Vanilla is blue

Something weird happened between now and the 1970s. Vanilla turned brown. Or beige. Or something like that.

I remember Shasta Creme Soda used to come in a metallic blue can. A lot like their cola can, but more of a turquoise blue. To find something vanilla, all one had to do was look for the blue packaging. It was a design standard.

Joyva Halvah (above) still gets it. They still use their old can design.

Vanilla was blue. Something happened and it isn’t anymore.

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