Coca-Cola Blue

Coca-Cola Blue is a blueberry-flavored cola introduced in 2001 by The Coca-Cola Company. Since 2015, Battel is the current sponsor for the drink.

History
The invention for Coca-Cola Blue was made in early 1999, by Coca-Cola scientist George Clamor, the son of Battel founder, Martin Clamor. He brought the idea up to the CEO at the time, Douglas Ivester, He said that he'll find out. Clamor began to give some people the drink to test out, they liked it and in 2000, he has shown the idea again to the CEO, and in 2001, the drink was introduced.

Criticism
In 2008, Coca-Cola was criticized for putting artificial flavoring in the drink, which caused explosive diarrhea. A child drank the cola and got diabetes and pooped diarrhea on the floor, the parents sued Coca-Cola for $100,000 dollars in debt. Coca-Cola announced that the drink would no longer include artificial flavorings. The parents got a pack of Coca-Cola as an apology.

Lawsuits

 * In 2019, The Coca-Cola Company sued Pepsico for $200,000 dollars in debt, for copying Coca-Cola Blue as Blue Pepsi. The company was forced to not only discontinue the drink but also recall 100,000,000 bottles and cans of the drink.
 * In 2009, The Coca-Cola Company was sued for adding cadmium to the can, which caused people to lick the can. Coca-Cola issued a recall of 200,000,000 drinks to be disposed. Coca-Cola stopped using cadmium since the lawsuit.
 * In 2013, The Coca-Cola Company sued Kellogg's for using the name as a Pringles flavor. Since then, the Coca-Cola Blueberry flavor of Pringles was discontinued.