Nestea
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Nestea is a brand of iced tea
Iced tea
Iced tea is a form of cold tea, often served in a glass with ice. It may or may not be sweetened. Iced tea is also a popular packaged drink. It can be mixed with flavored syrup, with common flavors including lemon, peach, raspberry, lime, passion fruit, and cherry...

 manufactured by Nestle
Nestlé
Nestlé S.A. is the world's largest food and nutrition company. Founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestlé originated in a 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1867 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri...

 and distributed by Nestle
Nestlé
Nestlé S.A. is the world's largest food and nutrition company. Founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestlé originated in a 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1867 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri...

 company's beverage department in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 and by
Beverage Partners Worldwide
Beverage Partners Worldwide
Beverage Partners Worldwide is the name of the joint venture partnership between The Coca-Cola Company and Nestlé, created in 2001 as the successor to Coca-Cola and Nestle Refreshments founded in 1991...

 (BPW), a joint venture between The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia...

 and Nestle, in the rest of the world. It competes with Unilever
Unilever
Unilever is a British-Dutch multinational corporation that owns many of the world's consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products....

/Pepsi
Pepsi
Pepsi is a carbonated soft drink that is produced and manufactured by PepsiCo...

's Lipton Iced Tea. It provides a variety of "tea products", in regular and diet forms, including liquid and powdered tea concentrates, refrigeratable teas, and ready-to-drink bottles dispensed by vendor or vending machine
Vending machine
A vending machine is a machine which dispenses items such as snacks, beverages, alcohol, cigarettes, lottery tickets, consumer products and even gold and gems to customers automatically, after the customer inserts currency or credit into the machine....

. The beverage comes in several flavors, depending on the country.

Nestea has become the subject of an investigation by PETA
Peta
Peta can refer to:* peta-, an SI prefix denoting a factor of 1015* Peta, Greece, a town in Greece* Peta, the Pāli word for a Preta, or hungry ghost in Buddhism* Peta Wilson, an Australian actress and model* Peta Todd, English glamour model...

, which discovered cruel experimentation conducted on rodents, in an "attempt to discover possible health benefits".

Nestea was featured in the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 webseries Ctrl
Ctrl (web series)
Ctrl is an American comedy web series of NBC. It is the first stand-alone web series launched by a major television network. The series stars Tony Hale as a typical office-working, self-confidence lacking nerd who discovers he can undo things in real life.It is an adaptation and expansion of the...

as the basis for Stuart's magic keyboard.

Nestea geography

Nestea is available in Aruba
Aruba
Aruba is a 33 km-long island of the Lesser Antilles in the southern Caribbean Sea, located 27 km north of the coast of Venezuela and 130 km east of Guajira Peninsula...

, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, French Guiana, Germany, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guam, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malta, Mariana Islands, Martinique, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Turks & Caicos Islands, Ukraine, U.S. Virgin Islands, Peru, United States and Venezuela. Nestea's biggest markets are the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 and Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...

.

In Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

 Nestea is a very different product, producing a hot, sweet milky tea on mixing with hot water. The product is manufactured and distributed by Nestlé Lanka (Pvt) Ltd.

Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

 and United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 are the only countries that market diet Nestea flavours.

Another instant hot tea product called Nestea (without sugar and milk) was marketed by Nestlé in the UK for a few years in the 1970s. However, it was not a success and was subsequently withdrawn.

Australia

  • Nestea Lemon Lime Tea
  • Nestea Peach
    Peach
    The peach tree is a deciduous tree growing to tall and 6 in. in diameter, belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the family Rosaceae. It bears an edible juicy fruit called a peach...

     Tea
  • Nestea Peach Mango Tea
  • Nestea Pear & Honey Tea
  • Nestea Green Tea
  • Nestea Green Tea Mango
  • Nestea Green Tea Lemon

Austria

  • Nestea Zitrone (Lemon)
  • Nestea Pfirsich (Peach)
  • Nestea Snowy Orange (only in winter)
  • Nestea Mango
  • Nestea Mango-Pineapple

Brazil

Introduced in 2006.
  • Nestea Limão (Lemon
    Lemon
    The lemon is both a small evergreen tree native to Asia, and the tree's ellipsoidal yellow fruit. The fruit is used for culinary and non-culinary purposes throughout the world – primarily for its juice, though the pulp and rind are also used, mainly in cooking and baking...

