Coca-Cola Raspberry is a
Coca-Cola
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drink with a
raspberry flavor that was sold in
New Zealand
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on a trial basis. A "
Diet Coke
Diet Coke (also branded as Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Diet or Coca-Cola Light Taste) is a sugar-free and low-calorie soft drink produced and distributed by the Coca-Cola Company. It contains artificial sweeteners instead of sugar. Unveiled on ...
Raspberry" version was also sold. Both were first introduced on June 1, 2005, and had been discontinued by the end of the year.
In the summer of 2017, the drink was brought back in New Zealand for a limited release. It was reintroduced as a summer flavor in
Australia.
In August 2018 Raspberry was offered as a zero sugar flavor in
Finland
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and
Norway
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, this flavor was further launched in the UK in January 2019. Raspberry was also offered by REMA 1000 in Denmark as Zero Sugar flavor and was disconnected and replaced by Coke Lemon Zero Sugar in October same year, In 600ml bottles in Taiwan as of as early as 2019. A similar version, California Raspberry, was released in 2019. Coca-Cola Raspberry released at the end of 2019 in Sweden and is only available as the zero sugar flavor. In 2021, Coca-Cola Raspberry became available in the Netherlands and Belgium.
Vending machine availability
Raspberry was the third flavor added to original Coke in New Zealand. The others are
vanilla coke
Coca-Cola Vanilla (commonly referred to as Vanilla Coke) is a vanilla-flavored version of Coca-Cola, invented by Contra and introduced in 2002 but subsequently discontinued in North America and the United Kingdom in 2005, only remaining availabl ...
and
cherry coke
Coca-Cola Cherry (originally marketed and stil commonly referred to as Cherry Coke) is a cherry-flavored version of Coca-Cola. It is produced and distributed by The Coca-Cola Company and its bottlers in the United States and some international m ...
. Raspberry Coke was initially posted on US
auction sites
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, with bottles selling in the $10 US dollar range. It is now generally no longer available and would be considered extremely rare and collectable. , remaining supplies have been exhausted and are not available for sale via online auctions or retail outlets. The only remaining place that Coca-Cola Raspberry can be found is in
Coca-Cola Freestyle
Coca-Cola Freestyle is a touch screen soda fountain introduced by The Coca-Cola Company in 2009. The machine features 165 different Coca-Cola drink products, as well as custom flavors. The machine allows users to select from mixtures of flavors o ...
touch-screen soda fountains. It is also available in selected
Burger King restaurants in the UK.
Coca Cola Freestyle
in UK Burger King restaurants Raspberry Coke was a popular flavor available in Australia through Summer 2017–18 along with 'Coffee Coke' and 'Ginger Coke'.
See also
*Diet Coke
Diet Coke (also branded as Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Diet or Coca-Cola Light Taste) is a sugar-free and low-calorie soft drink produced and distributed by the Coca-Cola Company. It contains artificial sweeteners instead of sugar. Unveiled on ...
References
External links
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Coca-Cola brands
Discontinued soft drinks
New Zealand drinks
Food and drink introduced in 2005
Raspberry
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