where's my coke i need a cocoa the coca-cola company may be a huge corporation but the road
to success is never an easy one here to remind us of all the times coca-cola's name was dragged
through the mud are 15 coca-cola drinks that embarrassed the company shame on you okay soda
okay okay soda has to have been one of coca-cola's strangest releases to date released in 1993
in order to try and capture the attention of generation x the entire seam of okay soda looks
like something out of george orwell's 1984. this was highly intentional you see okay is the most
recognized word in the world so coke thought that they were onto something there especially with the
addition of cynical and disillusioned images and accompanying slogans while in 2021 some might hear
okay and think of cardi b's catchphrase with all the hype and energy in reality coca-cola's
version of okay soda in the 1990s was kind of the polar opposite yikes that's a recipe for
disappointment dark dismal and full of dismay okay soda was meant to capture generation x's hearts
but instead it just got the boot in 1995. two years after its release coca-cola green tea
the coca-cola company has dabbled in the health milieu over the years back in the summer of 2009
they released coca-cola green tea exclusive to japan this drink was said to have health benefits
be delicious and even provide beauty benefits as well not bad not bad the drink was said to
have antioxidants from green tea extracts called catechins oh and most importantly
it was even said to have a nice green tea flavor the company directed their marketing
strategy towards a young female demographic mainly targeting women in their 20s and 30s
while we can applaud coca-cola's efforts to attempt a um healthy hybrid type of
drink for some reason the phrase stay in your lane just keeps coming to mind vault
mama there's a kick like a mule vault by coca-cola is a perfect example of why you
should never compare yourself to others introduced in 2005 vault was made to rival mountain dew
big mistake big huge this green citrus energy style drink was hoping that young and athletic
men would quench their thirst with a vault but it turns out the drink was no match for mountain dew
the advertisements claimed that vault drinks like a soda kicks like an energy drink but it
would appear as though buyers weren't convinced and so in 2011 vault catapulted into retirement
garlic coke what did you say we bet buffy the vampire slayer wishes she had some cans of these
bad boys back in the day but alas both buffy and garlic coke are fictional that's right photoshop
strikes again garlic coke never actually existed but despite never having created it coca-cola was
temporarily tainted with a funny wrap due to the stench of garlic so here's what
went down a purple can of cherry coke was edited sometime around 2014 to look like a can of garlic
coke and the mere suggestion at garlic coke's existence offended the internet easy peasy
but as we have said before this was merely a hoax garlic coke not only doesn't exist but it never
existed except as a doctored photograph in digital reality what in the devil's name is this we've
said it before and we'll say it again stay in your own lane i'm for real i'm for real the coca-cola
company in spain definitely did not figure that out by the time they created mare rosso
in order to keep up with the joneses or pepsi more accurately coca-cola created mare rosso as
an answer to pepsi's cost drink koss was bitter it was herb flavored it was everything you wouldn't
really want or expect from a coca-cola beverage but alas then didn't stop them coca-cola created
mare rosso and the public pretty much said heck no and the drink eventually was discontinued it
would seem that bitter is not exactly on brand for coca-cola and neither was the mare rosso new coke
how do you even drink that because it's delicious now new coke is the coca-cola blender that needs
no introduction it is that infamous so new coke was invented to change things up at coca-cola due
to a slip in sales around 1985. the coca-cola company was trying to revamp their traditional
recipe but in the end new coke was pretty much doomed coke and never saw mainstream
success coca-cola hq in atlanta georgia was overwhelmed with tens of thousands of complaints
from coca-cola loyalists who wanted that old coke back things even got so heated in the coca-cola
fandom that one fan created an organization called the old cola drinkers of america who
looked at filing a class action lawsuit against the coca-cola company in response to new coke
wow the backlash spoke volumes and the company listened after only three short months of being
on the market the original coke was back as coke classic and new coke faded into the background
after a name change or two new coke was finally retired tap clear give me give me a tab
tab i can't give you a tab unless you order something tab was introduced in the 1960s
as the first diet soda at coca-cola and it had a great run in the 1990s tab expanded its line with
a clear soda called tab clear it tasted just like good old dependable tab but was well you guessed
it clear coke most likely released tab clear in response to pepsi's clear soda crystal pepsi
well in a strange twist of events and a rather machiavellian approach to business coca-cola
torpedoed its own drink in order to do the same to pepsi's clear drink as well you see since the
drink was a diet drink they knew that it wasn't going to sell from the jump but when it would
be placed next to pepsi's clear drink crystal pepsi people would assume that both drinks were
diet when in reality only the tab clear was i see what you did there well coke's diabolical genius
work and crystal pepsi was no more by 1993 and tab clear soon followed with its discontinuation
the next year c2 you sure there's no rum in that coca-cola whenever coca-cola wants to hop on the
hell's train it seems like they get burned first released in japan in 2002 and making its way
to the united states two years later c2 was the sort of kinda healthy coke drink that was halfway
between diet and classic it would appear as though this drink had an identity crisis before it even
