title: Kickapoo Joy Juice
Nichols plc
Jones Soda
Venom Energy
Monarch Beverage Company
National Beverage
Goombay Punch
Amp Energy
Cheerwine
Sunkist (soft drink)
sentences: Kickapoo Joy Juice is a citrus-flavored soft drink brand owned by the Monarch Beverage Company.
 The name was introduced in "Li'l Abner", a comic strip that ran from 1934 through 1977.
 Although "Li'l Abner"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Kickapoo Joy Juice was an alcoholic drink, the real world beverage is a lightly carbonated soft drink.
Nichols plc, based in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, England, is a company well known for its lead brand Vimto, a fruit flavoured cordial.
 The company can trace its roots back to the invention of Vimto, by John Noel Nichols in 1908.
 Today the company operates two types of businesses, firstly the sale of Vimto and other brands (such as Panda Pops, which Nichols acquired from Hall & Woodhouse in 2005) via supermarkets and associated outlets throughout the world and secondly its soft drink dispense operation in the UK.
 The soft drink operation is handled under the name of Cabana and is the UK's largest independent supplier of dispensed soft drinks.
 Due to its success of the Vimto soft drink, Nichols plc started selling Vimto chews and Vimto chew bars.
Jones Soda Co. is a beverage company based in Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington.
 It bottles and distributes soft drinks, non-carbonated beverages, energy drinks, and candy.
 Jones Soda is a carbonated soft drink that has many unusual flavors that are not offered by other soft drink makers.
Venom Energy is an energy drink brand produced and distributed by Dr Pepper Snapple Group of Plano, Texas.
 It is one of the few energy drinks that uses a thick aluminum bottle.
 Venom Energy was released in 2002 in a more typical beverage container and was relaunched in the new aluminum bottle and with a new taste in early 2008.
The Monarch Beverage Company Inc is a diversified, international beverage company based in Atlanta, Georgia.
 The company's CEO is Jacques Bombal.
 The company was founded in 1965 by Frank Armstrong.
 Monarch Beverage Company aimed to establish itself by offering lesser-known soft drink brands that had strong regional sales and appeal.
 Monarch Beverage Company purchased Dad's from IC Industries of Chicago in 1986.
 Around that time, it was the second largest volume (12 million cases) root beer brand and was distributed by the Coca-Cola bottler network.
 In 2007, The Dad's Root Beer Company, LLC of Jasper, Indiana, acquired the Dad's Root Beer brand as well as the rights to Bubble Up, Dr. Wells and Sun Crest in the U.S. and some other countries from The Monarch Beverage Co. of Atlanta.
National Beverage Corp. is an American beverage developer, manufacturer, and distributor based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, focused on flavored soft drinks. National Beverage Corp. is ranked by "Beverage Digest" as the fifth-largest soft drink company in the United States.
Bahamas Goombay Punch is a soft drink that is produced in the Bahamas.
 It is very sweet and has a high sugar content.
 Goombay Punch is widely available throughout the bahamas in 12 fl oz cans as well as 20 fl oz bottles.
 6-packs of the soft drink are also widely available.
 The soft drink comes in two varieties, Bahamas Goombay Punch (the stock flavor) and Goombay Fruit Champagne.
 The regular flavor is yellow in color (see picture).
Amp Energy (or simply Amp) is an energy drink brand produced and owned by PepsiCo.
 At the time of its introduction in 2001, Amp Energy was initially distributed under the Mountain Dew soft drink brand.
 Since 2009, it has been produced and labeled under its own stand-alone trademark name.
 The beverage is packaged in both 16-ounce and 24-ounce cans, and is sold in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Lebanon.
 As of 2009, Amp Energy was the number four energy drink brand in the U.S. in terms of overall retail sales.
Cheerwine is a cherry-flavored soft drink produced by Carolina Beverage Corporation of Salisbury, North Carolina.
 It has been produced since 1917, claiming to be "the oldest continuing soft drink company still run by the same family".
Sunkist is a brand of primarily orange flavored soft drinks launched in 1979.

Question: Question: While Sunkist is a soft drink, what type of beverage is Venom Energy? 

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 Kickapoo Joy Juice is a citrus-flavored soft drink brand owned by the Monarch Beverage Company.
 The name was introduced in "Li'l Abner", a comic strip that ran from 1934 through 1977.
 Although "Li'l Abner"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Kickapoo Joy Juice was an alcoholic drink, the real world beverage is a lightly carbonated soft drink. 

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 Nichols plc, based in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, England, is a company well known for its lead brand Vimto, a fruit flavoured cordial.
 The company can trace its roots back to the invention of Vimto, by John Noel Nichols in 1908.
 Today the company operates two types of businesses, firstly the sale of Vimto and other brands (such as Panda Pops, which Nichols acquired from Hall & Woodhouse in 2005) via supermarkets and associated outlets throughout the world and secondly its soft drink dispense operation in the UK.
 The soft drink operation is handled under the name of Cabana and is the UK's largest independent supplier of dispensed soft drinks.
 Due to its success of the Vimto soft drink, Nichols plc started selling Vimto chews and Vimto chew bars. 

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 Jones Soda Co. is a beverage company based in Pioneer Square, Seattle, Washington.
 It bottles and distributes soft drinks, non-carbonated beverages, energy drinks, and candy.
 Jones Soda is a carbonated soft drink that has many unusual flavors that are not offered by other soft drink makers. 

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 Venom Energy is an energy drink brand produced and distributed by Dr Pepper Snapple Group of Plano, Texas.
 It is one of the few energy drinks that uses a thick aluminum bottle.
 Venom Energy was released in 2002 in a more typical beverage container and was relaunched in the new aluminum bottle and with a new taste in early 2008. 

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 The Monarch Beverage Company Inc is a diversified, international beverage company based in Atlanta, Georgia.
 The company's CEO is Jacques Bombal.
 The company was founded in 1965 by Frank Armstrong.
 Monarch Beverage Company aimed to establish itself by offering lesser-known soft drink brands that had strong regional sales and appeal.
 Monarch Beverage Company purchased Dad's from IC Industries of Chicago in 1986.
 Around that time, it was the second largest volume (12 million cases) root beer brand and was distributed by the Coca-Cola bottler network.
 In 2007, The Dad's Root Beer Company, LLC of Jasper, Indiana, acquired the Dad's Root Beer brand as well as the rights to Bubble Up, Dr. Wells and Sun Crest in the U.S. and some other countries from The Monarch Beverage Co. of Atlanta. 

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 National Beverage Corp. is an American beverage developer, manufacturer, and distributor based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, focused on flavored soft drinks. National Beverage Corp. is ranked by "Beverage Digest" as the fifth-largest soft drink company in the United States. 

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 Cheerwine is a cherry-flavored soft drink produced by Carolina Beverage Corporation of Salisbury, North Carolina.
 It has been produced since 1917, claiming to be "the oldest continuing soft drink company still run by the same family". 

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 Sunkist is a brand of primarily orange flavored soft drinks launched in 1979. 

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Answer: energy drink