    )
  • Nestea Limão Light
  • Nestea Pêssego (Peach
    Peach
    The peach tree is a deciduous tree growing to tall and 6 in. in diameter, belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the family Rosaceae. It bears an edible juicy fruit called a peach...

    )
  • Nestea Pêssego Light
  • Nestea Tangerina (Tangerine
    Tangerine
    __notoc__The tangerine is an orange-colored citrus fruit which is closely related to the Mandarin orange . Taxonomically, it should probably be formally named as a subspecies or variety of Citrus reticulata; further work seems to be required to ascertain its correct scientific name...

    )
  • Nestea Maracujá (Passion fruit)
  • Nestea Mate
    Mate (beverage)
    Mate , also known as chimarrão or cimarrón, is a traditional South American infused drink, particularly in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, southern states of Brazil, south of Chile, the Bolivian Chaco, and to some extent, Syria and Lebanon...

     (only available in Rio de Janeiro
    Rio de Janeiro
    Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

    )
  • Nestea Mate Light (only available in Rio de Janeiro)


Nowadays, Nestlé
Nestlé
Nestlé S.A. is the world's largest food and nutrition company. Founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestlé originated in a 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1867 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri...

 is the only owner of the brand, while The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia...

 bought the traditional tea brand Matte Leão
Matte Leão
Matte Leão is a brazilian tea brand, owned by The Coca Cola Company...

.
Due to Brazilian laws, the Coca Cola Company had to get rid of the Nestea brand to purchase Matte Leão
Matte Leão
Matte Leão is a brazilian tea brand, owned by The Coca Cola Company...

.

Bulgaria

  • Nestea Лимон (Lemon)
  • Nestea Праскова (Peach)
  • Nestea Горски Плодове (Wild berries)
  • Nestea Манго-Ананас (Mango-Pineapple)
  • Nestea Vitao Зелен Чай (Green Tea)
  • Nestea Vitao Червен Чай (Red Tea)

Canada

  • Nestea Lemon (natural lemon flavour)
  • Nestea Zero (0-calorie alternative sweetened with Splenda
    Splenda
    Splenda is the commercial name and registered trade mark of a sucralose-based artificial sweetener derived from sugar, owned by the British company Tate & Lyle. Sucralose was discovered by Tate & Lyle and researchers at Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, in 1976...

    )
  • Nestea Green Tea (natural lemon flavour)
  • Nestea Zero Green Tea (0-calorie alternative sweetened with Splenda
    Splenda
    Splenda is the commercial name and registered trade mark of a sucralose-based artificial sweetener derived from sugar, owned by the British company Tate & Lyle. Sucralose was discovered by Tate & Lyle and researchers at Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, in 1976...

    )
  • Nestea Vitao Fuji Apple (enhanced iced green tea)
  • Nestea Vitao Acai Blueberry (enhanced iced red tea)
  • Nestea Vitao Mandarin Orange (enhanced iced white tea)
  • Nestea Cool Lemon
  • Nestea Cool Zero Mixed Berry (0-calorie alternative)

Chile

Introduced in 2007.
  • Nestea Limón (Lemon)
  • Nestea Durazno (Peach)
  • Nestea Light Limón
  • Nestea Durazno Light
  • Nestea Green Tea
  • Nestea Green Tea Light

Colombia

  • Nestea Limón (Lime)
  • Nestea Durazno (Peach)
  • Nestea Naranja (Orange)
  • Nestea Té Verde de Limón (Lime Green Tea)

Croatia

  • Nestea Limun (Lemon)
  • Nestea Breskva (Peach)
  • Nestea Naranča (Orange)
  • Nestea Crni Ribizl (Blackberry) until 2006
  • Nestea Vitao (Green and white tea only)
  • Nestea Šumsko voće i brusnica (Wild berries and cranberry)

Czech Republic

  • Nestea Citrón (Lemon)
  • Nestea Broskev (Peach)
  • Nestea Vitao (Green, red and white tea)

Denmark

  • Nestea Lemon
  • Nestea Peach
  • Nestea White Peach (sugarfree)
  • Nestea Hyldeblomst (elder flower)
  • Nestea Vitao
  • Nestea Mango og Ananas (Mango and Pineapple)

France

  • Nestea Pêche Blanche (Peach)
  • Nestea Pêche Blanche Light


Nestea powder was available in the early 70s in herbs-type glass bottles.

