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| name           = Coca-Cola with Lime
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| producttype    = [[Lime (fruit)|Lime]]-flavored [[cola]]
| currentowner   = [[The Coca-Cola Company]]
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| country        = Worldwide
| introduced     = 2004 (diet)<br>2005 (regular)<br>2019 (zero sugar)
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| related        = Diet Coke with Lime<br>[[Coca-Cola Citra|Diet Coke with Citrus Zest]]
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'''Coca-Cola with Lime''', '''Diet Coke with Lime''' and '''Coca-Cola Lime Zero Sugar''' are variations of the original [[Coca-Cola]], [[Diet Coke]] and [[Coca-Cola Zero Sugar]] that contain [[lime (fruit)|lime]] flavoring.

==Release==
===Diet Coke with Lime===
[[Image:DietLimeCoke.JPG|right|thumb|180px|An empty Diet Coke with Lime bottle]]
'''Diet Coke with Lime''' (known in some markets as '''Coca-Cola Light Lime''') was announced in January 2004 for a release in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coca-Cola set to launch Diet Coke lime flavour spin-off |url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/coca-cola-set-launch-diet-coke-lime-flavour-spin-off/199446?utm_source=website&utm_medium=social |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=www.campaignlive.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pearson |first1=Robert |title=Diet Coke With Lime Commercial 2004 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf9Z29v_BN4  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/sf9Z29v_BN4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> It was sold all the way until 2018, and was replaced with '''Diet Coke Ginger Lime''', a variant with added ginger flavoring, which was sold until 2020. It was also sold in Canada.

The drink was released in the United Kingdom in March 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Lime Coke dashes to launch |url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/lime-coke-dashes-to-launch/100290.article |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=The Grocer |language=en}}</ref> The drink was discontinued in February 2007 alongside Diet Coke With Lemon, in favour of [[Coca-Cola Citra|Diet Coke with Citrus Zest]], a variant that blended lemon and lime flavors.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=CCE adds zest to drinks to refresh key brands |url=https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/cce-adds-zest-to-drinks-to-refresh-key-brands-/115801.article |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=The Grocer |language=en}}</ref> In February 2020, the drink returned to the United Kingdom as '''Diet Coke Sublime Lime'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Diet Coke gets a zesty new flavour |url=https://www.cocacolaep.com/media/news/2020/diet-coke-gets-a-zesty-new-flavour/ |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Coca-Cola Europacific Partners |language=en}}</ref>

The drink was released in France in 2004, and by 2005 and 2006 had expanded to Belgium, Fiji, the Netherlands and Sweden.

The drink was released in Italy in 2019.

===Coca-Cola with Lime===
'''Coca-Cola with Lime''' was released in the United States and Canada in the first quarter of 2005, before being quietly discontinued in 2006. The decision to market the product was based on popular feedback from consumers in 2004, with the release of '''Diet Coke with Lime'''.

The drink was also released as a limited edition in Australia in 2005, but proved quite unpopular with some larger retailers such as [[Woolworths Limited|Woolworths]] and [[Coles Supermarkets|Coles]], who bought in bulk, having to reduce the price considerably (50c for a 1.25 L bottle compared to around [[Australian Dollar|A$]]2 for all other varieties) in order to clear the product out. It was also made available in Fiji.

The drink saw a limited edition release in the United Kingdom during the 2006 Summer Season, after the success of [[Coca-Cola with Lemon]] the year prior, and was available in green bottles. Coca-Cola with Lime was also made available in [[Singapore]] for a time.

Coca-Cola with Lime was also available in [[Denmark]] and [[Sweden]], but is now discontinued. It was also tested in the [[Netherlands]] as a limited summer edition in 2005 and is now not available anymore in that country.

Coca-Cola "Lime" is currently available to buy in Japan as of July 2021, in Romania as of October 2016<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190327161232/http://glasulploiestean.ro/exclusiv-hbc-coca-cola-ploiesti-va-produce-coca-cola-cu-lime/ EXCLUSIV: HBC Coca-Cola Ploiești va produce Coca-Cola cu Lime], Glasadmin 15 septembrie 2016</ref> (in April 2019 is discontinued and replaced with Coca-Cola Lime Zero), in Poland as of March 2017, in Estonia as of June 2017, in Lithuania as of July 2017, in Russia as of March 2021, in Latvia as of January 2018, and in Austria as of July 2017. In April 2024, the drink was return to Romania. In December 2024, it was announced that the drink would make a return to the UK market alongside the introduction of its Zero counterpart.<ref>https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/coca-cola-lime-flavour-returns-after-17-year-absence/699344.article</ref> In 2025, the drink was introduced in Hungary and Serbia. 

Besides being sold in bottles, Coca-Cola with Lime can also be created in [[Coca-Cola Freestyle]] machines.

===Coca-Cola Lime Zero Sugar===
[[File:Cocacolazerolime-cz.jpg|thumb|Coca-Cola Zero Lime taste next to a Coca-Cola vanilla in a supermarket in Czechia]]
'''Coca-Cola Lime Zero Sugar''' was first released in Romania in 2019, Sweden, Portugal, Poland and Czechia in 2022, Australia and Thailand in 2024, UK, Austria, Netherlands and Spain in 2025.

==Advertisement==
An advertisement of Coca-Cola with Lime first appeared on [[television]] during the March 7, 2005 broadcast of ''[[American Idol]]''. The advert uses [[Harry Nilsson]]'s hit song "[[Coconut (song)|Coconut]]" in an edited and slightly altered form with the [[mondegreen]] "You put the lime in the Coke, you nut."

==References==
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== External links ==
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* {{youtube|id = lm0pC_FPJ6k|Coca-Cola Lima TV Commercial, Romania}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050514001407/http://www.coca-cola.com/usa/tvcommercials/index.html Coca-Cola TV advertisements]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080906120548/http://www.harrynilsson.com/movie-69-27688.html "Coke, You Nut" Information and Credits]

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