Also known as Red Cola From the bottlers of the Original Formula Dublin Dr. Pepper since 1891 this is the founder's recipe. “Always Made With Pure Cane Sugar" ...The syrup recipe is essentially the same historic blend of 23 flavours developed in Waco, Texas, in the 1880s. The Dublin bottler famously refused to switch to high-fructose corn syrup in the 1980s, continuing to use pure Imperial cane sugar.