Sprite Zero Sprite Zero Sprite Zero is a colorless, lemon-lime soft drink produced by The Coca-Cola Company, being a sugar-free variant of its original form, Sprite, and is one of the drinks in Coca Cola's "Zero" lineup. Sprite Zero originally began production as "Sugar Free Sprite" in 1974, and was renamed to "Diet Sprite" in 1983. In other countries, it was known as "Sprite Light". The brand "Sprite Zero" was first used in Greece in 2002. Beginning in 2002, the name was changed almost worldwide to the current form, matching The Coca-Cola Company's launch of Fanta Zero and Coca-Cola Zero. The following
Cuyamel Fruit Company data from 1927 shows that Cuyamel accounted for about 14% of the bananas imported and sold in the United States that year. In 1929, after the October crash of international financial markets, Zemurray sold Cuyamel to United Fruit in exchange for stock and retired. Black Tuesday sent Cuyamel shares into a tailspin, forcing the combination of the two companies (Vaccaro, known by 1929 as the Standard Fruit Company, remained independent). For his sale of the Cuyamel Fruit Company, Zemurray received 300,000 shares of United Fruit, with a market valuation of $31 million, which would be about $420 million today. With