Coca-Cola

The Coco-Cola Company

Coca-Cola is a cola-flavored carbonated soft drink produced by The Coca-Cola Company. Coca-Cola is sold in different variants in countries all over the world, and is one of the world's strongest brands.

The birth of Coca-Cola is attributed to pharmacist Dr. John Stith Pemberton who in 1886 produced a caramel colored liquid which he then mixed with carbonated water. He carried a jug of the new product down the street to Jacobs' Pharmacy, where it was sampled, pronounced "excellent" and placed on sale for five cents a glass as a soda fountain drink.

The world's first Coca-Cola was served on May 8, 1886 at Jacobs' Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia.

After Dr. John Stith Pemberton died in 1888, the businessman Asa Griggs Candler bought the rights to the recipe, for an amount rumored to be $2,300. In 1892, he founded The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. By 1913, one in nine Americans had tasted it.

As competitors began to appear in the market, Asa Griggs Candler sold the rights to various breweries to bottle Coca-Cola. It was the start of "The Coca-Cola system", a franchise partnership that exists today between the company and over 250 bottling companies worldwide.

In 1916, the world-famous Coca-Cola glass bottle with its characteristic shape was introduced, the purpose of which was to distinguish the brand from its competitors. It was created in 1915 by the Swede Alexander Samuelsson, after The Coca‑Cola Company announced a design competition in the USA. Alexander Samuelsson's name is on the patent as he led the design work that resulted in the iconic bottle. 100 years later, it can still be easily identified by people around the world.

When the United States entered World War II, Coca-Cola decided to make its drink available to all serving soldiers - regardless of where they were in the world. The initiative created a global demand for the Coca-Cola drink and caused the number of countries with bottling facilities to double from the mid-1940s until the 1960s.

The Coca-Cola Company introduced Diet Coke to great fanfare in 1982, following another low-calorie cola called Tab that was produced in 1963. It was the first new drink since Coca-Cola's creation in 1886 to use the Coca-Cola trademark and the product quickly overtook the company's existing diet cola, TaB, in sales.

In 1992, Coca-Cola had its 100th Anniversary.

In 2005, the The Coca-Cola Company released its next iconic low-cal soft drink without sugar: Coca-Cola Coke Zero. Coke Zero, also known as Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, is a popular zero-calorie soft drink that aims to provide the iconic taste of Coca-Cola without the added sugar or calories.

Coca-Cola Light Taste (Diet Coke) and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar (Coke Zero) are Coca-Cola's main products of sugar free cola soft drinks.

During Coca-Cola's first year, they sold nine bottles each day, but today, Coca-Cola sells around 1,9 billion bottles a day.

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Coca-Cola in social media

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Coca-Cola's three (3) best sellers

Coca-Cola is a cola-flavored carbonated soft drink produced by The Coca-Cola Company.

Some of Coca-Cola's biggest collaborations

Coca Cola has collaborated with a lot of world-icons, like:
Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, Avicii, Taylor Swift, Daniel Craig (as James Bond - 007), Kate Moss, LeBron James, Marc Jacobs, Selena Gomez, Steve Harvey, Heidi Klum, Jason Derulo, Michael Jordan, Selena (Quintanilla Pérez), Matt LeBlanc, etc.

This is previous campaigns that is no longer active.

16 products (Cola Zero) from Coca-Cola

Do you like cola with sugar better? Then visit www.Cola-Original.com

Coca-Cola Original Taste VS Coca-Cola Zero Sugar

Coca Cola Original Taste have 139 calories, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar 1 calorie.
1 can of Coca-Cola Original Taste with sugar = 139 cans of Coca-Cola Zero Sugar.

9 Interesting Facts You Should Know

The most interesting facts you need to know as a Coca-Cola Zero Sugar fan.

In 2005, Coca-Cola launched a new sugar free variant of cola soda, Coke Zero.

Here’s what you need to know about the "new" beverage.

Conclusion

In general, experts agree that sugar-free options are a better choice than sugar-sweetened beverages, and can help us to cut calories and move to a lower-sugar diet.

Most popular slogans

Coca-Cola slogans over the years. Which one is your favorite?

Current

• "Taste the Feeling" (2023)

Old ones

• “Open Happiness” (2009)
• “Coke Side of Life” (2006)
• “Always Coca‑Cola” (1993)
• "Have a Coke and a Smile" (1979)
• “I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke” (1971)
• “It’s the Real Thing” (1969)
• “Things Go Better with Coke” (1963)
• "Be Really Refreshed" (1956)
• “The Pause That Refreshes” (1929) - Coca-Colas most enduring slogan
• “Thirst Knows No Season” (1922)
  
• “Good to the Last Drop” (1907)
• “Whenever You See an Arrow, Think of Coca‑Cola.” (The 1900s)
  
• "Coca‑Cola is a Delicious Beverage, Delightfully in Harmony With the Spirit of All Outings”(The 1890s)
• “The Great National Temperance Drink”(The 1890s)
• “Coca‑Cola Revives and Sustains" (The 1890s)
• “Delicious and Refreshing” (1886-1920)

Trademarks and Slogans owned by The Coca-Cola Company
What is a slogan? A slogan is a memorable motto, phrase or melody used in advertising and other context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose, with the goal of persuading members of the public or a more defined target group. Slogans is intended to stick in people's brains. The purpose of advertising is to make people associate a slogan with a brand.

FAQ about Coca-Cola

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Diet Coke or Coca-Cola Light

What are the differences?

Coke Zero or Coca-Cola Zero Sugar

What are the differences?

Coca-Cola logo history over the years

Coca-Cola was founded in 1886 and has so far had 18 different logos

See Coca-Colas logo evolution here

Summary - The evolution of Coca-Cola logo design through the years

Which is your favorite?

The logo that Coca-Cola has had for the longest time (66 years) is "1941 - 2007":

Information

The brand can have more cola drinks in their beverage portfolio than what is presented on Cola-Zero.com, this is because we are only a site for sugar-free soft drinks with cola flavor. Visit the brand's website if you want to know more about their other colas with sugar. 

Cola-Zero.com is an unofficial, non-profit, non-commercial website and fanpage about soft drinks of cola without sugar - and makes no claims regarding brands, trademarks or products of any kind.

Cola-Zero.com has no connection to this brand. You cannot buy products directly from Cola-Zero.com, therefore we refer you to the brand's own sales channels.

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