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Is Sprite considered “lemonade” in the UK?

Dalek

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I'm reading this really good Reddit thread now about things in Europe that Americans are glad we don't have:

r/AskReddit - Americans of Reddit, what about Europe makes you go "thank goodness we don't have that here?"

62,827 votes and 46,602 comments so far on Reddit
www.reddit.com www.reddit.com

One thing that blew mind was that someone says in the UK Sprite is considered lemonade? Is the recipe for Sprite different or do you just have a different classification of what lemonade is?

In America Sprite is a carbonated soda with a lemon-lime flavoring and tastes refreshing. Lemonade is literally lemon juice, flat water and sugar and tastes tart.
 

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I can can you that it's considered lemonade here in Australia.
American Lemonade is called old fashioned or traditional lemonade here.

Wikipedia told me the same is true for the UK.
 
vanty

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Same in Australia. Sprite is a brand of lemonade. I don't think we have anything like what you call lemonade in America.
 
Teenage Fansub

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vanty said:
Same in Australia. Sprite is a brand of lemonade. I don't think we have anything like what you call lemonade in America.
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There is definitely lemonade that isn't soda (I'm in NZ, but we get all the same stuff, I think)
Get yourself some lemons and sugar.

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It's officially a "lemon-lime soft drink"

Coca-Cola Australia - Home Page | Coca-Cola AU

Coca-Cola Australia is the home of the latest news, products and events of your favourite beverage. Read through our stories on how Coca-Cola helps the community.
www.coca-colacompany.com www.coca-colacompany.com
in the UK too:

Sprite - Official Home Page | Coca-Cola US

Sprite is a refreshing, lime-flavoured soft drink from the Coca-Cola Company. Discover the ingredients and nutritional information for this product.
www.coca-colacompany.com www.coca-colacompany.com
Not lemonade.

I do wonder if Sprite tastes different in America cause I hate our version, while I love other lemon/lime stuff.
 
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wossname

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Yeah, probably. Lemonade is a broad term that would cover things like Sprite and 7Up as well as the flat, tart lemon juice you describe. It's not like we think only lemon flavoured soda is lemonade though.
 
Slayven

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Dalek said:
I'm reading this really good Reddit thread now about things in Europe that Americans are glad we don't have:

r/AskReddit - Americans of Reddit, what about Europe makes you go "thank goodness we don't have that here?"

62,827 votes and 46,602 comments so far on Reddit
www.reddit.com www.reddit.com

One thing that blew mind was that someone says in the UK Sprite is considered lemonade? Is the recipe for Sprite different or do you just have a different classification of what lemonade is?

In America Sprite is a carbonated soda with a lemon-lime flavoring and tastes refreshing. Lemonade is literally lemon juice, flat water and sugar and tastes tart.
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Da hell....as a southerner I am confused
 
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Dalek

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Slayven said:
Da hell....as a southerner I am confused
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Exactly. A tall glass of lemonade on a hot Georgia day....nothing at all like a Sprite.

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TheMadTitan

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It's even more confusing when you enter a Mexican-American household where they offer you lemonade and you get limeade and you sit confused before remembering that lime is limon in spanish.
 
Gundam

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Non-NA friends on Era: Have you heard of a limeade? Why is Sprite a lemonade, but not a limeade?
 

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In Australia I've always thought of Sprite as a lemonade (a shitty one IMO) but in the last year they have changed the packaging to explicitly say 'lemon lime flavour' on it now.
 
seldead

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vanty said:
Same in Australia. Sprite is a brand of lemonade. I don't think we have anything like what you call lemonade in America.
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What? Australia has lemonade (sugary carbonated, e.g Sprite), pub squash (lemony carbonated) and traditional lemonade (lemony uncarbonated).

The latter is what Americans call lemonade.
 
Septy

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When I went to Europe I was so relieved when I stayed at a lovely country hotel and the owners brought out actual lemonade. Not the carbonated crap you can only find over there. It was delicious.
 

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Every soft drink but coke was pretty much considered lemonade in Germany when I was there.

Edit: also, a chicken sandwich was called a chicken burger. Even at McDonald's.
 
Jon Carter

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What Americans call lemonade in France is called "citronnade" (citron being the French word for lemon) and is quite rare, whereas sparkling drinks similar to Sprite are called "limonade". So seems like there's a bit of confusion with those words all over the world.
 
Peacemillian

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TIL that American lemonade isn't fizzy. Which makes all those tv shows with kids selling lemonade on the street make a lot more sense.
 
elenarie

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Never heard anyone call any commercial sugar-filled soft drink a lemonade before, in two different European countries.

Lemonade = freshly squeezed lemons in cold water with an optional small splash of sugar.
 
Peacemillian

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In the UK the default "Lemonade" is a clear lemon flavoured carbonated drink, as people have shown above. Never heard of any other product called lemonade.
 
PaulloDEC

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What is known as "Lemonade" in Australia is often just a sweet (i.e. sugary but with no distinct flavour) carbonated drink. A similar carbonated drink with a lemon flavour will often be called something other than just "Lemonade"; a prime example is the Kirks range:

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On the left is the former (which is what Sprite also tastes like here). On the right is the latter, which is like Solo.

As for your non-carbonated lemon juice and sugar dealie, that basically doesn't exist here to my knowledge.
 
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Dalek

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PaulloDEC said:
What is known as "Lemonade" in Australia is often just a sweet (i.e. sugary but with no distinct flavour) carbonated drink. A similar carbonated drink with a lemon flavour will often be called something other than just "Lemonade"; a prime example is the Kirks range:

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On the left is the former (which is what Sprite also tastes like here). On the right is the latter, which is like Solo.

As for your non-carbonated lemon juice and sugar dealie, that basically doesn't exist here to my knowledge.
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this is like one of those movies where someone accidentally made a small change in the past and when they came back to the present everything is fucked up and doesn't make sense.
 
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Woah, didnt know this was a thing. If I was anywhere and asked for a "lemonade" and they brought be a carbonated beverage I'd be so confused. US here.
 
PaulloDEC

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Dalek said:
this is like one of those movies where someone accidentally made a small change in the past and when they came back to the present everything is fucked up and doesn't make sense.
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Yep, it's dumb as hell. I have no idea why or how the word "Lemon" got into the names of products that don't have lemon juice or flavouring.
 
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