Fresca

Here's a glass bottled Fresca found this bottle in a foreign foods market. Fresca is a Coca-Cola Company brand, but this particular specimen was bottled in Guatemala. Fresca was created back in 1966 and marketed as a diet beverage with a grapefruit flavor in the U.S. However, Fresca made in Latin America is not a diet beverage.

As mentioned above certain Latin versions are not diet (no calorie). The bottle pictured here, bottled in Guatemala is listed as 130 calories. It does use corn syrup rather than cane sugar. I can smell that powerful citrus scent without even getting my nose near the top of the bottle when it's been opened. I love the heft of this particular bottle as well. It's a returnable bottle so they are made thicker to withstand reuse. There's something satisfying about the weight of returnable bottles. This actually tastes better than I remember Fresca tasting, but its been many years. Maybe it tastes better because it isn't the diet version? This is a refreshing drink with decent carbonation and good for a hot day or to pair with breakfast.