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Cherry Cola Flavor Deep Dive

Posted Oct 13, 2022 Updated Apr 28, 2025

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 functional remix of a traditionally high-sugar 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 creating the soda generated a lot of excitement within our team. However, we weren't sure if it made sense to create and launch this flavor, given that 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 to create a flavor that matched the quintessential cherry cola taste but had a unique OLIPOP touch, distinct from the other flavors 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 5g of sugar. It also features ingredients like natural black cherry flavor, tart cherry fruit juice, and cassava root fiber that help provide its sweet flavor and up to 9g of fiber.


Like all our sodas, Cherry Cola features a blend we dubbed OLISMART. It consists of several unique botanicals for a refreshing taste, as well as plant fibers and prebiotics (the primo food source for beneficial bacteria) 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 Buy 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 available at Target and other retailers! 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 functional ingredients to our version. 

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