Sprite: version 1
Saved 2026-09-13 19:20 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **Sprite 1 l refillable PET bottle (05449000017932)** from the wanted list (old 2007 title "sprite"), with stubs **brand/sprite** and **ingredient/tartaric-acid**. **Identity.** Confirmed as th. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# Sprite <!--brand-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sprite
disambiguation: the lemon-lime soft drink brand of The Coca-Cola Company
website: https://www.coca-cola.com/de/de/brands/brand-sprite/sprite
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| -------- | ----------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/the-coca-cola-company | | 1960 | | | sourced | ^wiki-en | The Coca-Cola Company acquired the rights to the name in 1960 from T. C. Evans, a Houston bottler who created it around 1955 |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------- | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Fanta Klare Zitrone | name | de | | 1968 |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------- | ------------ | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| cc-sprite | https://www.coca-cola.com/de/de/brands/brand-sprite/sprite | Coca-Cola Deutschland: Sprite, natürlich erfrischend (packs, Nährwertangaben, Zutaten) | 2026-09-13 | Coca-Cola Deutschland | manufacturer | | | | | | |
| wiki-de | https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_(Getr%C3%A4nkemarke) | Wikipedia (de): Sprite (Getränkemarke) | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
| wiki-en | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprite_(drink) | Wikipedia: Sprite (drink) | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
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## About <!--about-->
Lemon-lime soft drink brand of The Coca-Cola Company, created to compete with 7 Up.[^wiki-en] The name was coined around 1955 by a Houston bottler and bought by The Coca-Cola Company in 1960; the drink itself began in West Germany in 1959 as Fanta Klare Zitrone, reached the United States as Sprite in 1961 and took the Sprite name in Germany in 1968.[^wiki-en][^wiki-de] In Germany it is sold in glass and PET refillable bottles, single-use PET bottles and cans, with a juice-free recipe since 2023.[^cc-sprite][^wiki-de]
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