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Coca Cola with Lemon: In 2001 Coca Cola created a product that made lives easier. Coca Cola with lemon, a product that did not involve having to always put lemon in ones drink. The next year, the Coca Cola company came out to say that they would “phase out” coca cola with lemon as well as a couple others including vanilla coke, and diet coke with lemon.Coca Cola with Lemon was officially taken off the market in 2005 in the United States of America. It is known that Japan does indeed have Coca-Cola lemon still, as well as Japan Coca- Cola lemon slushies. These slushies are only sold in Japan and are unavailable anywhere else. This product was in the making for 8 years with over 100 prototypes made before the Coca-cola lemon slushie. Because Japan always creates new Coca Cola products yearly, it is unclear if the United Kingdom as well as the United States of America will ever bring back Coca Cola with Lemon. Current Ingredients used in Coca Cola with Lemon were Citric Acid, Caffeine, Sugar, Water, Lime juice, water, Vanilla, Caramel, and Lemon juice. In a 2014 article, information was released that coca-cola with lemon was going to be restocked temporarily in Japan. There was less than 50 people who demanded for the product to be back on the shelves, but still, the product went to 16,622 different 7-Elevens throughout Japan. The bottle was reintroduced with new packaging, and was only on shelves until supplies lasted. But, there are still multiple different variations of the drink, one being Coca-Cola Lemon Zero Sugar. This drink is only exclusive in Italy. The drink is sold in a glass bottle, PET, and aluminium cans. There has been few petitions that have been made to bring Coca-Cola lemon back to the United Kingdom. Currently, there are only 18 signatures but they are  Though, it is still unclear if this drink will come back. For summary, Coca-Cola with lemon was first distributed into the U.S in 2001. It is not sold in bottles anymore, but it is used in the touch screen soda machines at restaurants. Coca-Cola with lemon however is being sold in the bottle in Italy, Hungary, Ukraine, and Norway. Coca-Cola is said to have a secret Ingredient in the products that make It taste better. A couple of the ingredients that are said to be used are cinnamon oil, nutmeg, orange oil, and lemon oil. Now they do not sell any regular coca-cola with lemon, because they have changed it to diet or no sugar added.

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