List of soft drink flavors

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A soft drink is a beverage that typically contains carbonated water, one or more flavourings and sweeteners such as sugar, HFCS, fruit juices, and/or sugar substitutes such as sucralose, acesulfame-K, aspartame and cyclamate. Soft drinks may also contain caffeine, colorings, preservatives and other ingredients.

Flavors

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  • Almond – common mixed flavor in many drinks, also the primary flavor for brands like Suburban Club sodas such as Almond Smash. Almond-flavored soft drinks are sometimes prepared using orgeat syrup.[https://books.google.com/books?id=rpO9c2vtuhEC&pg=PA39 The Perfect Finish: Special Desserts for Every Occasion – Bill Yosses, Melissa Clark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706193037/http://books.google.com/books?id=rpO9c2vtuhEC&pg=PA39 |date=2014-07-06 }}. p. 39.

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  • AppleFassbrause is a non-alcoholic or alcoholic (depending on the brand) German drink made from fruit and spices and malt extract, traditionally stored in a keg. It often has an apple flavor.
  • Apple Sidra is a non-alcoholic drink from Taiwan. It is not a cider as the name may imply, but a carbonated soda with an apple flavour.
  • Apple beer is a non-alcoholic American variant of {{Lang|de|fassbrause}}, produced by The Apple Beer Corporation in Salt Lake City. Aspen Soda was an apple-flavored soda sold across the United States by PepsiCo from 1978 until 1982. In 1984, PepsiCo came out with a replacement apple soda under its new Slice line.
  • Manzanita Sol is an apple-flavored soft-drink produced by PepsiCo, sold primarily in Mexico and other Latin American countries.
  • Apricot
  • Birch beer
  • Blackberry – like those made by Izze
  • Brazil nut
  • Butterscotch – brands of butterscotch-flavored soda include O-SO Butterscotch Root Beer produced by Orca Beverage Inc., Dang Butterscotch root beer
  • Cashew - brands of cashew-flavored soda include Fanta and São Geraldo, easily confused with the non-carbonated drink Cajuína.
  • CeleryCel-Ray produced by Dr. Brown's of New York City
  • Champagne cola – class of sodas, with a color lighter than cola and darker than cream soda, and flavors similar to both
  • Cherry cola – brands include Coca-Cola Cherry, Pepsi Wild Cherry, and Cherry RC, among others.
  • Cherry soda – brands of cherry-flavored soda include 7 Up, Cherikee Red, IBC Black Cherry, Cheerwine, and Crush, among others.
  • Cherryade – soft drinks prepared with cherry juice.
  • Chinotto – dark, bittersweet Italian soft drink.
  • Chocolate – for example, Canfield's Diet Chocolate Fudge and Yoo-hoo
  • Citron – an example is Cedrata Tassoni, an Italian, citron-flavored soft drink brand
  • Clementine – made by Izze
  • Cola – originally contained caffeine from the kola nut and cocaine from coca leaves, and was flavored with vanilla and other ingredients. Most colas now use other flavoring (and caffeinating) ingredients with a similar taste and no longer contain cocaine. It became popular worldwide after pharmacist John Pemberton invented Coca-Cola in 1886.{{cite web |url=http://www.cocaine.org/cocawine.htm |title=Coca Wine |publisher=Cocaine.org |access-date=2013-09-29 |archive-date=2021-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224232916/http://www.cocaine.org/cocawine.htm |url-status=live }}
  • Cranberry – used as flavoring, for example, Sprite Winter Spiced Cranberry and Canada Dry Cranberry Ginger Ale
  • Cream soda – often flavored with vanilla, such as Big Red
  • Cucumber soda{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-R1zRakeLJgC&pg=PA325|title=Marketing|first1=William|last1=Pride|last2=Ferrell|date=29 December 2008|publisher=Cengage Learning|isbn=9780547167473|access-date=28 June 2016|via=Google Books|archive-date=17 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417084546/https://books.google.com/books?id=-R1zRakeLJgC&pg=PA325|url-status=live}} – type of soda made by various manufacturers including Mr. Q. Cumber. Pepsi offers an ice cucumber flavor in some markets.
  • Dandelion and burdock – popular favorite within the UK since the Middle Ages. Popular brands include Ben Shaws owned by Cotts of Canada{{cite web|url=http://benshawsdrinks.co.uk/our-drinks/dandelion-and-burdock/|title=Ben Shaws Dandelion and Burdock|access-date=28 June 2016|archive-date=7 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707104711/http://benshawsdrinks.co.uk/our-drinks/dandelion-and-burdock|url-status=live}}
  • Gentiana – such as Moxie{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GgWAu35a2ZoC|title=The Secrets of Wildflowers: A Delightful Feast of Little-Known Facts, Folklore, and History|first=Jack|last=Sanders|date=1 January 2003|publisher=Globe Pequot|isbn=9781585746682|access-date=28 June 2016|via=Google Books}}

