Coca-Cola Creations

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Coca-Cola Creations
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A bottle of Coca-Cola Starlight
Type Cola
Manufacturer The Coca-Cola Company
Country of origin United States
IntroducedFebruary 21, 2022
VariantsStarlight, Byte, Marshmello, Dreamworld, Soul Blast, Move, Ultimate, Y3000, Happy Tears, K-Wave, Wozzaah, Oreo
Related products Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola Creations is a series of limited edition variants of Coca-Cola. [1] The flavors use non-traditional branding designed to appeal to younger consumers, and a focus on digital marketing and augmented reality experiences. The brand launched in February 2022 with Coca-Cola Starlight, a "space flavored" cola.

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Variants

Starlight (Space Flavored)

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Can of Coca-Cola Starlight

Coca-Cola Starlight (UK: Intergalactic, [2] South Korea: Stardust, Thailand: Starshine) was a limited-edition "Space Flavored" variant of Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar. [3] It released in North America on February 21, 2022 as the first in the Creations line. The beverage featured a reddish hue and a flavor "inspired by space", the company saying that it was intended to evoke "stargazing around a campfire" and "the feeling of a cold journey to space". [4] [5] It was discontinued on August 1, 2022.[ verification needed ]

Many compared the flavor to that of fruit, vanilla or cotton candy. Review site Candy Hunting said it "tastes like strawberry, marshmallow, and/or cotton candy". [6] Aly Walansky of Food Network wrote it tastes "kind of like minty cotton candy sprinkled with vanilla". [7]

Byte (Pixel Flavored)

Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Byte, a "gaming-inspired" flavor "born in the metaverse", was launched in April 2022 and sold exclusively online. [8] The Verge reviewer Mitchell Clark described it as "sickly sweet" and his wife compared it to Red Bull. [9]

Marshmello

In June 2022 the company launched a flavor in collaboration with artist Marshmello, officially called Marshmello’s Limited Edition Coca‑Cola. [10] It had "strawberry and watermelon flavors". [11]

Dreamworld (Dream Flavored)

Coca-Cola Dreamworld was launched in August 2022 and was described as tapping into "Gen Z’s passion for the infinite potential of the mind by exploring what a dream tastes like." [12]

Soul Blast (Action Flavored)

Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Soul Blast was launched exclusively in Japan, China, and Taiwan in October 2022 alongside Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War . [13]

Move (Transformation Flavored)

Coca-Cola Move launched in February 2023, in collaboration with Spanish singer Rosalía. [14]

Ultimate (+XP Flavored)

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A bottle of Coca-Cola Ultimate, in Zero Sugar

Coca-Cola Ultimate was launched on June 10, 2023, in collaboration with League of Legends developer Riot Games. [15] It was sold in Turkey, China, the United States, Egypt, Brazil, Canada.

Y3000 (Futuristic Flavored)

Coca-Cola Y3000 was launched in September 2023 and was "co-created with artificial intelligence". [16] It is sold in the USA, Canada, Argentina, Australia, [17] China, [18] Kazakhstan, Georgia, South Africa, Hungary, and Turkey.

Happy Tears

Coca-Cola Happy Tears Zero Sugar launched on February 17, 2024, exclusively on the TikTok Shop in USA and Great Britain to celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Day. The soft drink's flavor was described by the company as a combination of the "timeless Coke taste infused with a salty splash of minerals for taste and a sweet pinch of peach".

K-Wave (Fruity Fantasy Flavored)

Coca‑Cola K-Wave Zero Sugar launched on February 20, 2024. [19]

Wozzaah (Tropical Blaze Flavored)

Coca-Cola Wozzaah was launched on May 23, 2024 [20] to coincide with Africa Day, and was exclusive to select markets including Nigeria, Algeria, South Africa and Morocco.

Coca-Cola Oreo was launched on September 9, 2024 [21] in partnership with Oreo. It is a Oreo-flavored Coca Cola. Oreo simultaneously released Coke flavoured cookies because of the collaboration.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coca-Cola</span> Cola soft drink

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Diet Coke</span> Diet cola brand

Diet Coke 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 July 8, 1982, and introduced in the United States one month later, it was the first new brand since Coca-Cola's creation in 1886 to use the Coca-Cola trademark. The product quickly overtook the company's existing diet cola, Tab, in sales.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coca-Cola Vanilla</span> Vanilla-flavored cola

Coca-Cola Vanilla is a vanilla-flavored version of Coca-Cola, introduced in 2002 but subsequently discontinued in North America and the United Kingdom in 2005, though it remained available at certain fountain outlets. It was relaunched in the US in 2007, in Denmark in 2012, the UK in 2013 and Canada in 2016. Vanilla Coke has been available in Australia since its initial introduction in 2002, being produced by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. Originally announced as a limited edition in the UK, it became permanent for several years; however, Vanilla Coke was again discontinued in the UK in Summer 2018, though Diet Vanilla Coke and Coke Vanilla Zero remain available.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fanta</span> Brand of carbonated drinks

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coca-Cola C2</span> Cola-flavored beverage

Coca-Cola C2 was a cola-flavored beverage produced in response to the low-carbohydrate diet trend. This Coke product was marketed as having half the carbohydrates, sugars and calories compared to standard Coca-Cola. It contained aspartame, acesulfame potassium, and sucralose in addition to the high fructose corn syrup typically found in cola beverages distributed in America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fresca</span> Branded diet citrus soft drink

Fresca is a grapefruit-flavored citrus soft drink created by The Coca-Cola Company. Borrowing the word Fresca from Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese, it was introduced in the United States in 1966. Originally a bottled sugar-free diet soda, sugar sweetened versions were introduced in some markets.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coca-Cola Zero Sugar</span> Diet cola

Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, commonly known as Coke Zero, is a diet soda produced by the Coca-Cola Company.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coca-Cola Cherry</span> Cherry-flavored cola soft drink

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coca-Cola with Lime</span> Coca-Cola variant

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coca-Cola Raspberry</span> Cola soft drink

Coca-Cola Raspberry, Diet Coke Raspberry and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Raspberry were variantations of Coca-Cola drink with a raspberry flavor. The drink was originally produced exclusively for New Zealand, and was later expanded.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coca-Cola Citra</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coca-Cola with Lemon</span> Soft drink brand

Coca-Cola with Lemon is a soft drink brand owned by The Coca-Cola Company, launched to compete with Pepsi Twist. It is produced and distributed by The Coca-Cola Company's bottlers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cherry cola</span> Soft drink

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coca-Cola Freestyle</span> Touch screen soda fountain

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 of Coca-Cola branded products which are then individually dispensed. The machines are currently located in major Coca-Cola partners and retail locations as a part of a gradual and ongoing deployment.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sprite (drink)</span> Lemon-lime soft drink

Sprite is a clear, lemon-lime flavored soft drink created by the Coca-Cola Company. Sprite comes in additional flavors, including cranberry, cherry, grape, orange, tropical, ginger, and vanilla. Ice, peach, Berryclear remix, and newer versions of the drinks are artificially sweetened. Sprite was created primarily to compete against 7 Up.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Coca-Cola with Coffee</span> Coffee-flavored cola soft drink

Coca-Cola with Coffee is a coffee-flavored version of Coca-Cola. It was first launched in 2017 in Japan and was distributed to international markets in the following years, being introduced to the United States in 2021.

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