Did you know? - V8 was created by William Gilbert Peacock and his son during the food crisis of The Great Depression to bring delicious vegetable nutrition to all at an affordable price. Through trial and error and a basement full of veggies, they juiced and blended, all by hand, many different varieties until they found the perfect mixture of 8: Tomato, Beets, Carrots, Celery, Spinach, Parsley, Lettuce and Watercress!