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  • Ginger ale{{cite dictionary | url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ginger%20ale | title=Definition of ginger ale | dictionary=Merriam-Webster | access-date=2 May 2014 | archive-date=6 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706075114/http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ginger%20ale | url-status=live }} – carbonated soft drink flavored with ginger in one of two ways. The golden style is closer to the ginger beer original, and is credited to the American doctor Thomas Cantrell. The dry style (also called the pale style) is a paler drink with a much milder ginger-flavor to it, and was created by Canadian John McLaughlin.
  • Ginger beer – produced in two versions: brewed ginger beer (which includes home-brewed) or a carbonated drink flavored primarily with ginger and sweetened with sugar or artificial sweeteners.
  • Grape sodagrape-flavored soft drinks and sodas
  • Grapefruit – brands of grapefruit-flavored soda include Fresca, Ting, Pelmosoda and Squirt, among others.
  • Guarana – carbonated soft drinks with guarana are produced and marketed in Latin American countries.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/southamericantab00mari|url-access=registration|title=The South American Table: The Flavor and Soul of Authentic Home Cooking from Patagonia to Rio de Janeiro, with 450 Recipes|first=Maria Baez|last=Kijac|date=1 January 2003|publisher=Harvard Common Press|access-date=28 June 2016|via=Internet Archive}}
  • Guava{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P3uyMcDKKdkC|title=Make Your Own Soda: Syrup Recipes for All-Natural Pop, Floats, Cocktails, and More|first1=Anton|last1=Nocito|first2=Lynn Marie|last2=Hulsman|date=7 May 2013|publisher=Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony|isbn=9780770433567|access-date=28 June 2016|via=Google Books}} – such as Jarritos brand
  • Hops - used in Hop water.{{cite news |last1=Keough |first1=Ben |title=Hop Water Isn't Trying to Be Beer. That's Why We Like It. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-hop-water/ |access-date=14 August 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=19 April 2024}}
  • Irn-Bru – citrus-based soft drink popular in Scotland
  • Kvass – a fermented cereal-based low-alcoholic beverage of cloudy appearance and sweet-sour taste.
  • Lavender{{Cite web|title=DRY Lavender Botanical Bubbly (12 Pack)|url=https://drinkdry.com/products/dry-lavender-botanical-bubbly|access-date=2021-06-21|website=DRY Botanical Bubbly|archive-date=2021-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624203145/https://drinkdry.com/products/dry-lavender-botanical-bubbly|url-status=live}}
  • Lemon – liquid derived from the outer skin of lemons may be used to flavor soft drinks, other beverages and foods.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nyWY_YkV7qAC&pg=PA289 | title=Top 100 Food Plants | publisher=NRC Research Press | author=Small, Ernest | year=2009 | pages=289 | isbn=978-0660198583 | access-date=2016-10-04 | archive-date=2017-04-17 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417090726/https://books.google.com/books?id=nyWY_YkV7qAC&pg=PA289 | url-status=live }} Brands of lemon-flavored soda include Coca-Cola with Lemon, Gini and Solo, among others. Lemonade in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries, or {{Lang|es|limonada}} in Mexico, may refer to carbonated lemon-flavored soda as well as the non-carbonated version.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lexico.com/definition/lemonade|title=LEMONADE | Definition of LEMONADE by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com also meaning of LEMONADE|website=Lexico Dictionaries | English|access-date=2021-10-08|archive-date=2020-09-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927180836/https://www.lexico.com/definition/lemonade|url-status=dead}}
  • Lemon-lime – common carbonated soft drink flavor, consisting of lemon and lime flavoring, such as 7 Up, Sprite, Sierra Mist, and Starry. Ramune is a Japanese soft drink, which takes its name from a transliteration of the English word lemonade, which in certain English-speaking countries is used to refer to lemon-lime soft drinks, though the Ramune brand has expanded beyond the lemon-lime flavor.
  • Lemon verbena ({{Lang|es|hierba luisa}}) – such as Inca Kola

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  • Lime – such as limeade
  • Litchi[https://books.google.com"/books?id=qw_AnLc61KAC&pg=PA28 The Quotable Drunkard: Words of Wit, Wisdom, and Philosophy From the Bottom ... – Steven Kates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627092042/https://books.google.com/ |date=2015-06-27 }}. p. 28.

