Lift (soft drink)
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Lift is a range of soft drink
s produced by The Coca-Cola Company
that has been available in Australia
, New Zealand
, Latin America
, Germany
, Austria
, and Eastern Europe
since the 1970s, which is carbonated and flavored with fruit juice.
Lift is only available in the Lemon flavor in Australia and New Zealand. Coca-Cola's Australian website states that Lift Lemon (the only variety readily available in Australia) is "an Australian phenomenon, designed for the Australian market"http://www.coke.com.au/about_brands.asp. In Germany, the Lift flavour was Lemon in the 1970s. Currently, it is Apple.
Coca-Cola later expanded Manzana Lift into the United States
in the early 2000s, where it was sold briefly, on a regional basis, as Manzana Mía.
In Guatemala
, The Coca-Cola Company sells a grapefruit soda under the Lift brand.
The only Lift products in Australia are Lemon and Diet Lemon. The "Lift Plus" energy drink variant was discontinued some time ago, but is still widely available in New Zealand.
In the 70's there was also a Lift lemonade in the Netherlands with pineapple flavor.
Soft drink
A soft drink is a non-alcoholic beverage that typically contains water , a sweetener, and a flavoring agent...
s produced by The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia...
that has been available in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, and Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
since the 1970s, which is carbonated and flavored with fruit juice.
Lift is only available in the Lemon flavor in Australia and New Zealand. Coca-Cola's Australian website states that Lift Lemon (the only variety readily available in Australia) is "an Australian phenomenon, designed for the Australian market"http://www.coke.com.au/about_brands.asp. In Germany, the Lift flavour was Lemon in the 1970s. Currently, it is Apple.
Coca-Cola later expanded Manzana Lift into the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in the early 2000s, where it was sold briefly, on a regional basis, as Manzana Mía.
In Guatemala
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
, The Coca-Cola Company sells a grapefruit soda under the Lift brand.
Varieties and Flavors
- Lift (Grapefruit)
- Lift Plus
- Lift Plus Light
- Lift Plus Extra Strength
- Lift Apple (Manzana Lift)
- Lift Apple Blackcurrant
- Lift Apple Lemon
- Lift Apple Peach
- Lift Cherry
- Lift Grape
- Lift Lemon
- Lift Orange
- Lift Peach
- Lift Pear
- Lift Raspberry
- Lift Vanilla Cream
The only Lift products in Australia are Lemon and Diet Lemon. The "Lift Plus" energy drink variant was discontinued some time ago, but is still widely available in New Zealand.
In the 70's there was also a Lift lemonade in the Netherlands with pineapple flavor.