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 food service distributors. Outside the United States, these bottlers also control the fountain business. Since the early 1980s, the company has actively encouraged the consolidation of bottlers, with the company often owning a share of these "anchor bottlers". The company's largest bottlers outside North America are: In the United States, the company bypasses bottlers and is responsible for the manufacture and sale of fountain syrups directly to authorized fountain wholesalers and some fountain retailers. After purchasing the North American assets of Coca-Cola Enterprises, as of 2014 the company directly owns 100% of Coca-Cola Refreshments, the anchor bottler of Coca-Cola products