Coca-Cola Orange and in some markets Coca-Cola with Orange, is a variation of
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a cola soft drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company. In 2013, Coke products were sold in over 200 countries and territories worldwide, with consumers drinking more than 1.8 billion company beverage servings ...
with
Orange flavoring. It was originally introduced in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
and
Gibraltar
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for the 2007 Summer Season, following the success of the previous year's
Coca-Cola Lime, for which 40% of the launch sales represented new customers and increased purchasing.
Consumer market
Coca-Cola Orange was designed to appeal to regular drinkers of Coca-Cola and of its citrus variants,
Coke with Lemon and
Coke with Lime. The cola was initially flavored with orange only. Coca-Cola Orange was produced in 330ml cans, 500ml
plastic bottle
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s, and two-liter plastic bottles.
Coca-Cola Orange is no longer available in the United Kingdom, except in
Coca-Cola Freestyle fountain machines; the drink is also available in
Latvia
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and
Russia
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. Coca-Cola Orange was available for a limited time in the first half of 2017 in Brazil as a seasonal product.
The current, similar product, Coca-Cola Orange Vanilla, was released in the United States on February 25, 2019.
History
In Germany in the 1970s, Coca-Cola sold its beverage
Mezzo Mix
Mezzo Mix (stylised mezzo mix) is a product of The Coca-Cola Company, first introduced in West Germany in 1973. It is a mixture of orange soda and cola, a beverage popular in German-speaking countries, commonly known there as spezi, the generi ...
, a drink with a similar formula to Coca-Cola Orange. Mezzo Mix is also known as ''Naranja & Cola'' or ''Fanta Mezzo Mix'' in Spain. The Swedish name for it is Fanta Mezzo, where it was released in January 2017 for a major music festival.
Mezzo Mix was offered among eight original international soda flavors for tasting at Epcot's
Club Cool
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. In the 1990s, there were two kinds of Mezzo Mix, orange and lemon.
Spezi
Spezi () is the brand name for a soft drink owned by Brauhaus Riegele in Augsburg, Germany. Spezi is a genericized trademark and the name is used as a generic term for a mixture of cola and orange soda (orangeade) in most German speaking count ...
is another beverage out of Germany that mixes cola with orange, Naranja & Cola.
In July 2007, Mezzo Mix introduced a low-calorie option, Mezzo Mix Zero, to compete with other major brands that were crossing over into the health-conscious market. The product is popular globally, but in the
United States
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, it is only available in
Coca-Cola Freestyle fountain machines (since 2009).
In February 2025, Coca-Cola introduced Coca-Cola Orange Cream, similar to their Orange Vanilla flavor, along with a
Coca-Cola Zero Sugar
Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, commonly known as Coke Zero, is a diet soda produced by the Coca-Cola Company.
The drink was introduced in 2005 as Coca-Cola Zero as a new no-calorie cola. In 2017, the formula was modified and the name updated, the announc ...
variant. The promotion for the product also included merchandise, such as beanie hats and inflatable chairs.
Formulation
Coca-Cola Orange lists "orange fruit from
concentrate
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(1%)" in the ingredients. Coca-Cola Orange went on sale in Japan in November 2014, though the Japanese version contained no actual fruit juice.
Nutrition
According to the Coca-Col
websitethe drink contains 140 calories. There are 0g of fat, 35 mg of sodium (1%DV), 39g of Carbohydrates all of which are added sugars (78%DV).
References
External links
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Coca-Cola cola brands
Orange sodas
Products introduced in 2007
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