Folks, I was just sent Coca-Cola’s 2025 Innovation Calendar, aka “everything new coming from The Coca-Cola Company this year.” There’s dozens of releases in this calendar, and we’re laying out the best of it for you right here.
First, let’s get the stuff we’ve already covered out of the way: Coca-Cola Orange Cream is launching in early February. (My samples are on their way; look forward to that review coming ASAP!) Sprite + Tea is coming this May, and Sprite Chill is not only staying on shelves indefinitely but expanding with a new Strawberry Kiwi variant coming only to Walmart in March. Monster Energy is dropping the new Viking Berry and Ultra Blue Hawaiian flavors alongside the new Killer Brew coffee line—all in the next month or so. Powerade is launching three new extra sour flavors in June. And, just when we thought it was dead, BANG Energy is rolling out a new “Sour Ropes” flavor as we speak. Now, onto the new stuff!
Canada Dry Fruit Splash Cherry and Strawberry
Canada Dry’s popular Fruit Splash Cherry Ginger Ale variant is returning in February—but that’s not all. While we’ve seen the Cherry version before, we’ll see a Fruit Splash Strawberry Ginger Ale hit shelves in mid-October.
Reign White Haze and Reign Storm Tropical
Per my friends at Stack3d, Reign’s new White Haze energy flavor is “a refreshing blend of orange, lemon, lime, and grapefruit.” This flavor is scheduled to debut in early February. Reign is also launching a new “Tropical” flavor in their Reign Storm line of smaller 12oz cans; that should be on shelves as I write this.
Dude Perfect Sour Apple BODYARMOR
Oh BODYARMOR, who are you for? Per the calendar, YouTube juggernauts Dude Perfect are partnering with BODYARMOR for a second year in a row on a branded partnership. While last year’s flavors included Perfect Pop Cherry Berry Ice and Pineapple Lemonade, we’ll see a Sour Apple flavor this time around. These 16oz bottles will hit shelves in April. (BODYARMOR is also launching a trio of red, white, and blue “ICE” flavors in May, but I’ve yet to even hear the flavors of those three so I’m gonna keep digging on that one.)
Topo Chico
If you’re a Topo Chico fan, Christmas is coming early for you. Per Coca-Cola’s calendar, there are so many Topo Chico innovations coming this year—but I only know what a few of them even are. In late April, we’ll see the release of “Topo Chico Passionfruit,” pretty easy to figure out what’s going on there. There’s also a new line of “Mixers Mini Cans” with a release date of “TBD.” Could this be a canned version of their existing mixers lineup? Finally, it sure looks like Topo Chico is expanding into all sorts of new bottle sizes and multi-packs in October. I’ll keep looking into this for better details.
