Exhibit A: the can
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A Pensacola soda public-records investigation
Where is Pensa-Cola actually made?
Locally loved. Locally marketed. Locally stored. Locally canned? That is where the trail goes suspiciously flat.
Current finding
Pensacola brand + Pensacola dry storage. Manufacturer still unidentified.
“Locally made”
appears in retailer and creator postsCertifier found.
Manufacturer and production address still missing.DRY STORAGE
MAKER: ______
Independent commentary and satire. Not affiliated with Pensa-Cola or DrinkPensacola LLC. Every factual statement below links to its source; unanswered questions remain labeled as questions.
00 / QUICK READ
The Pensacola soda mystery in 20 seconds
It is a Pensacola company.
DrinkPensacola LLC is an active Florida business associated with founder Jonathan Ivey.
Its inspected local site is “Dry Storage.”
FDACS does not identify that Palafox location as beverage manufacturing or food processing.
The actual manufacturer is unnamed.
The stop-sale form and can labels name a distributor, but none of the records shown here identifies the facility that makes or cans the soda.
01 / THE PAPER TRAIL
The documents do some very loud whispering.
Hover with a mouse—or tap on a phone—to examine the marked fields. Open the full PDFs to verify the surrounding context.
not a factory ↙
The permit category says “Dry Storage.”
That documents local holding and distribution activity. It does not document soda production at this address.
the mystery lives here ↙
Manufacturer: blank. Distributor: named.
The same record identifies 824 cans, lot FMC2318-24A, and lists Drink Pensacola LLC only as distributor.
The stop sale was corrected.
The October 29 follow-up says the product was relabeled, checked, and released. This was a labeling and permitting case—not a finding that the soda was contaminated.
02 / FOLLOW THE ADDRESS
Two Pensacola addresses. Still no canning line.
The inspected Palafox location is documented as dry storage. Then, on April 29, 2026, the company changed its principal, mailing, registered-agent and CEO address on Sunbiz to 2485 E. Johnson Ave.
An exact-address search of FDACS’s food-establishment database again returned no result for the Johnson Avenue address on September 23, 2026. That is evidence of what the search returned—not proof that no permit could exist under another address, agency or business name.
There is now another public clue at that address: The Pensacola Music Academy announced that lessons were moving to 2485 E. Johnson Ave. on August 30, 2026, and its current website lists the same location. That establishes a public-facing music-school use of the property. It does not rule out shared space, office or mailing use, limited production, or manufacturing somewhere else—but it still does not identify a beverage plant or canning line.
FDACS INSPECTED LOCATION
DRY STORAGE 2710 N. Palafox St. An Extra Space Storage address. Local inventory? Yes. Manufacturing? Not documented here.SUNBIZ ADDRESS · 04.29.26
2485 E. JOHNSON Pensacola, Florida FDACS exact-address result on 09.23.26: no data found. The Pensacola Music Academy also publicly lists this location. Neither that use nor a separate contractor record is a food-manufacturing permit.PALAFOX MARKET FILE
03 / THE BOOTH PAPER TRAIL
A market booth needs paperwork, too.
FDACS defines a table, booth or kiosk selling food as a mobile food establishment. A booth selling prepackaged soft drinks falls under FDACS; a vendor providing food service is generally handled by DBPR.
FDACS also says a business with an eligible brick-and-mortar food permit may receive one mobile permit without an added permit fee—but it must still submit a separate application and pass an initial inspection.
04 / ONLINE LOCAL-PRODUCTION CLAIMS
“Local” just became an explicit production claim.
Earlier wording left room between a local brand and a locally manufactured product. A recent Pensacola Foodies sales post does not: it repeatedly says the sodas are produced in Pensacola, while still naming no plant or manufacturer.
“Locally made Pensa-Cola soda”Open the exact menu listing ↗
“Created by Pensacola’s own Pensa-Cola Company”86 Forks listing ↗
“Pensacola’s favorite soda”Instagram post ↗
“A local, organic soda”Instagram reel ↗
VIDEO CLUE
“This locally made, orange/lavender soda…”
A June 2026 Carley on the Coast video uses explicit “locally made” wording. This is a creator’s statement—not proof of where the canning line sits.
Watch directly on YouTube ↗
Important distinction: “Pensacola company,” “local brand,” and “locally distributed” can all be true even if a product is manufactured elsewhere. This new post now makes the narrower local-production claim explicitly; the available public records still do not identify the Pensacola production site or manufacturer behind it.
05 / A LABEL CLUE
A certifier is named. The manufacturer still isn’t.
The labels help identify who distributes the sodas and may offer a path toward the certified operation. They still do not state who manufactured or canned either product—or where that happened.
Hover or tap to mark the relevant label lines.
Hover or tap to mark the distributor statement.
07 / CASE TIMELINE
The plot carbonates.
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Product launchesNavarre Press identifies Jonathan Ivey as the local entrepreneur behind the orange-lavender soda. A syndicated copy preserves the launch photograph, but the visible text does not identify a manufacturer.
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LLC filedDrinkPensacola LLC is formed in Florida.
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Inspection + stop saleFDACS records dry storage, permit and FDA-registration issues, and 824 cans held for labeling corrections.
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Relabeled and releasedThe goods are checked and released; sanitation inspection requirements are met.
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Sunbiz address changesThe company changes its principal, mailing, registered-agent and CEO address to 2485 E. Johnson Ave.
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A music school moves to the same addressThe Pensacola Music Academy announces that lessons are moving to 2485 E. Johnson Ave.; its current website also lists the address. The shared address is a clue, not proof that beverage production cannot occur there.
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The production claim becomes explicitA Pensacola Foodies sales post says the sodas are produced and distributed in Pensacola and are not shipped in from somewhere else. No production site or manufacturer is identified.
08 / OPEN FILES
What we still do not know
Who is the co-packer?
No public source located so far names the actual manufacturer. The USDA registry does not surface it under the brand, company, founder or product names searched.
Can the certification trail identify the operation?
The Pensa-Cola label names WFCF Organic, but not the certified operation or bottling plant. That connection could lead to the missing manufacturer.
What permit covers the market booth?
The public name search found no separate mobile record. It could exist under another legal name, owner or agency category; the visible dry-storage record does not answer the question.
09 / SOURCE LOCKER
Don’t take the corkboard’s word for it.
Open the primary records and public pages yourself.