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Nottingham Post
Nottingham Post
Entertainment
Charlotte Smith

Popular fizzy drink brand Lilt to be axed after 50 years and renamed

After 50 years, the popular fizzy drink brand Lilt is set to be scrapped in a major shakeup. But it's not going for good, just having a bit of a make-over, with the tropical drink to be given a new name by its parent brand Coca-Cola.

The drink, which was first launched in 1975, is set to be branded as a new Fanta flavour - Fanta, pineapple and grapefruit. Since Lilt was first created, it's taste has changed slightly over recent years, as well as its logo - and now its moniker.

Produce publication The Grocer reported Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) said: "Keen Lilt fans may have spotted a gradual transition as the drink has made its way into the Fanta family over the past few months, with changes to its packaging and logo.

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