BEAT is a citrus-flavored
soft drink
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by
The Coca-Cola Company
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released in
Mexico
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in 2002. It was a Mexican version of
citrus soft drinks like
Mello Yello
Mello Yello is a highly caffeinated, citrus-flavored soft drink produced, distributed and created by The Coca-Cola Company that was introduced on March 12, 1979, to compete with PepsiCo's Mountain Dew.
Mello Yello was withdrawn from Australia ...
or
Surge
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Science
* Storm surge, the onshore gush of water associated with a low-pressure weather system
* Surge (glacier), a short-lived event where a glacier can move up to velocities 100 ...
and a response to the release in Mexico of
Mountain Dew
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by
PepsiCo
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. Beat was discontinued in 2005. In 2009, it was re-launched in
South Africa
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.
Coca-Cola brands
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