Coca-Cola BlāK

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Coca-Cola BlāK

Type	Coffee flavored Cola
Manufacturer	The Coca-Cola Company
Country of origin	France
Introduced	2006
Discontinued	2008
Related products	BibiCaffe; Pepsi coffee drinks including Kona (Pennsylvania, 1994-1996), Tarik (Malaysia), Max Cappuccino (France, Finland, Norway, Ireland and the UK), and Cappuccino (India, Eastern Europe, Mexico, some Central American), Future Coffee Cola (China)

Coca-Cola BlāK was a coffee-flavored soft drink that was introduced by Coca-Cola in 2006. The mid-calorie drink was introduced first in France, before making its way to the United States and other markets.

Coca-Cola BlāK launched in the United States^[1] on April 3, 2006. Coca-Cola BlāK launched in Canada on August 29, 2006^[2] with an event staged in Toronto, Ontario at Dundas Square offering free bottles of the product.^[3] On 31 August 2007, trade magazine Beverage Digest announced that Coca-Cola would discontinue the drink's sale within the United States once concentrate supplies ran out.^[4] The drink may have suffered a publicity setback when Anderson Cooper tried it on Live with Regis and Kelly and spat it out- on national television.

In February 2007 the drink made its way to Central Europe as it launched in the Czech Republic. French produced Coca-Cola BlāK can also be found in Lithuania and in E.Leclerc stores in Slovenia.

The French and Canadian versions of Coca-Cola BlāK is sweetened only with sugar. The U.S. version of Coca-Cola BlāK replaces sugar with high fructose corn syrup, aspartame and acesulfame potassium.

Consumer Reports taste-testers found the French version to be less sweet and to contain more coffee flavor.

The American and Canadian versions had a plastic resealable cap on a glass bottle that resembled the classic Coke bottle, whereas the French/Czech version is a bottle shape formed from aluminum.

Contents 1 Nutritional facts 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Nutritional facts

US Version[5] Coke BlāK (240mL/8 fl. oz) Coke Classic (240mL/8 fl. oz) Calories 45 97 Total Fat 0g 0 g Sodium 35 mg 33 mg Total Carb. 12 g 27 g Sugars 12 g 27 g Protein 0 g 0 g Caffeine[6] 46 mg 23 mg

French Version[7] Coke BlāK (100mL/3.4 fl. oz) Coke Classic (100mL/3.4 fl. oz) Calories 84 kJ/20 kcal 180 kJ/42 kcal Total Fat 0 g 0 g Sodium <50 mg <50 mg Total Carb. 5 g 10.6 g Sugars 5 g 10.6 g Protein 0 g 0 g Caffeine 20 mg

[edit] See also

• Coffee-flavored Pepsi
• Template:Syrup (Novel), featuring a plot revolving around a fictional but similar product

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• Consumer Reports Taste Tests Coke BlāK, March 2006
• Coca-Cola gives out thousands of Coke BlāK samples in Times Square

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