Cream soda
IBC Cream Soda
IBC (Keurig Dr Pepper) · Vanilla cream soda (amber/caramel-colored)
St. Louis, Missouri, USA (brand origin); Keurig Dr Pepper, Burlington, Massachusetts / Frisco, Texas
A nostalgic, candy-sweet cream soda in IBC's familiar stubby glass bottle, leaning hard on smooth vanilla and a soft caramel-color depth that reads like a melting scoop of vanilla ice cream. The carbonation is gentle and the body has a faint syrupy weight, with no bitterness, spice, or tartness to cut the sugar. It's an easygoing crowd-pleaser rather than a craft showpiece — the high-fructose-corn-syrup base and "natural and artificial" flavoring keep it firmly in the mass-market comfort lane.
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The maker
IBC traces back to 1919, when the Griesedieck family's Independent Breweries Company in St. Louis turned to root beer after Prohibition shut down their brewing operations. The brand passed through a string of owners over the decades and is now part of Keurig Dr Pepper, which sells the line in its signature stubby glass bottles. Alongside the flagship root beer, IBC offers a small range of nostalgic flavors including this cream soda, black cherry, and cherry limeade.
Ingredients & nutrition
Carbonated water, High fructose corn syrup and/or sugar, Natural and artificial flavors, Sodium benzoate (preservative), Citric acid, Caramel color, Potassium sorbate (preservative), Calcium disodium EDTA (to protect flavor).
12 fl oz · 170 cal · 43 g sugar(per serving, as labeled)