C.C. Lemon

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C.C. Lemon
C.C. Lemon.jpg
Type Lemon-flavored soft drink
Manufacturer Suntory
Origin Japan
Introduced1994
Related products Calpis
Smart C
Website www.suntory.co.jp/softdrink/cclemon/index.html   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

C.C. Lemon is a Japanese soft drink created by Suntory. It is known for its lemon flavor, and for its advertisements featuring characters from the American animated series The Simpsons .

Contents

Sizes

C.C. Lemon is available in multiple sizes. The quantity, type of container, and amount of vitamin C in lemons are provided in the table below. [1]

VolumeContainerNumber of Lemons worth of vitamin C
160 mL Can 22 Lemons
250 mLCan35 Lemons
280 mLCan40 Lemons
350 mLCan50 Lemons
500 mLCan/Bottle 70 Lemons
1500 mLBottle210 Lemons

Mascots

The Simpsons

The Simpsons have appeared in numerous commercials for C.C. Lemon. In Japan, The Simpsons are anecdotally better known for being featured in C.C. Lemon commercials than for their television show. [2] References to the yellow color of the Simpsons is featured heavily in the marketing.

Along with the many television commercials, The Simpsons also appear on a wide range of merchandise for the product. The promotional items include 500 mL beverage holders, pens, coasters, magnets, lunchboxes, and foldable lawn chairs. The Simpsons also appeared on the 500mL bottles in their winter attire during the season of Christmas in 2001.

Mr. C.C. Lemon

The Simpsons family is not C.C. Lemon's only mascot. [1] The mascot, Mr. C.C. Lemon, greets people on the official website, and states he is "a sparkling guy who LOVES to make people laugh." He is a barrel chested white man, played by American actor Guy Totaro, [3] dressed entirely in yellow. On his legs, he wears yellow shorts, knee length yellow socks along with yellow high tops, and his top is a yellow T-shirt with the C.C. Lemon logo.

References

  1. 1 2 C.C. Lemon Bottle Information. Suntory Site. 2006-04-21. Suntory. 2006-06-11.
  2. "Cape Feare: CC Lemon and the Simpsons". 2005-10-15. Archived from the original on 2006-06-16. Retrieved 2006-06-11.
  3. "Gipsy_Family_Circus". Web.mac.com. Archived from the original on 2006-09-07. Retrieved 2008-10-13.