Coca-Cola Julmust outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season. In Scotland, the locally produced Irn-Bru was more popular than Coca-Cola until 2005, when Coca-Cola and Diet Coke began to outpace its sales. In the former East Germany, Vita Cola, invented during Communist rule, is gaining popularity. In India, Coca-Cola ranked third behind the leader, Pepsi-Cola, and local drink Thums Up. The Coca-Cola Company purchased Thums Up in 1993. , Coca-Cola held a 60.9% market-share in India. Tropicola, a domestic drink, is served in Cuba instead of Coca-Cola, due to a United States embargo. French brand Mecca Cola and British brand Qibla Cola
Coca-Cola Zero Sugar which has a different flavor profile. In 2017, despite increasing sales in the United States, the Coca-Cola Company announced that Coca-Cola Zero would be replaced by Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, intended to taste more like standard Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola Zero Sugar was first tested in the United Kingdom in June 2016, with plans to roll it out in other countries in the following months. Many fans of Coke Zero were outraged and discouraged about the new flavor. "The Washington Post" noted Coke Zero is very popular, and that fans compared the change to the launch of New Coke in 1985. In Australia,