Germany

  • Nestea Zitrone (Lemon)
  • Nestea Pfirsich (Peach)
  • Nestea Weißer Pfirsich Light (White Peach)
  • Nestea Grünertee (Green Tea)
  • Nestea Waldfrüchte (Wild Berries)
  • Nestea Mango-Ananas (Mango Pineapple)
  • Nestea Snowy Orange (only in winter)

Turkey

  • Nestea Lemon
  • Nestea Peach
  • Nestea Green tea sugar free
  • Nestea Mango-Pineapple
  • Nestea Black berry

Hong Kong

  • Nestea Lemon
  • Nestea Ice Rush Lemon
  • Nestea Honey Citron
  • Nestea Honey Pear
  • Nestea Apple
  • Nestea Passion Fruit

Hungary

  • Nestea Lemon
  • Nestea Peach
  • Nestea Blackcurrant
  • Nestea Green Tea
  • Nestea Snowy Plum (Limited Winter Edition)
  • Nestea Vitao
  • Nestea Mango-Pineapple
  • Nestea Strawberry Green Tea

Israel

  • Nestea Afarsek (Peach)
  • Nestea Diet Afarsek (Diet Peach)
  • Nestea Mango Annanas (Mango Pineapple)
  • Nestea Limon (Lemon)
  • Nestea Exoti Im Te Yarok (Exotic flavor with Green Tea) - New since 2011
  • Nestea Diet Tapuach Im Te Yarok (Diet apple with Green Tea) - New since 2011
  • Nestea Passiflora Mango (Passionfruit Mango) - Discontinued (?)
  • Nestea Diet Limon (Diet Lemon) - Discontinued (?)
  • Nestea Menta (Mint) - Discontinued in 2010

Italy

  • Nestea Limone (Lemon)
  • Nestea Pesca (Peach)
  • Nestea Frutti rossi (Red Fruits)
  • Nestea Menta (Mint) - Discontinued in 2009

Kazakhstan

  • Nestea Lemon
  • Nestea Peach
  • Nestea Berries
  • Nestea Green Citrus
  • Nestea Mango and Pineapple

Latvia

  • Nestea Lemon
  • Nestea Peach
  • Nestea Green Tea
  • Nestea Red Tea
  • Nestea White Tea
  • Nestea Vitao Fuji Apple (enhanced iced green tea)
  • Nestea Vitao Acai Blueberry (enhanced iced red tea)
  • Nestea Vitao Mandarin Orange (enhanced iced white tea)
  • Nestea Vitao Strawberry & Aloe Vera

Lebanon

Produced under the authority of Beverage Partners Worldwide (Europe) A.G.
  • Nestea Fruit Cocktail

Lithuania

  • Nestea Citrinų (Lemon)
  • Nestea Persikų (Peach)
  • Nestea Žalioji su citrina (Green with Lemon)
  • Nestea Žalioji su braškėmis (Green with Strawberries)

Mexico

  • Nestea Limón (Lemon)
  • Nestea Durazno (Peach)
  • Nestea Mandarina (Tangerine
    Tangerine
    __notoc__The tangerine is an orange-colored citrus fruit which is closely related to the Mandarin orange . Taxonomically, it should probably be formally named as a subspecies or variety of Citrus reticulata; further work seems to be required to ascertain its correct scientific name...

