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| Nuka-Cola entered the beverage market in [[2044]], with the invention of the soft drink by [[John-Caleb Bradberton]] after two years of experimentation.<ref name="WoR tour">[[DLC04 BottlingPlantPA.txt|World of Refreshment PA tour]]: ''"Nuka-Cola began its journey in the year 2042 when our founder, John-Caleb Bradberton, was a budding chemist. He dreamt of a delicious soft drink that would provide energy, focus and 120% of the recommended daily value of sugar! It took almost two years to perfect the formula, but in late 2044, Mr. Bradberton was finally successful and Nuka-Cola was born!"''</ref> It contained 120% of the recommended daily allowance of sugar, and took the [[United States]] market by storm, and within a year could be purchased nationwide.<ref name="SierrasBackground">[[Sierra Petrovita]]: ''"When Nuka-Cola was invented by John-Caleb Bradberton in 2044, it quickly became the world's most popular soft drink. The wonder drink soon drew a dedicated following which prompted the Nuka-Cola Corporation to release many promotional items like these. By 2067, a Nuka-Cola machine such as this rare pristine model could be found on almost every street in America. Even in today's crazy world, Nuka-Cola is still the number one choice of refreshment among Armageddon's survivors."''<br />([[Sierra Petrovita/Dialogue (Fallout 3)|Sierra Petrovita's dialogue]])</ref><ref>[[Fallout 4 loading screens|''Fallout 4'' loading screen]]: ''"Amateur chemist John-Caleb Bradberton discovered the formula for Nuka-Cola in 2044. Within a year, Nuka-Cola could be purchased across the entire United States."''</ref> | | Nuka-Cola entered the beverage market in [[2044]], with the invention of the soft drink by [[John-Caleb Bradberton]] after two years of experimentation.<ref name="WoR tour">[[World of Refreshment/PA|World of Refreshment PA tour]]: ''"Nuka-Cola began its journey in the year 2042 when our founder, John-Caleb Bradberton, was a budding chemist. He dreamt of a delicious soft drink that would provide energy, focus and 120% of the recommended daily value of sugar! It took almost two years to perfect the formula, but in late 2044, Mr. Bradberton was finally successful and Nuka-Cola was born!"''</ref> It contained 120% of the recommended daily allowance of sugar, and took the [[United States]] market by storm, and within a year could be purchased nationwide.<ref name="SierrasBackground">[[Sierra Petrovita]]: ''"When Nuka-Cola was invented by John-Caleb Bradberton in 2044, it quickly became the world's most popular soft drink. The wonder drink soon drew a dedicated following which prompted the Nuka-Cola Corporation to release many promotional items like these. By 2067, a Nuka-Cola machine such as this rare pristine model could be found on almost every street in America. Even in today's crazy world, Nuka-Cola is still the number one choice of refreshment among Armageddon's survivors."''<br />([[Sierra Petrovita/Dialogue (Fallout 3)|Sierra Petrovita's dialogue]])</ref><ref>[[Fallout 4 loading screens|''Fallout 4'' loading screen]]: ''"Amateur chemist John-Caleb Bradberton discovered the formula for Nuka-Cola in 2044. Within a year, Nuka-Cola could be purchased across the entire United States."''</ref> |
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| Additional formula research resulted in numerous flavor variations, popular additions including cherry, grape, and orange released just a few years after the drink debuted.<ref name="ClassTastes">[[Fallout 4 loading screens#Nuka-World|''Nuka-World'' loading screens]]: ''"Nuka-Cola introduced fruit-flavored beverages such as Nuka-Cherry, Nuka-Grape and Nuka-Orange only a few short years after the corporation was founded. They were an instant success."''</ref> The last Nuka-Cola taste variant was created in October 2076, dubbed [[Nuka-Cola Quantum]] based on an isotope of strontium-90, the first cases of which hit the market in select cities before the war.<ref>[[Nuka-Cola plant terminal entries#Company Announcement|Nuka-Cola plant terminal entries; Packing line terminal, Company Announcement]]</ref><ref name="BradTerminals">[[Bradberton's Office terminal entries#10-20-2076 JCB|Bradberton's Office terminal entries; Bradberton's project terminal, 10-20-2076 JCB]]</ref> Market research in 2052 indicated that 86 out of 100 polled consumers chose the "Dazzling Blue" color of bottle as their favorite.<ref>[[Lone Wanderer]]: ''"Why a blue bottle if the soda is brown? That's just weird."''<br />[[Sierra Petrovita]]: ''"Aha! That's where you're wrong! Market research done in 2052 said that the blue color was the favorite in 86 people out of 100 polled. And the particular hue of blue is Dazzling Blue, scientifically proven to be the most pleasing of all blues!"''