Discontinued Coca-Cola Cherry Vanilla Coke makes UK return

The soft drink giant is known worldwide for its various drinks, including Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, and the original plain Coca-Cola, which comes in the iconic red can.

Coke even comes in various flavours, including the likes of lemon, lime

The company is also responsible for a number of other brands including Sprite, Fanta, Dr Pepper and Schweppes.

Coca-Cola discontinues two of “the best” cokes

Coca-Cola was forced to apologise last year after confirming two drinks had been dropped from its range.

The soft drink giant revealed Coca-Cola Cherry Vanilla and Diet Coke with Splenda have both been discontinued in a decision that came as a result of changing “consumer taste preferences”.

Shoppers took to X (formerly Twitter) to ask Coca-Cola why they couldn’t find the two soft drinks in UK stores.

One person said: “@CocaCola do you all have Diet Coke with Splenda still? I’m allergic to aspartame.”

Hi, Audrei. Unfortunately, Diet Coke with Splenda has been discontinued. We’re sorry for any disappointment.

— Coca-Cola (@CocaCola) September 7, 2024

While another posted: “I think @CocaCola discontinued cherry Vanilla Coke in the bottle I haven’t seen it in months.”

A Coca-Cola spokesperson, responding to the first post, apologised, saying: “Unfortunately, Diet Coke with Splenda has been discontinued. We’re sorry for any disappointment.”

While in response to the Coca-Cola Cherry Vanilla query, the spokesperson said: “Great question!

“We decided to discontinue Coca-Cola Cherry Vanilla due to consumers’ taste preferences and lifestyles constantly changing.

“As a Total Beverage Company, we are always searching for ways to evolve our product portfolio to bring consumers the beverages they want.”

Great question! 👍 We decided to discontinue Coca-Cola Cherry Vanilla due to consumers’ taste preferences and lifestyles constantly changing. As a Total Beverage Company, we are always searching for ways to evolve our product portfolio to bring consumers the beverages they want.

— Coca-Cola (@CocaCola) September 4, 2024

Cherry Vanilla Coke seems to have built quite a fan base during its time in UK stores, with shoppers describing it as “the best Coke”.

One person, posting on Reddit group r/Soda, said: “No cap, this is one of the best Cokes I’ve had!”

Another added: “I tried it for the first time yesterday and it’s the best.”

A third person posted: “Cherry Vanilla Coca-Cola is AMAZING!!!”

Discontinued Cherry Vanilla Coke returns to the UK

Now, just over a year after it was discontinued, Coca-Cola Cherry Vanilla has returned to the UK.

The popular Coke flavour has been spotted on Freestyle machines at Odeon Cinema.

It is listed as a ‘Limited Edition Holiday Cherry Vanilla’, meaning fans will need to be quick if they want to get their hands on the discontinued soft drink again.

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People have already taken to social media to share their excitement about the return of Coca-Cola Cherry Vanilla.

One fan, posting on Newfoodsuk, said: “I think we need to go (to the cinemas) just for this.”

Another added: “Tried it a couple of weeks ago at Coca-Cola Europacific Partners head office and it was very good.”

While a third person in shock simply commented: “Stop it rn.”