Citra

Citra was a grapefruit-flavored soft drink released into the U.S. market in 1996 by the Coca-Cola Company around the same time as Surge, another citrus-flavored soft drink marketed by Coca-Cola. Citra had a similar flavor to Squirt (perhaps somewhat sweeter).

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Citra (by its own name) is no longer produced in the U.S., where its marketing campaign was ultimately unsuccessful. However, it is said that Citra was in fact only a rebranding of a soda that had always been sold as Fresca in Latin America (a sugar-sweetened equivalent to the aspartame-sweetened version further north) and can now be found in some areas of the U.S. as the Citrus flavor of Fanta.

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Grapefruit: The grapefruit is a sub-tropical citrus tree grown for its fruit, which are also known as grapefruit....

Soft drink: A soft drink is a drink that does not contain alcohol, as opposed to hard drinks, that do. In general, the term is used only for cold beverages. Hot chocolate, tea, and coffee are not considered soft drinks. (Carbonated milk would probably not be considered a soft drink.) The term originally referre...

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