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Cherry Cola Flavor Deep Dive

Posted Oct 13, 2022 Updated Jun 28, 2024

Meet Cherry Cola

Imagine your favorite cherry soda. Now imagine it made with real spices, tart cherry juice, and bursting with authentic cola's crave-worthy collision of sweet and dark flavors. That's what you're holding in your hands (or reading about right now). Cherry Cola is a better-for-you remix of a traditionally artificial soda, ready for you to take the first sip.


Cherry Cola Inspiration Story

There was much thought, consideration, and discussion around Cherry Cola. The idea of making the soda garnered a lot of excitement with our team. But we didn't know if it made sense to create and launch this flavor considering we already have two similar flavors on the market: Cherry Vanilla and Vintage Cola. But as the flavor requests continued to roll in, Cherry Cola kept presenting itself and made it to number 4 on the list of most requested flavors.


So, we knew we had to get to work. Our next step was creating a flavor that matched the quintessential cherry cola taste but had a unique OLIPOP touch and was distinct from the other flavors we have on the market. To do this, our CEO, co-founder, and formulator, Ben Goodwin, created a unique "dark" version of our cola flavor. He did this by adding some secret ingredients to heighten the flavor plus a splash of tart cherry juice and a custom-made black cherry top note.


Cherry Cola Nutrition

Not only did we upgrade an iconic cola flavor, but we also added nutritional benefits to our version. Unlike traditional Cherry Colas, our version has significantly less sugar at 5g. It also swaps artificial for plant-based ingredients like real cherry and fruit juice that help provide its sweet flavor and up to 9g of fiber.


Like all our sodas, Cherry Cola features an in-house proprietary blend we dubbed OLISMART. It consists of several unique botanicals, plant fibers, and prebiotics (the primo food source for beneficial bacteria), each hand-picked for their biome-supporting benefits. Our OLISMART blend combines several different prebiotic fibers—which may include chicory root, Jerusalem artichoke, and cassava fiber—that feed the gut microbiome.

Where to Purchase Cherry Cola

Want to give this classic flavor a sip? We can't say we blame you! You can buy all our flavors on our website. This flavor is also exclusively sold on Target.com! To find a store near you, use this nifty tool that lets you search by location. And don't worry if we're not currently near you, we're still adding more!

Cheat Sheet
  • Cherry Cola is a unique "dark" version of our Vintage Cola flavor. 
  • We added some secret ingredients to heighten this flavor plus a splash of tart cherry juice and a custom-made black cherry top note.
  • Not only did we upgrade an iconic cola flavor, but we also added nutritional benefits to our version. 
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