his process for carbonating mineral water in Geneva before expanding to London. In terms of mass-market colas and root beers, historic American brands like Dr Pepper (introduced in 1885) and Coca-Cola (introduced in 1886) represent the earliest generations of modern commercial soft drinks still globally dominant today.