Lilt, the totally tropical taste. It’s going.

Well, sort of.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64629080

To be called: Fanta Pineapple & Grapefruit

It does what is says on the tin I suppose but not that catchy.lol

“Our main priority with this announcement is to reassure Lilt’s loyal fan base that absolutely nothing has changed when it comes to the iconic taste of the drink they know and love,”

Except when they ruined it with Lilt Zero. Based on that I’m rather ambivalent about the whole thing, also miss the mango and mandarin version.

I used to work for Coca-Cola. In my early days I was a merchandiser. In about 1999 I was given a hire BMW and tasked with driving the Lilt Ladies around various supermarkets in London for three days. They basically screamed down the tannoy at customers. It was a blast and on the last day we went out and got gloriously drunk. It is one of my proudest experiences.

^^ That’s a great anecdote there matey!😁

Cheers. I had actually forgotten all about it until I saw the lilt story on the news.

It was a blast and on the last day we went out and got gloriously drunk.

Did you drink Malibu? I think that’s the alcoholic equivalent of Lilt. Or did you use it as a mixer?

Colonial roots or something? Boom. Gone.

Thinking back it’s a nice refreshing pop.

Best anecdote ever. How do you ‘like’ a post? Does one have to be a member or something. Click the little button but nowt happens.

Used to love a can of Lilt. Why is the music from the advert burnt into my brain? 🎼 It’s the totally tropical taste…🎵

First they came for your Marathons…

Then they came for your Opal Fruits…..

Fanta Pineapple & Grapefruit Femmes doesn’t have the same ring to it.

One of my favourites

TBH now you mention it I’m getting taste flashbacks of pacers and a Texan bar 🙂

What would a totally tropical taste be nowadays anyway ?

I’ll be honest, I thought they’d stopped making that gopping, sickly pish in the 90s.

A bit like Red Bull consumption for me, it was rare for me to drink Lilt other than as a mixer.

Lilt was perhaps the first fizzy drink I remember really liking as a kid. Fanta, on the other hand, has tasted awful every time I’ve tried it, so this rebranding doesn’t work very well for me.