6th diet Vanilla Coke’s anniversary

16 October 2008 | By Popsop Team

On this day in 2002, The Coca-Cola company introduced diet Vanilla Coke – a direct result of requests from the public.

Vanilla Coke had its May 8, 2002, debut at the Vanilla Bean Cafe in Pomfret, Connecticut.

Then thousands of people contacted Coke and asked for a diet version of the new drink. Coca-Cola listened, and on August 8, 2002, announced that the diet Vanilla Coke would be launched. Just a few months later, on October 15, diet Vanilla Coke (now called Vanilla Coke Zero) was introduced across the U.S. and Canada.

Vanilla Coke had briefly been replaced for a bit with Black Cherry Vanilla Coke, but returned in 2007.

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