had a chance to get off the ground because it was the in-between drink no one really wanted maybe
next time desean well it would seem there was not much of a need or demand for this in-between sort
of option and c2 would be discontinued in 2007. a for effort coca-cola but ultimately you get an
f in execution for this one diet coke plus it's diet dude diet soda doesn't give you diarrhea
it would appear as though semantics would play a large role in the device of diet coke plus despite
having an alternative name coca-cola light plus both names would prove problematic in the eyes
of the fda diet coke plus was coca-cola company's full-fledged venture into the helsin energy market
circa the late 2000's americans were putting the dots together regarding the health hazards
of drinking soda and its connection to obesity so coca-cola needed to counter that movement
with some healthy drink options well the company rolled out diet coke plus and the fda rolled out
its warning to the beverage giant apparently the fda wasn't down with using the term plus in the
drink's name anything labeled plus must have a minimum of 10 more of the daily reference value
of a nutrient than a comparable product and well diet coke plus didn't meet those requirements
that warning letter was written by the fda in 2008 and the drink was finally removed from
shelves three years later bacon coca-cola what the myths and the legend bacon coca-cola would
appear to have been just that that's right once again the internet has been fooled by photoshop
into dragging coca-cola for something that they did not do why it would appear as though someone
had a little else better to do one day than create a fictional coca-cola drink via supreme editing
skills to drive the coca-cola fandom mad there are so many vacanized items out there on the
market for you to try but sadly a bacon coca-cola is not one of them bacon coca-cola may have made
a dent in coca-cola's reputation but we're pretty sure the fact that it isn't even real pretty much
neutralizes the damage or does it make it worse for the bacon fans out there who would have lined
up for this drink you can decide sprite remix one diet sprite remix please sprite remix was created
to appeal to a younger demographic but alas it only lasted two years on the market introduced
in 2003 this colorless and caffeine-free drink release also came in packet form that you could
add to regular sprite that's interesting that's very interesting the packets came in grape vanilla
and cherry options for flavors and the drinks came in tropical remix berry clear remix and
aruba jam remix discontinued in 2005 coca-cola may have been trying to spice it up with this one but
it looks like this product was just allocated to the archives instead except 2016 saw the temporary
return of the tropical remix flavor because word is that these drinks were actually kind of tasty
so did coca-cola embarrass themselves more by pulling this product from shelves or putting
them there all together one has to wonder citra there's also orange juice and grapefruit juice
coca-cola tried its hand at citrus drinks that failed a few times and citra is no different
you see in 1998 the coca-cola company introduced this caffeine-free grapefruit type soda to the
market and to be honest it did get a following but not as large of a following as the company
had anticipated similar to fresca which is also owned by coca-cola citra tried to do its own thing
but the numbers weren't doing theirs 100 minus 43 take the one from the zero wait so it eventually
got pulled but then re-categorized as a member of the fanta brand citra made a reappearance
as a fanta citrus but was discontinued pretty soon after coca-cola black ah another cold brew
don't mind if i cold do coca-cola black could have been the caffeinating drink of our dreams
but instead it became the caffeinated drink of our past this drink was poppin in caffeine at 46
milligrams per 10 ounce bottle coca-cola black was a coffee slash coke drinkers fantasy drink you see
regular coke has 34 milligrams per 12-ounce bottle making coca-cola black just about two times more
caffeine abundant than a coca-cola classic it's too much it's too much despite its ability to keep
you alert coca-cola black was discontinued in 2008 because people didn't like the flavor and also the
competition in the energy drink market is fierce coca-cola's beverly i made a mistake now many
different coca-cola products have been launched in various geographical regions and beverly
is one such product no this drink wasn't launched for the famous 90210 jurisdiction of beverly hills
but beverly is actually a non-alcoholic appertif of italy roberta boopie que calza peter what are
you doing speaking italian beverly managed to stay an active member on the italian market for a good
four decades from 1969 to 2009. interestingly enough this was not because of how good it was
beverly's taste was so gross but people came to love it or hate it we're still not quite sure on
that one beverly was a pretty bitter and somewhat herbal drink that was overall pretty gross it
would appear as though this gross uniqueness would have a hand in beverly's long-running success in
that this would give it its charm in fact beverly was very popular at the world of coca-cola museums
it would seem like beverly's uniqueness appealed to taste testers at the museum coke life it's
organic the 2010s saw a conscious rise in people increasingly wanting environmentally friendly
consumables that are good for their health so coca-cola tried to answer that cry with coke
life coke life came a nifty green wrappers so you knew that signified they were eco-conscious and
healthier and a sizably decreased amount of sugar more accurately coke life had 45 less sugar than
coke and was made with natural sweeteners in the place of sugar game changer with less calories
less sugar and a lighter carbon footprint with coke life you would think this drink
launched in 2014 would have done some impressive sales numbers but in fact sales were low and coke
life was discontinued three years later in 2017. no god thirsty for more just tap or click for
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