Talk:Sprite (drink)

Sprite has 0.2% alcohol content

Last night (4-7-10) on the Colbert Report they said sprite and 7up have 0.2% alcohol in them. Is this true? Other sources? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.119.2.191 ([[User talk:76.119.2.191|talk] ]) 06:20, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

I've heard of some naturally made fruit-based drinks having marginal alcohol content in them due to something that happens in the production process when acids in fruit are involved, but I just combed the net and didn't find anything about it besides what was said on the Colbert Report. I didn't see the clip, but I'm guessing it was just Colbert alluding to the Four Loko/Blast/Alcoholic Soda scare. Ministry of Silly Walks (talk) 23:26, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

Sublymonal.com Codes

Is it nessary to add the Sublymonal codes to the page isnt it important because its a part of their marketing

Picture Trouble

As I viewed the Sprite page tonight, the pictures were aligned very awkwardly, cutting into the "See Also" and "External Links" section, making them pretty hard to follow. Wasn't quite sure whether that was my browser or the page, but after trying an alternate browser the page still looked strange. I tried to straighten it out a little, moving the pictures into a more natural alignment. I think it looks a little better than the prior format, but certainly still room for improvement. Maybe someone more skilled than me can take a crack at it. Novastarj 02:09, June 7, 2005 (UTC)

benzene

The history section contained a note on benzene in soft drinks, which I have removed as it was not quite correct:

Recent reports to the FDA indicate that Sprite and other soft drinks may contain levels of benzene above the FDA's tolerated limit for public drinking water. The source of the benzene appears to be from a reaction of citric acid and sodium benzoate, ingredients common in many soft drinks. There has been a call, recently, for soft drink companies to address the toxic chemical reaction that takes place in many similar beverages .

The concern about the formation of benzene in soft drinks is with regards to the combination of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) (or a related compound, erythorbic acid) and sodium benzoate (a preservative). Sprite does not contain ascorbic acid, although it does contain sodium benzoate. Sprite has not been shown to contain benzene levels above the drinking water limit.

A relevant citation is here: Benzene production from decarboxylation of benzoic acid in the presence of ascorbic acid and a transition-metal catalyst (Gardner & Lawrence, 1993)

Citric acid and benzoates alone have not been shown to be a problem, although some research suggests that if the initial ascorbic acid and sodium benzoate reaction takes place, citric acid can accelerate the formation of benzene. Also, the level of formation of benzene in the drink, if any, is dependent on the drink's exposure to heat and light.

The potentially hazardous combination of benzoate and ascorbic acid has been removed from a great many of the major lemon-lime brands. The best advice is to check the label, but even sodas that have been found to contain benzene should not be a major concern to the average consumer. The levels are far lower than those consumed daily during the course of a normal diet and almost all (but not all) are within the limits for water contamination.

If you are concerned, simply avoid those sodas containing sodium benzoate (or, less commonly, potassium benzoate) and ascorbic acid (also known as vitamin C). Better yet, stick to water for your thirst needs.

See United States Food and Drug Administration: Questions and Answers on the Occurrence of Benzene in Soft Drinks and Other Beverages for further information.

References

Chinese Image?

What is the point of the chinese image at the intro? I could understand it in the variations section. The intro image should be a English type can since this is the English part of wikipedia. What are your thoughts? Dvferret (talk) 21:16, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

Agree 100%. What's the point of having the Chinese image as the headline image of the English article? WAVY 10 Fan (talk) 18:16, 20 April 2008 (UTC)

It's appropriate because China is drinking our milkshake! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.157.214.77 (talk) 23:08, 8 September 2008 (UTC)

It's not appropriate for an english page, and out of context. It's ok if this was chinese but it's not. I say get rid of it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.83.136.199 (talk) 09:11, 15 December 2008 (UTC)

Wait.. the commies are getting our soda now? Why are we giving them anything, especially our good things? Pretty soon, we'll be giving them our Dr Pepper! Or are we already... BlackSabbath1996 (talk) 21:39, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

History and Origin

Looks, as if the history part needs some adding. For example I ran across the article on Leed which seems to have been the down under Coca-Cola lemonade soda before the introduction of the Sprite brand. Since the article on Leed faces deletion, that update should be done soon?

I guess, other markets have had predecessor brands before the global roll out of the Sprite brand? An example mentioned above could be the Fanta Klare Zitrone brand in German markets.

Doesn't anyone from Coca-Cola marketing check these entries regularly to add some real information? If phrased neutrally that could be a valued contribution, couldn't it? 201.239.82.247 (talk) 00:38, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

There's more. According to this article, Sprite originated in Germany and was first introduced in the U.S. in 1961. The German article, however, states first introduction in 1966 (as a variant of Fanta). And the name Sprite in 1968. Something doesn't fit together.93.192.115.3 (talk) 19:27, 23 January 2014 (UTC)

Too Much Advertising in Article?