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  • Malt – such as Malta, which is a brewed, carbonated malt beverage that is not fermented, and hence non-alcoholic
  • Mandarin orange – examples include sodas produced by Maine Root Handcrafted Beverages, Slice and Goya
  • Mango{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AunEMmTu7fkC|title=Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases|first=Upendra|last=Kachru|date=1 January 2009|publisher=Excel Books India|isbn=9788174464248|access-date=28 June 2016|via=Google Books}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=9XTlAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA125 The Complete Soda Making Book – Jill Houk] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417072558/https://books.google.com/books?id=9XTlAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA125 |date=2017-04-17 }}. p. 125. – such as Jarritos brand
  • Mate – such as Club-Mate, a caffeinated soda made with Yerba Mate extract, based on mate, an infusion of Yerba mate.

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  • Melon[https://books.google.com/books?id=1P3fAAAAMAAJ&q=%22melon+soda%22 Carnival Undercover – Bret Witter, Lorelei Sharkey] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417075834/https://books.google.com/books?id=1P3fAAAAMAAJ&q=%22melon+soda%22&dq=%22melon+soda%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=R8ZjU4iVOoTtoATIkILQCA&ved=0CG0Q6AEwCTgK |date=2017-04-17 }}. p. 27.Mello Yello produced a melon soda called Mello Yello Melon.[https://books.google.com/books?id=LTGFV2NOySYC&pg=PA5 Bowes & Church's Food Values of Portions Commonly Used – Judith Spungen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417091537/https://books.google.com/books?id=LTGFV2NOySYC&pg=PA5 |date=2017-04-17 }}. p. 5. It was discontinued. It is a popular flavor in Japan.
  • Mulberry
  • Nectarine – made by Izze

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  • Orange soft drink – sometimes referred to as orangeade
  • Papaya – such as the discontinued product by Izze
  • Passionfruit – such as Passiona, sold only in Australia. There was also a brand of Fanta produced in Brazil with the flavor, selected by the customers in a contest.
  • Peach – such as Big Peach or Nehi Peach
  • Pear – such as the previous product by Izze
  • "Pepper" flavor, a proprietary mix of Dr. Pepper, with the original Mr. Pibb positioned as a competitor in this flavor category

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  • Raspberry – may be referred to as raspberryade in the United Kingdom. Similar soft drinks are also known as raspberry soda in other parts of the world.
  • Rhubarb
  • Root beer – originally made using the root of the sassafras plant (or the bark of a sassafras tree) as the primary flavor.
  • Elder or elderberry – used in soft drinks such as socată
  • Salak is usually used in sodas in Thailand, commonly mistaken for Strawberry

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  • Sarsaparilla – originally made from the Smilax regelii plant. Nowadays, sodas with this flavor are sometimes made with artificial flavors.
  • Shirley Temple
  • Spruce beer is a beverage flavored with the buds, needles, or essence of spruce trees. In the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Quebec, it is known in French as {{Lang|fr|bière d'épinette}}. Spruce beer may refer to either an artificially flavored non-alcoholic carbonated soft drink, or to genuine spruce beer.

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  • Tamarind{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5WY08iuJyawC|title=Chemistry of Spices|first1=V. A.|last1=Parthasarathy|first2=Bhageerathy|last2=Chempakam|first3=T. John|last3=Zachariah|date=1 January 2008|publisher=CABI|isbn=9781845934200|access-date=28 June 2016|via=Google Books}} – such as Jarritos Tamarindo
  • Tarragon – for example Tarhun
  • Watermelon{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9XTlAQAAQBAJ|title=The Complete Soda Making Book: From Homemade Root Beer to Seltzer and Sparklers, 100 Recipes to Make Your Own Soda|first=Jill|last=Houk|date=18 January 2014|work=F+W Media, Inc.|isbn=9781440567483|access-date=28 June 2016|via=Google Books}} – such as Jarritos brand
  • Wintergreen{{Cite book |last=edwin way teale |url=http://archive.org/details/duneboy0000edwi |title=Dune Boy |date=1943 |others=Internet Archive |pages=155}}

File:Bicchiere di tassoni1.jpg|Cedrata Tassoni is an Italian, citron-flavored soft drink brand.

File:Menthaleau.jpg|A mint-flavored soft drink prepared with mint syrup, water and ice

File:Birelays-orange-asahibev2008.JPG|A bottle of Birelays orange soda

File:Root Beer Float.jpg|A root beer float, a type of ice cream soda

File:Socată.jpg|Socată is a traditional Romanian soft drink made from the flowers of the European elder (or elderberry) shrub, Sambucus nigra (soc in Romanian).

