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Citra was a grapefruit-flavored soft drink released into the U.S. market in 1996 by the Coca-Cola Company around the same time as Surge, another citrus-flavored soft drink marketed by Coca-Cola. Citra had a very similar flavor to Fresca, especially the version of Fresca sold in Latin America, which is sweened with sucrose (table sugar) rather than aspartame as in the American version of Fresca. It also had a flavor similar flavor to Squirt, except that Squirt contains a trace of orange or tangerine flavoring. Binomial name Citrus paradisi Macfad. ... A soft drink is a drink that contains no alcohol. ... For other uses, see United States (disambiguation) and US (disambiguation). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Coca-Cola Companys headquarters in Atlanta, GA. The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is an international beverage and food manufacturer whose headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States of America. ... Original and second logo Surge (also SURGE) is a citrus soft drink first introduced in Norway, under the name Urge (1996), by the Coca-Cola Company to compete with Pepsis Mountain Dew. ... Species & major hybrids Species Citrus maxima- Pomelo Citrus medica- Citron Citrus reticulata- Mandarin & Tangerine Major hybrids Citrus × sinensis- Sweet Orange Citrus × aurantium- Bitter Orange Citrus × paradisi- Grapefruit Citrus × limon- Lemon Citrus × latifolia- Persian lime Citrus × aurantifolia- Key lime See also main text for other hybrids Citrus is a common term... The artwork on this aluminum can of Fresca hints at its grapefruit taste. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Sucrose (common name: table sugar, also called saccharose) is a disaccharide (glucose + fructose) with the molecular formula C12H22O11. ... Aspartame, (IPA: ), is the name for an artificial, non-carbohydrate sweetener, aspartyl-phenylalanine-1-methyl ester; i. ... Squirt logo Squirt is a caffeine-free citrus-flavored soft drink created in 1938 by Herb Bishop. ... Squirt logo Squirt is a caffeine-free citrus-flavored soft drink created in 1938 by Herb Bishop. ...


In the U.S., Citra was rebranded as Fanta Citrus as of 15 March 2004 [1]. Citra should not be confused with Coca-Cola Citra, a variety of Coca-Cola with citrus flavoring. Previous Fanta Logo Older Fanta Logo Fanta is a soft drink brand owned by The Coca-Cola Company. ... March 15 is the 74th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (75th in Leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Coca-Cola Citra was introduced in Mexico in 2005 on a trial basis. ... The wave shape (known as the dynamic ribbon device) present on all Coca-Cola cans throughout the world derives from the contour of the original Coca-Cola bottles. ...


The original marketing campaign had the theme "Curiously crisp Citra". The drink was always referred to as "citrus flavored" and never as grapefruit flavored, even though most of the taste was grapefruit and sugar.


It was made in the Citrus Blend and Lemon flavors.

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References

  1. ^ "Coke to Boost Marketing of Fanta." csnews.com 26 March 2004. Online. LexisNexis® Academic. 8 July 2006.
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See also

Brands of Citrus soda  v·d·e 

Banta - Bawls - Bluna - Celeste Mountain Citrus and Orange - Citra - Club Orange - Fanta - Fresca - Gold Spot - Green River - Lift - LiveWire - MDX - Mello Yello - Mountain Breeze - Mountain Dew - Mountain Holler - Mountain Lightning - Orange Crush - Pakola - Pelmosoda - Rondo - Slice - Squirt - Sundrop - Sunkist - Surge - Urge - Vault
The artwork on this aluminum can of Fresca hints at its grapefruit taste. ... Species & major hybrids Species Citrus maxima- Pomelo Citrus medica- Citron Citrus reticulata- Mandarin & Tangerine Major hybrids Citrus × sinensis- Sweet Orange Citrus × aurantium- Bitter Orange Citrus × paradisi- Grapefruit Citrus × limon- Lemon Citrus × latifolia- Persian lime Citrus × aurantifolia- Key lime See also main text for other hybrids Citrus is a common term... Look up soda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Banta is a lemon-flavoured drink popular in India. ... Bawls is an energy drink containing a relatively large amount of caffeine (approximately 80 mg. ... Bluna bottles Bluna is an orange soft drink produced by the German Mineralbrunnen Überkingen-Teinach AG, the same company, which produces the better-known Afri-Cola, since 1994. ... Celeste is a brand used by the company The Pantry, Inc. ... Club Orange is a very popular Irish soft drink produced in Ireland by C&C (Cantrell and Cochrane) and is bottled manily in plants in Dublin. ... Previous Fanta Logo Older Fanta Logo Fanta is a soft drink brand owned by The Coca-Cola Company. ... The artwork on this aluminum can of Fresca hints at its grapefruit taste. ... Gold Spot was a popular orange flavoured soft drink in India until 1993. ... Green River is a bright green, lime-flavored soft drink produced by the Clover Club Bottling Corp. ... Lift is a soft drink produced by The Coca-Cola Company that had been available in Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, and Eastern Europe since the 1970s, which is carbonated and flavored with fruit juice. ... LiveWire is an alternative orange-flavored Mountain Dew produced and distributed by PepsiCo. ... Regular 14 fl/oz. ... Mello Yello in fountain at a Burger King restaurant Mello Yello is a citrus flavored soft drink produced and distributed by the Coca-Cola Company. ... Mountain Breeze is the Safeway SELECT generic answer to Mountain Dew. ... Mountain Dew is a caffeinated sweet citrus-flavored soft drink produced by PepsiCo, Inc. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Mountain Lightning is a Wal-Mart brand that is a copy of Mountain Dew and has a slightly similar taste as Mountain Dew. ... Orange Crush is an orange-flavored soda (see orange soda) invented by J. M. Thompson of Chicago in 1906. ... Pakola is a line of fruit flavored soft drinks, originally introduced in Pakistan in 1950 by Haji Ali Muhammad. ... Pelmosoda is an Italian carbonated grapefruit soft drink created in 1999 by Campari. ... Rondo was a citrus-flavored soft drink available in the late 1970s. ... Slice is a soft drink manufactured by PepsiCo. ... Squirt logo Squirt is a caffeine-free citrus-flavored soft drink created in 1938 by Herb Bishop. ... Sundrop is a citrus-flavored soda produced in Gastonia, North Carolina, USA. Can of Sundrop Like other citrus sodas, it has a yellowish-green color imparted by lots of Yellow 5 and Yellow 6. ... 2 Sunkist Cola cans, American (left) and Chinese (right) Sunkist is the name of a brand of orange-flavored soft drink launched in 1978. ... Original and second logo Surge (also SURGE) is a citrus soft drink first introduced in Norway, under the name Urge (1996), by the Coca-Cola Company to compete with Pepsis Mountain Dew. ... A Bottle of Urge Urge is the Norwegian equivalent of Surge. ... Vault (also VAULT) is a carbonated beverage that was released by The Coca-Cola Company in June 2005. ...



 
 

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