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Mirinda!

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 Almost by accident I came across a Mirinda, an orange drink with roots in Spain but which has since been dispersed throughout most of the world since purchased by Pepsi Co. in 1970. Nevertheless it remains exceedingly rare in the States. Perhaps Pepsi feared it would not hold up to competition with rival Coca Cola's Fanta, echoing a hard lesson from the drink's introduction in Brazil in 1996, where it lasted only two years before conceding the competition to national favorite Sukita. Be that as it may it has enjoyed a small presence in the United States under the guise of Tropicana's Twister drinks.  Though it has met its demise in New Zealand is virtually gone from Australia, Mirinda enjoys strongholds in Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. It holds its own against popular American competitors (get one if you can at foreign shops), having a juicier, less fizzy feel than most sodas. Like Fanta, orange is it's dominant flavor but special editions have been released