Citrona

Citrona is a carbonated soft drink introduced in 1952. Citrona is Brunant's most popular soft drink, behind Coca-Cola. Citrona is available (as of 2016) in regular, low-sugar and orange flavoured, though regular Citrona by far outsells the other varieties.

History
Citrona was created in 1952 by Hendrik De Meer; De Meer was a Libertan who came to Brunant to grow lemons and after World War II looked to make a lemon beverage. Citrona is considered to be Brunant's first major soft drink, though it was available only in the Roodstad area until 1953.

Citrona grew in production and by the 1960s was the most popular non-alcoholic beverage brand. Around 1978 the famous Honey Citron cocktail was creating, mixing Citrona with Drambuie and Bijenwasser.

Between the late 1970s and mid-2000s, Citrona dropped in popularity compared to Coca-Cola products and the similar Mirinda soda. part of this decline was the introduction of a sugarfree Citrona in 1980, which did not go well with traditional fans. Orange Citrona was introduced in 2001, but it took several years before sales to pick up.

As of 2009, sales of Citrona have been on the increase, primarily helped with a label redesign that brought a vintage-inspired logo. An uncommon Citrona Lemonade was introduced in 2011, with unique vintage label and avaialble in 33cl bottles in random locations.