Coca-Cola BlāK

Coca-Cola BlāK
Type Coffee flavored Cola
Manufacturer The Coca-Cola Company
Country of origin France
Introduced mid-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 introduced by Coca-Cola in 2006 and discontinued in 2008. The mid-calorie drink was introduced first in France and subsequently in other markets, including Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania and Slovenia.

Coca-Cola BlāK launched in the United States[1] on April 3, 2006. Coca-Cola BlāK launched in Canada on August 29, 2006[2] in Toronto, Ontario at Dundas Square.[3] In August 2007, trade magazine Beverage Digest noted that Coca-Cola would discontinue the drink within the United States.[4]

The French and Canadian versions of Coca-Cola BlāK were sweetened with sugar. The U.S. version of Coca-Cola BlāK replaced 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, where the French/Czech version was a bottle shape formed in aluminum.

In 2010, Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest Coca-Cola bottler in Latin America, released coffee dispenser machines in Mexico under the brand name BlāK.[5]

Nutritional facts

US Version[6]
Coke BlāK (240mL/8 fl. oz)Coke Classic (240mL/8 fl. oz)
Calories4597
Total Fat0g0 g
Sodium35 mg33 mg
Total Carb.13 g27 g
Sugars12 g27 g
Protein0 g0 g
Caffeine[7]46 mg23 mg
French Version[8]
Coke BlāK (100mL/3.4 fl. oz)Coke Classic (100mL/3.4 fl. oz)
Calories84 kJ/20 kcal180 kJ/42 kcal
Total Fat0 g0 g
Sodium<50 mg<50 mg
Total Carb.5 g10.6 g
Sugars5 g10.6 g
Protein0 g0 g
Caffeine20 mg

See also

References

  1. ↑ Cola Blak arrives in the United States, 2006-03-15
  2. ↑ Coca-Cola Blak enters Canada, 2006-08-31
  3. ↑ Coca-Cola launches Blak with a bevy of beauties, 2006-08-30
  4. ↑ Coke Blak goes dark, 2007-08-31
  5. ↑ Black, Thomas (2010-10-26). "Coca-Cola Femsa Begins Coffee-Dispenser Business in Mexico". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
  6. ↑ "The Coca-Cola Company" (PDF). Coca-Cola. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
  7. ↑ Taken from a Nutrition PDF from the Coca-Cola website.
  8. ↑ "Erreur 404" (PDF). Coca-colablak.fr. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
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