Coca-Cola with Lemon Coca-Cola with Lemon Coca-Cola with Lemon is a soft drink brand owned by The Coca-Cola Company, launched to compete with Pepsi Twist. It is produced and distributed by The Coca-Cola Company's bottlers. Diet Coke with Lemon was introduced in the United States in 2001 and is still available as a semi-sugar free version in Coca-Cola Freestyle machines. Coca-Cola Light with Lemon is still available in: Coca-Cola Light with Lemon has been discontinued in: In 2014 Coca-Cola with Lemon was temporarily restocked in Japan. The product went to 16,622 different 7-Elevens throughout Japan. The bottle was reintroduced with new packaging, and
The Coca-Cola Company of its two main ingredients (coca leaves and kola nuts) and because it sounded like an alliteration. John Pemberton had taken a break and left Robinson to make, promote, as well as sell Coca-Cola on his own. He promoted the drink the best he could with the limited budget that he had and succeeded. In 1894, American businessman Asa Candler purchased the company from Pemberton's heirs with the intent to advertise and sell it as a beverage to regular consumers. Candler was one of the first businessmen to use merchandising in his advertising strategy. By 1895, Coca-Cola was being sold