Coca-Cola Orange Vanilla, formerly Coca-Cola Orange and in some markets Coca-Cola with Orange, is a variation of

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originally available for a limited time. It was introduced in June 2007, in only

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, following the success of the previous year's Coca-Cola Lime, for which 40% of the launch sales represented new customers and increased purchasing. The current, similar product, Coca-Cola Orange Vanilla, was released in the United States on February 25, 2019.

Consumer market

Coca-Cola Orange was designed to appeal to regular drinkers of Coca-Cola and of its citrus variants, Coke with Lemon and Coke with Lime. The cola was initially flavored with orange only. Coca-Cola Orange was produced in 330ml cans, 500ml

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s, and two-liter plastic bottles. Coca-Cola Orange is no longer available in the United Kingdom, except in

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fountain machines; the drink is also available in

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. Coca-Cola Orange was available for a limited time in the first half of 2017 in Brazil as a seasonal product.

History

In Germany in the 1970s, Coca-Cola sold its beverage

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, a drink with a similar formula to Coca-Cola Orange. Mezzo Mix is also known as ''Naranja & Cola'' or ''Fanta Mezzo Mix'' in Spain. The Swedish name for it is Fanta Mezzo, where it was released in January 2017 for a major music festival. Mezzo Mix was offered among eight original international soda flavors for tasting at Epcot's

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. In the 1990s, there were two kinds of Mezzo Mix, orange and lemon.

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is another beverage out of Germany that mixes cola with orange, Naranja & Cola. In July 2007, Mezzo Mix introduced a low-calorie option, Mezzo Mix Zero, to compete with other major brands that were crossing over into the health-conscious market. The product is popular globally, but in the

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, it is only available in

fountain machines (since 2009).

Formulation

Coca-Cola Orange lists "orange fruit from

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(1%)" in the ingredients. Coca-Cola Orange went on sale in Japan in November 2014, though the Japanese version contained no actual fruit juice.

Nutrition

According to the Coca-Col
website
the drink contains 140 calories. There are 0g of fat, 35 mg of sodium (1%DV), 39g of Carbohydrates all of which are added sugars (78%DV).

References

External links

* Coca-Cola brands Orange sodas Products introduced in 2007 {{food-product-stub