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Coca-Cola Raspberry
Coca-Cola Raspberry from New Zealand, 2005
TypeRaspberry flavored Cola
ManufacturerThe Coca-Cola Company
OriginNew Zealand
Introduced2005; 20 years ago (2005)
VariantsCoca-Cola California Raspberry
Diet Coke Raspberry
Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Raspberry
Related productsCoca-Cola Cherry, Black Cherry Vanilla Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola Raspberry, Diet Coke Raspberry and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Raspberry are variants of the Coca-Cola drink with a raspberry flavor, produced by The Coca-Cola Company and its bottlers.

Regular version

On 20 April 2005, Coca-Cola Amatil announced the launch of Coca-Cola Raspberry for a release on June 1 in New Zealand for a limited time.[1] It was the third Coca-Cola flavour to be released in New Zealand after Cherry Coke and Vanilla Coke.[2] It was sold until the end of the year, and was released in Fiji the following year.[citation needed]

The drink made its American debut as a selectable choice on the new Coca-Cola Freestyle soda fountains in 2009, although this variant of the drink, like all Coca-Cola flavours, is simply flavour syrup added into regular Coca-Cola.[3]

On 26 October 2017, Coca-Cola Amatil announced that the drink would return to New Zealand for the 2017-2018 summer season. This version of the drink utilized a different formula from the 2005 incarnation, containing the artificial sweeteners Sucrolose and Acesulfame-K that would allow the drink to have 25% less sugar than standard Coca-Cola.[4] The drink was introduced into Australia as well, with the same formula[5] and was available till 2019.[6]

A similar variant, Coca-Cola California Raspberry, was introduced in the United States in 2018 as a natural, home-produced product sweetened with cane sugar.[7]

Diet version

A Diet Coke Raspberry variant was also produced and sold at the same time as the standard variety in New Zealand in 2005.[1]

Zero Sugar version

Logo of Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Raspberry

A Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Raspberry variant was first released in August 2018 in Finland and Norway.[8][9] This flavor was further launched in Great Britain and Denmark in January 2019.[10][11] Its Danish marketed name was Coca-Cola Hindbær.[11] In January 2020 the drink launched in Sweden,[12] and has since also launched in the Netherlands in April 2021,[13] Belgium, Taiwan,[citation needed] and in Australia in March 2023.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Coca Cola reaches for raspberry on the New Zealand Herald. 20 Apr 2005
  2. ^ "Coca Cola reaches for raspberry". NZ Herald. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  3. ^ Fire, Larry (2009-07-24). "Introducing The Most Advanced Soda Fountain Ever: The Coca-Cola Freestyle". firewireblog.com. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  4. ^ "Coca-Cola unveils its newest soft drink for summer". The New Zealand Herald. 26 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Coca-Cola Raspberry Puts Coke And Raspberry Together At Last". Lifehacker Australia. 28 November 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Refresh your tastebuds with Coca-Cola Raspberry Zero Sugar". www.coca-cola.com. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  7. ^ "Coca-Cola Georgia Peach, California Raspberry | 2018-03-19 | Beverage Industry". www.bevindustry.com. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  8. ^ Sørdal, Kristin (2018-09-17). "Nå kommer Cola med bringebær". DinSide (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  9. ^ Vege, Håvard Hjorthaug (2018-09-17). "Gir ut sukkerfri Cola med bringebærsmak". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  10. ^ Holt, Molly (2019-04-29). "Coca-Cola zero sugar raspberry is being sold in supermarkets for first time ever". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  11. ^ a b "Ny Cola Zero er netop kommet på gaden" (in Danish). 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  12. ^ "Första colan med smak av svenska bär - Convenience Stores". conveniencestores.se. Retrieved 2025-09-10.
  13. ^ "Zomerse smaken met coca-cola zero sugar raspberry". LevensmiddelenKrant (in Dutch). 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2025-09-10.