While I think a section on Sprite's marketing is justified, given the enormity of it, I think a lot of the current section is needless advertising in itself. Particularly the descriptions of "infamous" and "grandiose" commercials, complete with links to the advertised advertisement. A very trivial sort of knowledge, if knowledge at all. Seems to me that this article is doing much more to increase YouTube views of the reference than the reference is adding to the article. This is Wikipedia, not a video sharing site. Of course, someone may disagree. If that's you, go right ahead. I won't touch the page for now. InedibleHulk (talk) 00:49, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

Bottle images

I took a couple of photos of Chinese Fanta and Sprite 200ml stubby glass bottles. I did the same for Coke. It was deleted for copyvio reasons, and then restored as the logo is a zillion years old. (Now the image is in the Coke article.) What's the story with Fanta and Sprite? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 07:02, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

Variants

Someone rewrite the variants section in its entirety. it's incomplete, inconsistent, unorganized, and horrendously worded. There are variations of variations listed as entirely separate variations of the original Sprite itself and there's general nonsense everywhere. ^{whas poppin}_Fam:Online 16:14, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 December 2018

THE ANSWER IS CLEAR! Queef9 (talk) 18:56, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. DannyS712 (talk) 18:59, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

It's a reference to Cranberry Sprite's holiday ad campaign. PrussianOwl (talk) 19:24, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 26 January 2019

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The result of the move request was: consensus supports moving the page back, page moved (non-admin closure) -- DannyS712 (talk) 05:46, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

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Sprite (soft drink) → Sprite (drink) – Revert the bold move of 23 August 2018, despite the ES "(drink)" is not overprecise and per WP:NCDAB is simpler and more commonly used. 94.21.204.175 (talk) 12:02, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

• Oppose. The original title of the article was Sprite (soft drink), perfectly in line with numerous other soft drink articles. It was previously moved to moved to Sprite (drink) without discussion in August 2017 with a reference to WP:PRECISE. But, plainly, "soft drink" is not overly precise. Indeed "drink" is insufficient (and frankly the move of beverage to drink was a lousy move whose nomination was plainly stated to be biased and an RETAIN violation, but that's not important right now). Sprite is a soft drink; that's its fundamental category of identification. There is no justification for moving it away to a less-precise, weak disambiguator. Indeed, all the moves made in that batch should be reverted. oknazevad (talk) 12:15, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

There's no doubt that "drink" is less precise than "soft drink". (Sorry but I mucked up the wording of the nomination a bit, I certainly did not mean to imply that I think "soft drink" is overprecise). But disambiguating phrases are there only to distinguish similar terms, and should not be narrower than need be. In the absence of Sprite (alcoholic drink) or similar, there's no need for the "soft". There are other common disambiguators such as "(beer)". But having looked over all the titles containing "(soft drink)" - not just a "batch" made around the same time - I'm convinced the long-term consensus has been that "(drink)" is the preferred phrase. Patently, if both titles exist then each can be found as easily as the other. 94.21.204.175 (talk) 16:20, 26 January 2019 (UTC)

What other articles have "(soft drink)" in them? Nikki Lee 1999 (talk) 00:38, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

Prior to the undiscussed moves of August 2017, "soft drink" was the standard disambiguator for all drinks in the category that needed disambiguation. That was changed unilaterally without discussion by one admin. "Drink" is less precise. Is it sufficient disambiguation? Maybe, but if "drink" was sufficient disambiguation why does every disambiguated brand in the catergkry kf beer brands use "beer" as a disambiguator? Because it is more precise and more descriptive. No reason why the more precise "soft drink" shouldn't be used. oknazevad (talk) 03:27, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

• Support per WP:CONCISE. For reference, we also have Surge (drink), Slice (drink), Smart (drink) among others. I realize other sodas use "soft drink" for disambiguation, but I see no reason why the shorter "drink" isn't used. Calidum 20:06, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
  • Comment All of those other mentioned soft drinks were moved as part of the same series of undiscussed lived in August 2017. They aren't to be taken precedent setting, but part of the same troublesome behavior. oknazevad (talk) 14:43, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
• Support move. No other notable drink is named Sprite. ONR (talk) 21:21, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
• Support per concise, "(drink)" is completely sufficient, well recognised, and "soft" seems like unnecessary disambiguation to me. Lazz_R 22:24, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
• Support - generic class per WP:NCDAB. - BilCat (talk) 01:24, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
• Oppose, per oknazevad. A soft drink is a particular category of drink with its own definition and descriptor perimeters. Randy Kryn (talk) 01:35, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
• Support per arguments above. I fail to see why the word "soft" would be necessary. WikiArticleEditor (talk) 18:23, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
• Support per WP:CONCISE and WP:OVERDISAMBIG. The shortest parenthetical disambiguation that is necessary to precisely identify the article topic is what should be used. Rreagan007 (talk) 20:33, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
• Support per nom, WP:PRECISION and WP:COMMONALITY; "soft drink" is a regionalism and is overly precise. —  AjaxSmack  03:23, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

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J-Hope under See Also?

There is no mention of him in this article and no mention of Sprite in his article. lukini (talk | contribs) 20:25, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

It was added back in October with no justification in the edit summary. Removed it as pointless. oknazevad (talk) 22:55, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Words 'Italic text' should be removed from the 'Sprite Fiber+' section of the table in the article

I am unsure whether or not the words 'Italic text' which are indeed in italic text should be removed from the 'Sprite Fiber+' section of the table in the article. Xboxsponge15 (talk) 10:27, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

Why is there no logo?

Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Fanta all have their logos on their articles - why not Sprite? WikiMic talk 01:09, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

Wrong year of development

I don't know what year it was developed, but it says "It was first developed in West Germany in 2019" which is very wrong. Megadump9 (talk) 03:57, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

It was vandalism that was reverted. oknazevad (talk) 11:50, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Ok, thank you. Megadump9 (talk) 21:21, 7 November 2021 (UTC)

Sweetener in Australian Sprite

Your article claims Australian Sprite does not contain Aspartame. However the label on the bottle states it contains the sweeteners 950, which is Acesulphame K, and 951, which is Aspartame. Eligius (talk) 14:03, 14 February 2023 (UTC)

Etymology missing

This article is completely missing an etymology of where the name "Sprite" comes from in the first place. JIP | Talk 20:09, 24 March 2024 (UTC)