Sunkist (soft drink)

Sunkist (also marketed as Sunkist Soda) is a brand of mostly orange flavoured soft drinks that was created in 1979. Sunkist is a competitor of The Coca-Cola Company's Fanta brand and Keurig Dr Pepper's Orange Crush brand. 

History
Sunkist was first licensed by Sunkist Growers to the General Cinema Corporation, the main bottler of Pepsi-Cola products. The soft drink was the idea of Mark Stevens, who foresaw the potential based on market research which indicated that, worldwide, orange was the third-best-selling soft drink flavor (largely due to Fanta). 

Further reading
 1984 Sunkist Ad featuring the "Good Vibrations" theme song, YouTube video ""  Retrieved on March 27, 2008.
 1984-85 Sunkist Ad featuring the "Good Vibrations" theme song, YouTube video ""  Retrieved on May 12, 2008.
 Cadbury Schweppes purchases Canada Dry and Sunkist soft drinks from RJR (July 1986), New York Times (online) "" Retrieved on March 27, 2008.
 Sunkist Soda - History
 Sunkist Soda - Products
References

Category:Soft drinks
Category:1979 establishments in the United States