Nordic Mist

History

Nørdic Mist was introduced to New York City, Boston, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia in September 1992. It was the result of a team working under Mary Minnick to develop beverages to compete in the growing low-carbohydrate, healthier soft drink market. Nørdic Mist was created more specifically to compete with Clearly Canadian, a brand of sparkling water quickly growing in popularity at the time. At its debut it was available in five flavors - black cherry, raspberry, peach, pineapple, and kiwi-pineapple-guava. Chile saw the arrival of Nørdic Mist in 1997, distributed there by Embotelladora Andina.

Nørdic Mist was introduced to Spain in 2000. In less than three years Coca-Cola enjoyed a 17% share of the tonic water market.

Flavors

• Bitter Lemon
• Bitter Water
• Fruit Punch
• Ginger Ale
• Lemon
• Orange
• Tonic Water
• Agrumes

Trivia

Nørdic Mist has achieved almost cult status as the best mixer for gin & tonic with various Facebook pages and blogs requesting its export to other countries where it is not currently available.

References

References

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8. (March 2022)
9. "Nordic Mist Tonic Water, can any one help?".