Coming Soon: Sunkist Solar Fusion
Mar 11th, 2010 by Steve
Update: Read our review of Sunkist Solar Fusion. Keep reading below to learn more about the background of this beverage.
In early February Beverage Digest's John Sicher tweeted that Dr Pepper Snapple Group was rolling out a new beverage called Sunkist Solar Fusion.
According to comments the company made at the CAGNY Conference on February 17…
Sunkist has always stood as a flavorful energy. Building on this base will launch Sunkist's Solar Fusion — a powerfully delicious blend of tropical and citrus flavors, combining the great taste of Sunkist with Caffeine and Vitamin B for energy. Priced in line with CSDs, this is a great example of how we're bringing value to the consumer.
Sunkist Growers, Inc. filed for a trademark on the name back in August 2009 under the "light beverage products" category, with the mark being published for opposition in January 2010. No other description is associated with the filing.
The packaging notes that this is a "tropical mandarin flavored soda."
Availability is rumored to be April 2010. We'll see! 
Saw this in 2 liter form at my local Walmart Superstore this morning.
Picked some of this up tonight. Not bad, but it kind of tastes like diet-rite's orange soda if it wasn't artificially sweetened.
Since they were calling it "solar fusion" they should have added vitamin D too, lol.
Bought a twelve pack. Enjoying my first sips right now.
It's definitely a "unique" flavor. It almost tastes as if they mixed orange, strawberry and pineapple soda together. It may be a little bit of an acquired taste for the casual soda drinker, but I think I can learn to love it.
A slight edit: I've put my finger on what the taste is most like:
Picture a Blood Orange flavored soda. That's Sunkist Solar Fusion.
Not bad at all.
Where can i buy this at. It's not out everywhere yet right? I'm in NC.
my problem with it is that i need to know if it has grapefruit in it, cuz i cant have that with my meds. it sounds good, but im worried to try it. sodas that have natural flavoring should be required to list what fruits or whatever are used for the flavoring.
Rec'd free liter today at Shaws,
Thought is was terrible, watered down artificial orange flavor, also leavs an aftertaste. Bottle is colored plastic, makes the soda look brown. Poor packaging. No wonder they were giving it away.
I was at the local skatepark and kids were saying the local grocery store was giving it away for free!!
I asked some lady why they were doing this and she told me it was because in a taste test the drink was rated a 2 out of 4 which ment it wasnt allowed to be sold. I honestly hate it but alot of others loved it so much they came back from the store with more than three 2 liters.
It reminds me of a soda form of the old orange pineapple juice I used to be able to buy. It reminds me a bit of cactus cooler, which I wish I could desperately buy here in the northeast.
I was actually a product tester for this soda back in September of 2009, the bottle came with no label, just the flavor of the soda and the ingredients.
I love sunkist fusion. It has a great kick to it.
Saw this at walmart last night bought a 12 pack of it. I love it. It reminds me kind of like cactus cooler
Love it!
Saw this at the supermarket today, so I had to grab a 12 pack. I like the taste. I have to admit I was surprised it has caffeine in it.
I bought a 12 pack of this last night and I love it, will be going back to the store and getting more. Just wish they would use real sugar, so sick of consuming high fructose corn syrup =( I love soda and the only kind without this crap in it is Jones and it is hard to get a supply of.
I had a coupon which let me try a two liter of this for 25 cents. I hated it at first and it sat in the fridge for a while. But then I ran out of my regular soda and in the middle of caffeine withdrawals this morning discovered that the package says that this contains caffeine. Doesn't taste so bad after all. lol. Regular soda drinkers may have to get used to the taste. Think of it as a mild energy drink instead of a cola and you'll be able to drink it. It's different. The b vitamins do give you a little extra pep. I might actually buy this again.
[...] in March, we reported on a new Sunkist brand extension from the Dr Pepper Snapple Group called Sunkist Solar Fusion. Now that the product is available, [...]
I bought some today and it is nasty. It taste like a Monster, but with a werid twist. I LOVE sunkist but Solar Fusion is nasty, thats surprising since am not a picky person…I let my friend have a sip and she said it taste like cat piss.
i love it it tastes so sweet it is delecious tastes like mountain dew with a twist of orange i would rate it a 9 out of 10
My whole family loves this product,but having problems finding it.Just finished our 2nd 12 pack.Local distributors dealivery guy thought it was just a promotional one off thing,hope not.
This stuff is off the chain!!! It's so good that I want to marry it and have a bunch of baby solar fusions.