<br />([[Sierra Petrovita/Dialogue (Fallout 3)|Sierra Petrovita's dialogue]])</ref> | | Additional formula research resulted in numerous flavor variations, popular additions including cherry, grape, and orange released just a few years after the drink debuted.<ref name="ClassTastes">[[Fallout 4 loading screens#Nuka-World|''Nuka-World'' loading screens]]: ''"Nuka-Cola introduced fruit-flavored beverages such as Nuka-Cherry, Nuka-Grape and Nuka-Orange only a few short years after the corporation was founded. They were an instant success."''</ref> The last Nuka-Cola taste variant was created in October 2076, dubbed [[Nuka-Cola Quantum]] based on an isotope of strontium-90, the first cases of which hit the market in select cities before the war.<ref>[[Nuka-Cola plant terminal entries#Company Announcement|Nuka-Cola plant terminal entries; Packing line terminal, Company Announcement]]</ref><ref name="BradTerminals">[[Bradberton's Office terminal entries#10-20-2076 JCB|Bradberton's Office terminal entries; Bradberton's project terminal, 10-20-2076 JCB]]</ref> Market research in 2052 indicated that 86 out of 100 polled consumers chose the "Dazzling Blue" color of bottle as their favorite.<ref>[[Lone Wanderer]]: ''"Why a blue bottle if the soda is brown? That's just weird."''<br />[[Sierra Petrovita]]: ''"Aha! That's where you're wrong! Market research done in 2052 said that the blue color was the favorite in 86 people out of 100 polled. And the particular hue of blue is Dazzling Blue, scientifically proven to be the most pleasing of all blues!"''<br />([[Sierra Petrovita/Dialogue (Fallout 3)|Sierra Petrovita's dialogue]])</ref> |
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| The unique taste of Nuka-Cola is the result of a combination of 17 fruit essences, balanced to enhance the classic cola flavor.<ref name="ClassicTaste1">[[Fallout 4 loading screens#Nuka-World|''Nuka-World'' loading screen]]: ''"Nuka-Cola's award-winning taste is derived from a secret combination of seventeen fruit essences which are balanced to enhance, but not overwhelm, that classic cola flavor."''</ref> The combination of carbonated water, caramel color, aspartame, phosphoric acid, potassium benzoate, citric acid, caffeine, and natural flavors was marketed as being fortified with "vitaminerals" and "health tonics."<ref name ="dugan">[[Dugan]]: ''"{123}{}{Carbonated Water, Caramel Color, Aspartame, Phosphoric Acid, Potassium Benzoate (To Protect Taste), Natural Flavors, Citric Acid, Caffeine}"''<br />([[DUGAN.MSG|Dugan's dialogue]])</ref><ref>[[Lone Wanderer]]: ''"Never mind. I think you've had enough sugar for one day."''<br />[[Zip (Fallout 3)|Zip]]: ''"But Nuka-Cola's fortified with vitaminerals and health tonics! It even says so on the label! That means it's healthy for me!"''<br />([[Zip's dialogue]])</ref> Ingredients were combined in just the right proportion, to the level that shortages of ingredients or changes to the recipe were noticed by consumers.<ref name="Famine">[[Lone Wanderer]]: ''"The taste... I could never get used to it."''<br />[[Sierra Petrovita]]: ''"No no no! You're mistaken! The flavor is the essence of seventeen different fruits mixed in just the right proportion to give the beverage that delicious taste. In fact, in the Great Passion Fruit Famine of 2044, people actually noticed the taste difference when the flavor was changed!"''<br />([[Sierra Petrovita/Dialogue (Fallout 3)|Sierra Petrovita's dialogue]])</ref> Frequent consumption could cause [[Nuka-Cola addiction|addiction]], which led to splitting headaches.<ref>[[Dugan]]: "''{116}{}{It is the stuff of life . . . Well actually, if I don't drink it on an hourly basis I get a splitting headache.}''"<br />([[DUGAN.MSG|Dugan's dialogue]])</ref><section end="background" /><section end="nuka" /> | | The unique taste of Nuka-Cola is the result of a combination of 17 fruit essences, balanced to enhance the classic cola flavor.<ref name="ClassicTaste1">[[Fallout 4 loading screens#Nuka-World|''Nuka-World'' loading screen]]: ''"Nuka-Cola's award-winning taste is derived from a secret combination of seventeen fruit essences which are balanced to enhance, but not overwhelm, that classic cola flavor."''</ref> The combination of carbonated water, caramel color, aspartame, phosphoric acid, potassium benzoate, citric acid, caffeine, and natural flavors was marketed as being fortified with "vitaminerals" and "health tonics."