It eventually lost, and so was discontinued.Ī grape variant released for the 2004 Halloween season. In 2016 in the Philippines, it became a limited-edition flavor for the DewMocracy lineup despite its status as a permanent flavor in the past. It was released in New Zealand in 2011, alongside Malaysia in 2013 (later being renamed "Voltage") and in both the Philippines and Singapore in 2014. In 2005, after two years of limited summer releases, it became a permanent addition to the product line. It was also released in Germany in 2010 but was discontinued in 2016 due to low sales.Ģ013–present (Malaysia, currently as "Voltage")Ģ014–2016 (Philippines post Dewmocracy version) Ģ016–present (Philippines Dewmocracy version) Īn orange variant introduced in 2003 as a limited-edition flavor for the summer. It was sold for a short time in South Korea in 2005, alongside the Philippines in the mid-2000s, and was later re-released as a Slurpee flavor in the latter in 2019 to promote the mobile game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.Ĭode Red was released in New Zealand in 2009 however, this version of the drink instead has a berry flavor instead of a cherry flavor.
Code Red was re-released in 2014 along with the two other losing flavors from DEWmocracy 2013, and won the vote, making it a permanent flavor in Canada, until it was discontinued yet again in May 2019. It was re-released in the country with caffeine for DEWmocracy Canada in 2013, where it finished in second place. It was later made available in Canada in 2002, however, as with the regular Mountain Dew at the time, it lacked caffeine and was discontinued in 2005. In its first year of production, Code Red increased overall sales of Mountain Dew by 6%.
Ī cherry variant introduced in 2001 and the first widely successful flavor extension. It was also formerly sold in Australia and Canada as regular Mountain Dew, but in March and June 2012, they were reformulated with caffeine as Mountain Dew "Energized" and "Citrus Charge", respectively. High-fructose corn syrup replaced sugar in the 1990s, though today there is a modified variant of the former classic made with real sugar known as Mountain Dew Real Sugar.Ī non-caffeinated variant available in parts of the United States.
A revised formula was created by Bill Bridgforth in 1959. Current flavors Original Varieties NameĪ citrus-flavoured soda developed in the 1940s by Barney and Ally Hartman, beverage bottlers in Tennesse.