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Sprite (Soft Drink)Sprite is a clear, lemon-lime-flavored (called lemonade in Australia), non-caffeinated soft drink, produced by the Coca-Cola Company. It was introduced to the United States in 1961. 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. 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. Sprite consists of carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup and/or sucrose, citric acid, natural flavors, sodium citrate, and sodium benzoate. Variations Coca-Cola began producing a diet version, Diet Sprite in 1974. Although the beverage's sales had increased each year since 1998, the company re-branded the beverage as Diet Sprite Zero in September 2004 in an effort to further increase sales. Tropical Fruit Sprite Remix was first introduced in 2003 with a tropical fruit flavor variation. Another version was released on April 1, 2004, with Berryclear Sprite Remix, which has a mixed berry flavor. This year, they released a third spin of the 'Remix' line, called Aruba Jam Sprite Remix, that has a strawberry-like flavor. Sprite References The popular game features a parody of sprite called Sprunk. External link
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