What citrus flavored soft drink was introduced by Coca-Cola in 1979 to compete with Pepsi's Mountain Dew?

Mello Yello is a highly-caffeinated, citrus-flavored soft drink produced and distributed by The Coca-Cola Company which was introduced on March 1, 1979 to compete with PepsiCo's Mountain Dew.

Mello Yello was withdrawn from Australia in the early 1990s, being replaced with the similar but uncaffeinated Lift.

There have been three flavored variants of Mello Yello in North America. Mello Yello Cherry was released in response to Mountain Dew Code Red. The other two variants were Mello Yello Afterglow (peach-flavored) and Mello Yello Melon. All three were only available for a limited time. Mello Yello Cherry is available at Coca-Cola Freestyle machines, and is still available in limited markets.

Surge was introduced in 1997 and Vault was introduced in 2005. Sprite was first developed in 1959.

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Larry Freeman

Immortalized in song by Donovan Leitch; most notably 'Donovan'.

William Laughlin

Daniel Richard, Please give us a list of all the subjects you deem "appropriate" to ensure submissions will be tailored to the narrow list of subjects with which you are familiar. We wouldn't want to tax your "Kenadian" brain, eh?

DannyBoy

I never drank MY but did drink Mountain Dew, not anymore after I understood the actual ingredients! No thanks!

George Oliver Prince

Tried it a few times, still doesn't hold up to Mountain Dew

nmcgirt

Never hear of this soda!

David Taylor

Wrong guess

Helen Keen

So are they hinting that Aussies can't handle caffeine? Lol

Donna Murnane

We don't have that drink in Australia

Adrienne Anderson

I really do not stand Mellow Yellow.

Louise C.

I have never heard of that drink

Pat Hartland

Never heard of it.

konrad

Curiously enough, that drink was NEVER even mentioned in many countries. Likewise, I loved Mountain Dew, which as many things I like, disappeared from the market.

Kelly Courtney

I’ve had it & didn’t like it. Of course, here in the south the only yellow soda worth drinking is Sundrop.

Jenny Devereaux

Never heard of it, is it USA only?

Laurie Bowman

Daniel Richard, look it up next time or don't play

Bob Krautner

Got thrown by this one, but putting the date 1979 it threw me lol. Had a bit of dyslexia and got the last two digits twiddled. Good question and answer.