Independent soda

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Independent soda is soft drink generally made by smaller privately run businesses or smaller corporations who use alternative marketing strategies to promote their product.

The label 'independent soda' or simply 'indie soda' was arguably started in the early 1970s in response to Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola's mass media campaigns for the edge in the beverage market. Several groups decided to protest by making and in some cases publicly distributing their home made brew. Over time, many people were bought off or scared away by the two soda conglomerates.

Jones Soda is one of the more commonly known 'independent soda' companies. Three less commonly known independent sodas are Maine Root Soda, Blue Sky Soda and Blue Brainwash.

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