Lift (drink)

Range of soft drinks

For other uses, see Lift.

Country of origin | Australia
Introduced| 1990; 33 years ago
2025 (Philippines, relaunch)
Discontinued| 2022 (Australia)
Color| Yellow
Flavor| Lemon

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Lift" drink – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

|

Cans and carton of Lift before 2015 rebranding

Lift is a range of soft drinks produced by The Coca-Cola Company that has been available in Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Germany, Austria, Philippines and Eastern Europe since the 1970s. It is carbonated and flavored with fruit juice. In Australia and New Zealand, a standard bottle of Lift is lemon flavoured, whereas in Germany and other markets the default flavour is Apple.

Lift Apple and Lift Lemon were previously part of eight international soda flavors featured and available for tasting at Club Cool in Epcot.

## History

[edit]

### Australia and New Zealand

[edit]

Lift was introduced in Australia and New Zealand in the 1990s as a replacement for the Mello Yello brand. Mello Yello had replaced Leed Lemon Soda Squash in the early 1980s, which was a variant of the Leed Lemonade brand. The only flavour in the Lift range (besides limited time flavours) was Lemon. In 2015 it was rebranded as Fanta Lemon Lift and then back to the original Lift in 2016 with a flavour change, supposedly making the drink more sour.

Lift was discontinued in the Australian market in September 2022 and replaced by a new lemon flavour of Sprite with caffeine, known as Sprite Lemon+.[1] This flavour was announced by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners on 13 September 2022, following months of rumours on social media.[2] Rumours also spread around this time claiming that Lift would be discontinued across New Zealand. As a result, Coca-Cola released a statement saying that it would not be discontinued in New Zealand.[3][4]

Lift on sale in a New World supermarket

### Germany

[edit]

Lift was originally introduced in Germany in 1974 with lemon juice.

In Germany, Lift Apfelschorle consists of 55% apple juice and water without additional flavouring. Variations include Lift Apfel and Grapefruit, which contains apple and grapefruit juice.

### Philippines

[edit]

Lift was launched in the Philippines in April 1995 with Lift Lemon but was discontinued in the early 2000s and later replaced by Sparkle when Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines (now Coca-Cola Europacific Aboitiz Philippines) acquired Cosmos Bottling Corporation alongside its products Sarsi, Cheers, Pop Cola, and Jaz Cola.[citation needed]

In 2025, Coca-Cola Europacific Aboitiz Philippines relaunched Lift in the Philippines in its Western Visayas and Negros Island Region market and now coexists with Royal Tru-Lemon.[5]

## See also

[edit]

* Australia portal

* Appletiser
* Solo (Australian soft drink)

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Poposki, Claudia (3 October 2022). "Sprite releases two new flavours with a caffeine twist". news.com.au. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
2. ^ Delaney, Ailish (13 September 2022). "Popular soft drink to be discontinued nationwide". 7NEWS.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
3. ^ Barton, Monika. "Lift Finally Addresses The Rumours Its Being Discontinued In NZ". The Edge. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
4. ^ "Coca-Cola addresses rumours that lemon soft drink Lift is being discontinued in New Zealand". Newshub. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
5. ^ Lift Philippines[unreliable source?]

This soft drink–related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

* v
* t
* e

The Coca-Cola Company

Brands|

| Soft drinks|

* A&W Root Beer (Canada only)
* Ambasa
* Ameyal
* Barq's
* Beat
* Beverly
* Bjäre Julmust
* Blue Sky
* Cannings
* Coca-Cola
* Fanta
* Frutee
* Hit
* Icy
* Kist
* Royal
* Tropical
* Fioravanti
* Fresca
* Fruktime
* Frutonic
* Guaraná Jesus
* Inca Kola
* Iron Brew
* Joya
* Kia-Ora
* Kinley
* Kola Inglesa
* Krest
* Kuat
* Lemon & Paeroa
* Lift
* Mare Rosso
* Mello Yello
* Mezzo Mix
* Moxie
* Nordic Mist
* Northern Neck Ginger Ale
* OK Soda
* Pibb Xtra
* Portello
* Quatro
* Quwat Jabal
* Ramblin' Root Beer
* RimZim
* Red Flash
* Santiba
* Sarsi
* Seagram's
* Senzao
* Smart
* Sparkle
* Sparletta
* Sprite
* Chinotto
* Stoney
* Surge
* Urge
* Tab
* Tanora
* Tiky
* Vault
* VegitaBeta
* Victoria
* Yoli

|

Juices and teas|

* Ayataka
* Capri-Sun
* Delaware Punch
* Enviga
* Far Coast
* Five Alive
* Fruitopia
* Frutonic
* Fuze
* Glaceau
* Gold Peak
* Hi-C
* Honest Tea
* Innocent
* Matte Leão
* Minute Maid
* Cappy
* Oasis
* Odwalla
* Qoo
* Peace Iced Tea
* Simply Beverages
* Sokenbicha
* Sparkle
* Tum-E Yummies
* VitaminWater
* Zico

Sports drinks|

* Aquarius
* Bodyarmor SuperDrink
* Powerade

Monster Beverage
(17.9% stake)|

* BPM Energy
* Burn
* Formula 50
* Full Throttle
* Live+
* Monster
* Mother
* NOS
* RAC 124
* Relentless
* Tab Energy
* Von Dutch

Bottled water|

* Abbey Well
* AdeS
* Arwa
* Aquarius
* Ciel
* Dasani
* Deep River Rock
* Deep Spring
* Malvern Water
* Mount Franklin Water
* Neverfail
* Pump
* Smartwater
* Topo Chico
* Valpre

Coffee-based|

* Barista Bros
* Caribou Coffee
* Costa Coffee
* Dunkin' Donuts
* Georgia
* illy

Dairy-based|

* Fairlife
* Swerve
* Vio

Purchased from Bisleri|

* Citra
* Gold Spot
* Limca
* Thums Up
* Maaza

Joint ventures|

* Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (66.5%)
* Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (19.5%)
* Coca-Cola FEMSA (28%)
* Coca-Cola HBC (23.2%)

Former holdings|

* Beverage Partners Worldwide
* Coca-Cola Amatil
* Coca-Cola Enterprises
* Columbia Pictures
* Panamco
* TriStar Pictures

Legal|

* United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola (1916)
* Escola v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. (1944)
* Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola (2001)
* POM Wonderful v. Coca-Cola (2014)

Campaigns
and slogans|

* Ashita Ga Arusa
* Coke Zero Facial Profiler
* Coming Together
* Country Sunshine
* H2NO
* Hey Kid, Catch!
* I'd like to buy the world a Coke
* The Lost Island of Alanna
* MagiCan
* Max Headroom
* Move to the Beat
* My Coke Rewards
* MyCoke
* Once Upon a Wheel
* Open Happiness
* Pepsi Invaders
* Coca-Cola polar bears
* The Polar Bears
* Share a Coke

Other|

* Assets
* Coca-Cola buildings and structures
* Criticism of Coca-Cola
* Cocacolonization
* Coca-Cola Freestyle
* Cola wars
* Limca Book of Records
* One, Two, Three (1961 film)

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template