Coke fizzes with new offerings

Strong demand for Coca-Cola’s low-sugar Coke Zero, new orange-vanilla cola, and flavoured waters pushed the beverage maker’s quarterly sales and profit well above Wall Street estimates, sending its shares up almost 2%.

The world’s biggest beverage makers, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, are responding to shifting consumer taste by tweaking ingredients and experimenting with new flavours that are focused more on health-conscious consumers.