Coca-Cola Life
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| Type | Cola |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Distributor | The Coca-Cola Company |
| Country of origin |
Argentina Chile |
| Introduced | 2013 |
| Color | Caramel E-150d |
| Flavor | Cola |
| Related products |
Coca-Cola Diet Coke |
| Website | Official website |
Coca-Cola Life is a lower-calorie version of Coca-Cola, made using stevia and sugar as sweeteners. It has 27 kilocalories/100 mL, containing only 60% of the calories of regular Coca-Cola. It was created in Argentina and Chile after five years of research together in these countries.
The drink contains stevia leaf extract. Stevia has no calories.
Coca-Cola Life is the first branded Coke product to use stevia leaf extract. However, it is not the first product owned by the Coca-Cola company to use stevia. Over 45 products distributed by Coca-Cola use stevia extract, including Vitamin Water and Seagram's Ginger Ale.
Coca-Cola Life contains sugar, but uses less sugar than traditional Coca-Cola. An 8 US fluid ounces (240 ml) serving contains around 60 calories, 17 grams of carbohydrates of which 17 grams is sugar (equals only 1/3 less sugar than traditional Coca-Cola). The list of ingredients is carbonated water, cane sugar, caramel color, caffeine, phosphoric acid, and stevia.
Coca-Cola Life can be compared with Pepsi True, which also uses sugar and stevia as a sweetener.
The drink comes in glass bottles, plastic bottles, and aluminum cans. The logo is a small green leaf. The plastic bottle is fully recyclable (like normal PET bottles) and 30 percent plant-based, with fossil-fuel plastic accounting for the remaining 70 percent of the bottle.
Coca-Cola Life was launched in Argentina in June 2013, in Chile in November of that year, in Sweden in June 2014 and in the UK in September 2014. It has subsequently been launched in many other countries. Coca-Cola Life tried to co-exist with Diet Coke and Coca-Cola Zero in the Argentine and Chilean market, but it has been slowly removed from those markets due to its low reception from customers.
Coca-Cola Life is currently sold in:
The roll-out of Coca-Cola Life in Canada began in the Fall of 2016, with the product being sold at a number of locations including Walmart, Shoppers Drug Mart and London Drugs. In Canada the product is available in 355mL cans, 222mL mini cans and 500mL bottles. In Canada the product is sweetened from natural sources and contains 50% fewer calories than regular colas.
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