<ref name ="dugan">[[Dugan]]: ''"{123}{}{Carbonated Water, Caramel Color, Aspartame, Phosphoric Acid, Potassium Benzoate (To Protect Taste), Natural Flavors, Citric Acid, Caffeine}"''<br />([[DUGAN.MSG|Dugan's dialogue]])</ref><ref>[[Lone Wanderer]]: ''"Never mind. I think you've had enough sugar for one day."''<br />[[Zip (Fallout 3)|Zip]]: ''"But Nuka-Cola's fortified with vitaminerals and health tonics! It even says so on the label! That means it's healthy for me!"''<br />([[Zip (Fallout 3)/Dialogue|Zip's dialogue]])</ref> Ingredients were combined in just the right proportion, to the level that shortages of ingredients or changes to the recipe were noticed by consumers.<ref name="Famine">[[Lone Wanderer]]: ''"The taste... I could never get used to it."''<br />[[Sierra Petrovita]]: ''"No no no! You're mistaken! The flavor is the essence of seventeen different fruits mixed in just the right proportion to give the beverage that delicious taste. In fact, in the Great Passion Fruit Famine of 2044, people actually noticed the taste difference when the flavor was changed!"''<br />([[Sierra Petrovita/Dialogue (Fallout 3)|Sierra Petrovita's dialogue]])</ref> Frequent consumption could cause [[Nuka-Cola addiction|addiction]], which led to splitting headaches.<ref>[[Dugan]]: "''{116}{}{It is the stuff of life . . . Well actually, if I don't drink it on an hourly basis I get a splitting headache.}''"<br />([[DUGAN.MSG|Dugan's dialogue]])</ref><section end="background" /><section end="nuka" /> |
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Independent Fallout Wiki Overview Article
Nuka-Cola is a beverage produced by the United States' Nuka-Cola Corporation.[1] The product subsequently dominated the market as the most popular American soda.[2] In the aftermath of the Great War, the bottle caps of Nuka-Cola are the most commonly used currency.[3]
Background
Nuka-Cola entered the beverage market in 2044, with the invention of the soft drink by John-Caleb Bradberton after two years of experimentation.[1] It contained 120% of the recommended daily allowance of sugar, and took the United States market by storm, and within a year could be purchased nationwide.[4][5]
Additional formula research resulted in numerous flavor variations, popular additions including cherry, grape, and orange released just a few years after the drink debuted.[6] The last Nuka-Cola taste variant was created in October 2076, dubbed Nuka-Cola Quantum based on an isotope of strontium-90, the first cases of which hit the market in select cities before the war.[7][8] Market research in 2052 indicated that 86 out of 100 polled consumers chose the "Dazzling Blue" color of bottle as their favorite.[9]
By 2067, there was a vending machine on almost every street in America, offering regular Nuka-Cola and any of its variants.[4] Nuka-Cola was distributed in bottles and in cans, and soda fountains were installed as an amenity in Appalachia's Whitespring Resort.[10][11] In 2077, a new "bottle rocket" shape was introduced by the company,[12] though many curved bottles produced prior were still available. According to Sierra Petrovita, Nuka-Cola continues to be the "number one choice of refreshment among armageddon's survivors" in the post-War world.[4]
Publications
“First entering the market in 2044, Nuka-Cola rapidly became the number one soft drink in the United States and was the most popular beverage in the world soon after. A combination of seventeen fruit essences, precisely balanced to enhance the classic cola flavor. Each bottle contains 120% of the recommended daily amount of sugar, and excessive amounts of caffeine, but is also fortified with vitamins, minerals and “health tonics”. Due to its popularity, it can still be found in vast quantities in the wasteland, and it is still popular even if the bottles are now warm and the carbonated fizz went flat long ago.”— Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook
Gameplay
The unique taste of Nuka-Cola is the result of a combination of 17 fruit essences, balanced to enhance the classic cola flavor.[13] The combination of carbonated water, caramel color, aspartame, phosphoric acid, potassium benzoate, citric acid, caffeine, and natural flavors was marketed as being fortified with "vitaminerals" and "health tonics."[14][15] Ingredients were combined in just the right proportion, to the level that shortages of ingredients or changes to the recipe were noticed by consumers.[16] Frequent consumption could cause addiction, which led to splitting headaches.[17]
Variants
Notes
Gallery
Appalachia's cranberry variant
Empty bottle, Fallout 3/Fallout: New Vegas style
Empty bottle, Fallout 4 style
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Promotional items
A photo of the bottle prop given out at E3 2008
References
