Sprite is the leading Lemon and Lime soft drink
worldwide, a younger offshoot of the Coca-Cola branch, Sprite
has existed for over 50 years to date. So here are fourteen fresh, fast facts
about sprite.
1.
Sprite is manufactured
by the Coca-Cola Company.
2.
Sprite was developed
in West Germany in 1959 as ‘Fanta Klare Zitrone’ (Clear Lemon Fanta) and introduced to the United Stated
as Sprite in 1961.
3.
Fanta Klare Zitrone
was renamed Sprite in West Germany in 1968.
4.
Sprite was
manufactured as Coca-Cola’s response to the popularity of 7-Up.
5.
Sprite is available in
more than 190 countries.
6.
Sprite picked up
popularity with teenagers in the 1980’s after several advertising campaigns
targeted at teenagers.
7.
Sprite describe the
flavour of their drink as lymon, a mixture of both lemon and lime, and this has since
become one of their key marketing terms.
8.
In the 1990’s, Sprite
launched the ‘Jooky’ ad campaign, which poked fun at other soft drinks and
their lack of authenticity and bandwagon-driven style of advertising, foremost
among the competitive soft-drinks mocked was Pepsi.
9.
In 2000, graffiti artist Temper was hired by
Sprite to create a limited edition design in celebration of the millennium that
appeared on 100 million cans distributed across Europe.
10.
In 2004, Coca-Cola created Miles Thirst, a
vinyl doll voiced by Reno Wilson (the voice of Frenzy, Mudflap and Brains from
across the Transformers films) in order to exploit the hip-hop
market to advertise their range of soft drinks.
11.
A Sprite is also the
name for a type of small goblin, which was also the focus of one of the U.K.’s
more memorable Sprite adverts. The advert featured the taglines ‘Only One
Sprite’s Right’ and ‘Get the Right Sprite’.
12.
In 2012, Sprite was
reformulated in France, removing 30% of the sugar and replacing
it with the sweetener Stevia, lowering the total calorie count. This soon
spread to the United Kingdom, Ireland and the
Netherlands in 2013. The Stevia plant belongs to the chrysanthemum family and
is native to Paraguay.
13.
Over the years Sprite
has had 17 variations worldwide, including: Sprite Zero, Sprite Remix, Sprite
Blast, Sprite Ice, Sprite Duo, Sprite Super Lemon, Sprite Lemon Lime Herb,
Sprite Recharge, Sprite Green, Sprite 3G, Sprite Cranberry, Sprite 6 Mix (aka
Sprite LeBron’s Mix) and Sprite Tropical.
14.
Sprite can help
relieve some stomach pains, such as those caused by a gassy build up.
Carbonated beverages such as Sprite can cause you to burp and expel some of the
gas, thus relieving you of your stomach pain.
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