Blue Sky Beverage Company facts for kids
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| Founded | 1980 in Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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| Products | Soft drinks, energy drinks |
| Parent | The Coca-Cola Company |
The Blue Sky Beverage Company was a company that made different kinds of drinks. They were known for their soft drinks and energy drinks.
Blue Sky started in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 1980. Later, in 2000, another company called Monster Beverage bought them. In 2015, The Coca-Cola Company took over many of Blue Sky's soda brands.
Blue Sky Beverage Company then moved its operations to Corona, California. The designs on their soda cans often showed a southwestern style. This was a nod to their beginnings in New Mexico.
Sadly, Blue Sky Natural Soda stopped being made in 2021. Even though their website might still be online, Coca-Cola stopped making all Blue Sky products.
The company used to offer many drinks that focused on being natural. Some were organic, all-natural, or had no calories. Their first natural sodas came out in 1983. Their products were sold across the US and Canada. You could find them in natural food stores and regular grocery stores.
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Blue Sky's Soda Flavors
Blue Sky made several different types of sodas. They focused on natural ingredients.
Cane Sugar Sodas
These sodas came in cans. They were made with all-natural ingredients. They did not have high fructose corn syrup, caffeine, or preservatives.
Some popular flavors included:
- Lemon Lime
- Root Beer
- Ginger Ale
- Dr. Becker
- Cream Soda
- Cola
- Cherry Vanilla
- Black Cherry
Other flavors like Wild Raspberry and Orange Creme were also available at different times.
Fountain Sodas
Blue Sky also made sodas for soda fountains. Just like their canned drinks, these were made with cane sugar. They were also free of high fructose corn syrup.
Fountain flavors included:
- Lemonade
- Root Beer
- Ginger Ale
- Blood Orange
- Orange Mango
- Cola
- Black Cherry
Blue Sky Zero Sugar
In 2009, Blue Sky launched a line of sodas with no calories. It was first called Blue Sky Free. By 2020, it was known as Blue Sky Zero Sugar.
These drinks were sweetened with natural ingredients like stevia leaf extract. Flavors included:
- Cherry Vanilla
- Lemon Lime
- Ginger Ale
- Root Beer
- Cola
Blue Sky Organic Soda
These sodas were made only with organic ingredients. They had no caffeine or preservatives.
Some organic flavors were:
- Black Cherry Cherish
- Root Beer Encore
- Orange Divine
- New Century Cola
- Ginger Ale
This organic soda line was no longer listed on their website by 2020.
Blue Sky Tea Soda
Blue Sky also offered all-natural tea sodas. Each serving had 35 mg of healthy antioxidants.
The tea soda flavors were:
- Imperial Lime
- Raspberry
- Pomegranate
- Peach Mist
By 2020, these tea sodas were also no longer listed online.
Blue Sky Premium Ginseng Soda
This soda line was all-natural and included 200 mg of Panax Ginseng.
Flavors in this line included:
- Creamy Root Beer
- Cola
- Pomegranate
- Jamaican Ginger Ale
Like some other lines, these ginseng sodas were not listed on the official website by 2020.
Blue Sky's Energy Drinks
Blue Sky Beverage Company also made several kinds of energy drinks.
- Blue Energy was an energy drink similar to Red Bull.
- Juiced Energy contained 50% fruit juice.
Both Blue Energy and Juiced Energy came in two sizes: 16-ounce and 8.3-ounce cans.
- Cafe Energy was a line of natural coffee energy drinks. These came in 15-ounce cans.
Flavors included Vanilla Sky and Mocha.
Blue Sky Shots
In 2010, Blue Sky introduced small, 2.5-ounce "shots." These were natural drinks designed for quick energy or health boosts.
- Blue Energy shot was a natural energy shot. It had the same ingredients as the original Blue Energy drink.
- Blue Sky Defense Shot with Energy Support was 100% fruit juice. It featured blueberry and mangosteen. It also had a lot of Vitamin C.
- Blue Sky Defense Shot with Immune Support was also 100% fruit juice. It used acai and pomegranate. This shot included Echinacea for immune system help.
Past Products
Some Blue Sky products were stopped over time.
- Blue Sky Lite was a low-calorie drink line. It was discontinued in 2008.
- Blue Sport was a line of natural thirst-quenching drinks. These were similar to sports drinks like Gatorade. Blue Sport was discontinued in 2009.
Marketing and Programs
Blue Sky tried different ways to connect with its customers.
"Wanderers" Program
In 2010, Blue Sky started a marketing program called "Wanderers." This program used word-of-mouth to spread the word about their products.
Save Pets Send Tabs Program
Blue Sky soda cans had blue tabs instead of the usual silver ones. The company used these tabs for a special program to help animals.
From 2005 to 2007, for every blue tab they received, Blue Sky donated $0.10 to the Humane Society.
The program started again from August 2010 to January 2012. This time, Blue Sky donated $0.05 to the Petfinder.com Foundation for each blue tab. This program helped pets in need.
