Sprite (soft drink)

Sprite is a clear, lemon-lime-flavored, non-caffeinated soft drink, produced by the Coca-Cola Company. It was introduced to the United States in 1961. It came from Germany and first was called "Fanta Klare Zitrone" (later reconceptionalized as Sprite). This was Coke's response to the popularity of 7 Up, which had begun as "Lithiated Lemon" in 1929. It comes in a primarily green and blue can or a green transparent bottle with a primarily green and blue label. Currently, Sprite is sold in over 190 countries. http://www.virtualvender.coca-cola.com/ft/detail.jsp?region_id=&country_id=&drink_type_id=&all_reg_selected=&brand_id=285

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Lemon - Lime - Flavor - Caffeinated - Soft drink - Coca-Cola Company - United States - 1961 - 7 Up - 1929

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In the 1980s, many years after Sprite's introduction, Coke pressured its large bottlers that distributed 7 Up to replace the competitor with its own product. In large part due to the strength of the Coca-Cola system of bottlers, Sprite finally took the market leader position in the lemon-lime soda category in 1989. It is called lemonade in Australia and New Zealand.

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1980s - Coca-Cola system - 1989 - Lemonade - Australia - New Zealand

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Sprite consists of carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup and/or sucrose (sugar), citric acid, natural flavors, sodium citrate (a preservative), and sodium benzoate (another preservative).

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Carbonated water - Fructose - Corn syrup - Sucrose - Citric acid - Sodium citrate - Sodium benzoate

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