
However, amid declining sales, the product was further reformulated in April 2010, as a lower priced beverage containing only 15% fruit juice. In the United Kingdom, SunnyD was relaunched in March 2009, with a new formulation containing 70% fruit juice and no artificial ingredients or added sugar. Sales had halved by 2001, and the drink was redesigned and reinvented in March 2003 as "SunnyD".
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In December 1999, according to a report by BBC News, the negative publicity escalated when a Sunny Delight television commercial showing a snowman turning orange was released, at about the same time as reports of a four-year-old girl who experienced her skin turning orange – due to the product's use of beta-Carotene for color – after drinking an estimated 1.5 liters of Sunny Delight a day. In the United Kingdom, there were many negative press reports about the product, following an investigation by The Food Commission, an independent consumer organisation in the United Kingdom. Īs of 2023, North American Sunny Delight contains 2% or less concentrated fruit juice. In recent years, the artificial sweetener sucralose has been added in combination with high fructose corn syrup, in order to cut the calorie count. In July 2009, to promote the company's Sunny Delight Smoothies, the company partnered with Food Lion supermarkets to place SunnyD Smoothies Peel 'n Taste flavor samplers in the aisles where Sunny Delight products were located. As a pioneering internet advertising meme, it set the stage for years of later web marketing promotions. Initially appearing in 1996 and gaining widespread attention, the contest was repeated three times over the course of a year and a half, and over 4,000 prizes were awarded during each iteration, ranging from T-shirts to college scholarships. Participants were encouraged to use the newest search engines in combination with the riddles.

The site locations were various personal home pages or more well known internet resources.Īt the main contest site, riddles were provided weekly to help people discover each of the sites displaying a hidden bottle.

For the game, the "Reach for the Sun Bottle Hunt", simple graphics depicting Sunny Delight bottles were incorporated into independent American web sites. In the middle of the 1990s, Sunny Delight sponsored an early internet contest promoting their beverage. Images of Sunny Delight bottles were hidden across the Web. Promotional campaigns Reach for the Sun Bottle Hunt Now it comes in multiple flavors: Tangy Original, Smooth Orange, Orange Strawberry, Orange Mango, Orange Peach, Watermelon, Fruit Punch, Peach, Mango, Blue Raspberry, Cherry Limeade, Lemonade, and Orange Pineapple. SunnyD started out with only one flavor: orange. Despite the name, SunnyD is not a high source of vitamin D, nor has it ever claimed to be however, it contains significant amounts of vitamin C. It was sold in refrigerated cabinets, and marketed as a healthier alternative to soft drinks despite neither being healthier nor requiring refrigeration. The beverage was launched in the United Kingdom in April 1998 with a £10 million promotional campaign, and by August 1999, it became the third biggest selling drink in the United Kingdom, behind Coca-Cola and Pepsi. In Canada, the drink is manufactured and distributed by Saputo. The beverage is also distributed by Dr Pepper/Seven Up (DPSU). In 2005, Sunny Delight was spun off into the independent Sunny Delight Beverages Company (SDBC). The drink produced an estimated $450 million in revenue for Procter & Gamble in 2004. The drink is superficially related to orange juice, but also resembles a soft drink without carbonation. In April 1983, Sundor Brands bought out Doric Foods Sundor Brands was then purchased by American multinational Procter & Gamble in March 1989. Additional plants were built in California and Ohio in 19, respectively.

SunnyD (short for Sunny Delight since 2003) is an orange drink developed in 1963 by Doric Foods of Mount Dora, Florida, United States.

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