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  • Bludwine/Budwine – brand of cherry-flavored soft drink that was produced in the United States by the Bludwine Company and Bludwine Bottling Company.[https://books.google.com/books?id=cAQcAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA61 Report – Georgia. Dept. of Commerce and Labor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706193445/http://books.google.com/books?id=cAQcAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA61 |date=2014-07-06 }}. Georgia. Dept. of Commerce and Labor. 1919. p. 61.[https://archive.org/details/treasurydecisio04apprgoog/page/n524 Treasury Decisions Under Customs and Other Laws – United States. Dept. of the Treasury]. pp. 514–515.[https://books.google.com/books?id=vh8iAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA689 Southern Pharmaceutical Journal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706193713/http://books.google.com/books?id=vh8iAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA689&lpg=PA689 |date=2014-07-06 }}. February, 1915. p. 31. In 1921, the company changed the name of the soft drink product from Bludwine to Budwine.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pJVRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA64 | title="Budwine" New Drink Name | publisher=American Bottler, Volume 42 | year=1921 | pages=64 | access-date=2016-10-04 | archive-date=2014-07-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706193951/http://books.google.com/books?id=pJVRAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA64 | url-status=live }} Production of Budwine stopped in the mid-1990s.{{cite web | url=http://teampins.com/bludwinehistory.html | title=History of Bludwine & Budwine | publisher=Teampins.com | access-date=2 May 2014 | archive-date=15 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015145335/http://teampins.com/bludwinehistory.html | url-status=live }} As of 2009, the brand was in existence and run by two entrepreneurs in Georgia.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o-8jFTZDrIwC&pg=PA166 | title=A Portrait of Historic Athens & Clarke County | publisher=University of Georgia Press | author=Thomas, Frances Taliaferro | year=2009 | pages=166 | isbn=978-0820330440 | access-date=2016-10-04 | archive-date=2014-07-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706193808/http://books.google.com/books?id=o-8jFTZDrIwC&pg=PA166 | url-status=live }}
  • Dandelion and burdock – consumed in the British Isles since the Middle Ages. It was originally a type of light mead, but over the years has evolved into the non-alcoholic soft drink commercially available today.{{citation |last=Lewis-Stempel |first=John |title=The Wild Life |year=2010 |publisher=Black Swan |isbn=978-0-5527-7460-4 |page=153}} Fentimans produces a variety of this drink.
  • Bacon soda – soft drink beverage that has the flavor of bacon.{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/disgusting-bacon-soda-turns-stomach-new-yorkers-article-1.453331|title='Disgusting' bacon soda turns stomach of NYers who tried it|website=New York Daily News |access-date=28 June 2016|archive-date=16 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816015408/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/disgusting-bacon-soda-turns-stomach-new-yorkers-article-1.453331|url-status=live}} Several U.S. companies produce bacon soda brands, including Jones Soda, Lockhart Smokehouse and Rocket Fizz.{{cite web|url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/cityofate/2012/03/lockhart_smokehouse_offers_bac.php|title=Taste-Testing Lockhart's New Bacon Soda|first=Scott|last=Reitz|date=29 March 2012|access-date=28 June 2016|archive-date=2 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502005843/http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/cityofate/2012/03/lockhart_smokehouse_offers_bac.php|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.local12.com/news/features/cooler/stories/the-cooler-bacon-soda-63.shtml|title=The Cooler: Bacon Soda – Local 12 WKRC-TV Cincinnati – The Cooler|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502001955/http://www.local12.com/news/features/cooler/stories/the-cooler-bacon-soda-63.shtml|archive-date=2014-05-02}}
  • Buffalo wing – produced by Rocket Fizz
  • Coffee – produced by Rocket Fizz
  • Espresso – produced by Manhattan Special
  • JulebrusNorwegian soft drink, usually with a festive label on the bottle. It is brewed by most Norwegian breweries as a Christmas drink for minors, who are not eligible (by law) to enjoy the traditional {{Lang|no|juleøl}} (English: Christmas ale), but is also very popular among adults as well.
  • Open-source cola – any cola soft drink produced according to an open-sourced recipe
  • PepperElixir, – produced by Orca Beverage Inc.
  • Ranch dressing – produced by Rocket Fizz
  • Squashnon-alcoholic concentrated syrup mixed with water or carbonated water to create a soft drink

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File:Dandelion and burdock.jpg|Dandelion and burdock soda, produced by Fentimans

File:Jones Collection 1.JPG|Various flavors of Jones Soda

File:H&L julebrus.jpg|This bottle of julebrus is a seasonal soda consumed during the Christmas season in Norway.

File:Garcinia indica yellow and red syrups and drinks.jpg|Fruit-flavored squash before and after being mixed with water

See also

References

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