Mountain Dew is a popular brand of carbonated soft drinks that is owned by PepsiCo. It was initially created in 1940 by Barney and Ally Hartman, who were brothers and founders of the Hartman Beverage Corporation. The drink was originally intended to be a lemon-lime soda, but the brothers soon realized that there was a demand for a citrus-flavored soda. They decided to change the formula, and Mountain Dew as we know it today was…