Nordic Mist (stylised as Nørdic Mist) is a line of soft drink mixers produced by The Coca-Cola Company and sold in Chile, Guinea-Bissau, Luxembourg, Belgium, Portugal, Israel and Spain.[1]
History
Nørdic Mist was introduced to New York City, Boston, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia in September 1992. It was the result of a team working under Mary Minnick to develop beverages to compete in the growing low-carbohydrate, healthier soft drink market.[2] Nørdic Mist was created more specifically to compete with Clearly Canadian, a brand of sparkling water quickly growing in popularity at the time.[3] At its debut it was available in five flavors - black cherry, raspberry, peach, pineapple, and kiwi-pineapple-guava.[4] Chile saw the arrival of Nørdic Mist in 1997, distributed there by Embotelladora Andina.[5][6]
Nørdic Mist was introduced to Spain in 2000. In less than three years Coca-Cola enjoyed a 17% share of the tonic water market.[7]
Flavors
- Bitter Lemon
- Bitter Water
- Fruit Punch
- Ginger Ale
- Lemon
- Orange
- Tonic Water
- Agrumes
Trivia
Nørdic Mist has achieved almost cult status as the best mixer for gin & tonic with various Facebook pages [8] and blogs [9] requesting its export to other countries where it is not currently available.
See also
- Clearly Canadian
- Mistic
- Perrier
- Brand blunder
External links
References
- Coca-Cola - Brands retrieved 19 May 2009^
- Business Week Magazine^
- COMPANY NEWS; With Sales Flat, Coke Has Clear Plan (Published 1992) The New York Times^
- Highbeam Website^
- Salute to Soda Website^
- IBM Website^
- BeverageDaily Website^
- https://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=2219865276&topic=2213^
- Nordic Mist Tonic Water, can any one help?^