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
Benzene in soft drinks been filed by a group of parents in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. The two companies, Zone Brands Inc., maker of "BellyWashers" products, and TalkingRain Beverage Co., denied that their products were harmful, but agreed to change the ingredients in their drinks. Coca-Cola announced that it would be phasing out sodium benzoate from many of its drinks, but not Fanta and Sprite. As of August 2012, Coca Cola Zero and Barq's root beer still contains benzoate (added as potassium salt and sodium salt respectively). A Belgian study found that plastic packaging may play an important role in