Coca Cola announced Monday that they are introducing a brand-new limited-edition flavor to the UK market, just in time for the winter holiday season: Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Cinnamon. It will be sold in 500ml and 1.25l bottles and will only be available until the end of the year. At this point, no announcements have been made regarding whether cinnamon Coke might be released in the U.S.
With the news, came a stream of social media posts; reactions were mixed.
You can now get cinnamon flavour Coke Zero and I suddenly feel very ready for the Coca-Cola Christmas truck
— Rachel Hosie (@rachel_hosie) 2. Oktober 2018
Okay but I just saw an advert for cinnamon @CocaCola and the first thing than sprung to mind was a litre of vanilla @SmirnoffEurope and I have never been more exited to get Christmas drunk
— benj (@benjp_98) 1. Oktober 2018
Sorry @CocaCola I seriously love you and your Coke Zero but why the bloody hell have you ruined it by adding cinnamon? That’s just playing with fire really. Go to your room and think about what you’ve done pic.twitter.com/CPHHPPznYd
— Kate (@PiecesOfKate1) 2. Oktober 2018
coca cola came out with CINNAMON FLAVOUR whoever buys it hates themselves
— ⚡️foxy roxy⚡️ Ⓥ (@RoxySydneey) 8. Oktober 2018
According to the U.S. Business Insider, Coke Zero Sugar sales have been on the rise in the U.S., while Diet Coke sales have been declining. In the UK, 58% of Coke’s retail sales are made up of Coca-Cola zero sugar, and this new flavor will only increase their profit. Other flavors in the collection include regular, cherry, peach and vanilla, while in the U.S., Coke Zero Sugar comes in regular, caffeine-free, cherry and vanilla.
The brand has also been experimenting with more and more flavors in their other Coca-Cola drinks recently. In this year alone, four new flavors of Diet Coke debuted in the U.S.: feisty cherry, twisted mango, zesty blood orange and ginger lime.
There were also two other new Coca-Cola flavors: Georgia Peach and California Raspberry.
Coca-Cola is really meeting winter expectations with their newest, cinnamon flavor. We can’t wait to see what they come up with next!