The Coca-Cola Company become available in many different flavors now such as grape, peach, grapefruit, apple, pineapple, and strawberry. In 1961, Coca-Cola introduced Sprite, a lemon-lime soft drink, and another of the company's bestsellers and its response to 7 Up. Tab was Coca-Cola's first attempt to develop a diet soft drink, using saccharin as a sugar substitute. Introduced in 1963, the product is still sold today, although its sales have dwindled since the introduction of Diet Coke. Coca-Cola South Africa also released Valpre Bottled "still" and "sparkling" water. In 1969, the company released Simba, which was a take on Mountain Dew, and had
Criticism of Coca-Cola 105 Coca-Cola employees in Turkey were terminated for their union activity and these employees, some of whom were joined by family members, were physically attacked by members of the Cevik Kuvvet during peaceful demonstrations against their terminations. Criticism of Coca-Cola Criticism of Coca-Cola dates back to its first ever product, invented by Doctor John Stith-Pemberton in 1886. The Coca-Cola Company is one of the largest beverage companies in the world. It owns the majority of the soft drink market around the world, distributing roughly 160 different products. Since the early 2000s, the criticisms over the use of Coca-Cola products as