    )
  • Nestea Mango
  • Nestea Light Limón
  • Nestea Light Durazno
  • Nestea Light Mandarina
  • Nestea Naranja Freeze (Orange) - Limited edition during Christmas 2006
  • Nestea Green Tea Lemon
  • Nestea Green Tea Mango

Philippines

The Nestea in the Philippines is bottled by the Coca-Cola Bottlers Phils, Inc.
  • Nestea Lemon
  • Nestea Lemonade - phased out in 2005
  • Nestea Serenity Green Tea - available in powdered and in vending stores only
  • Nestea Ice (Calamansi)
  • Nestea Ice (Lemon)
  • Nestea Ice (Green Tea)
  • Nestea Lemonade Pink (Pomelo) - phased out in 2004
  • Nestea Lemonade with Tangerine - phased out in 2004
  • Nestea Light - available only in bottled
  • Nestea Blast (Orange) - 200ml Doy pack
  • Nestea Blast (Apple) - 200ml Doy pack
  • Nestea Fit (Apple and Orange-Lemon Twist) - 1 liter/pack and Single pack
  • Nestea Real Leaf Green Tea - 480mL/1L bottle (Honey Lemon, Honey Lychee & Honey Apple)
  • Nestea Four Seasons with Lychee
  • Nestea Orange - introduced in 2011

Poland

  • Nestea Lemon (since 2003)
  • Nestea Peach (since 2003)
  • Nestea Green (since 2005), Nestea Vitao Green Tea (name change - since 2008), Nestea Green Tea Citrus (next name change)
  • Nestea Snowy Orange (autumn and winter only) - (no longer available)
  • Nestea Vitao Red Tea, with Pear (since 2008) - (no longer available)
  • Nestea Vitao White Tea, with Apricot (since 2008) - (no longer available)
  • Nestea Mango-Pineapple (since 2009), Nestea Tropical Fruit (name change - since 2010)
  • Nestea Green Tea Strawberry, with Strawberry & Aloe Vera (since spring 2010)

Portugal

  • Nestea Limão (Lemon)
  • Nestea Pêssego (Peach)
  • Nestea Laranja (Orange)
  • Nestea Manga e Ananás (Mango and Pineapple)

Romania

  • Nestea Lemon
  • Nestea Peach
  • Nestea Berries
  • Nestea Green with Strawberry & Aloe Vera
  • Nestea Vitao White (no longer available)
  • Nestea Vitao Red (no longer available)
  • Nestea Mango-Pineapple (summer 2009, summer 2010, summer 2011)
  • Nestea Winter (Orange-Honey) (winter 2010)

Russia

  • Nestea Lemon
  • Nestea Peach
  • Nestea Berries
  • Nestea Green Citrus
  • Nestea Vitao Red
  • Nestea Winter (lemon+honey) - winter 2006-07
  • Nestea Mint

Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bottled in Subotica
Subotica
Subotica is a city and municipality in northern Serbia, in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina...

, Serbia under authority of Beverage Partners Worldwide (Europe) AG.
  • Nestea Limun (Lemon) - 0,5 and 1,5 l bottle
  • Nestea Breskva (Peach) - 0,5 l and 1,5 l bottle - 0.1% peach, 0.1% tea extract
  • Nestea Šumsko voće i brusnica (Wild fruits and cranberry) - 0,5 l and 1,5 l bottle - 2010

Spain

It was introduced in 1993 by Coca-Cola Nestlé Refreshments, a company created by Coca-Cola and Nestlé. The V&T line has been developed in Spain and is only marketed here.
  • Nestea al Limón (Lemon)
  • Nestea al Limón Sin Azúcar (Sugar-Free Lemon) - 1994
  • Nestea Desteinado al limón sin Azúcar (sugar-free and theine
    Caffeine
    Caffeine is a bitter, white crystalline xanthine alkaloid that acts as a stimulant drug. Caffeine is found in varying quantities in the seeds, leaves, and fruit of some plants, where it acts as a natural pesticide that paralyzes and kills certain insects feeding on the plants...

    -free lemon). Worldwide launch in July 2009.
  • Nestea al Melocotón (Peach) - 1994
  • Nestea a la Naranja (Orange
    Orange (fruit)
    An orange—specifically, the sweet orange—is the citrus Citrus × sinensis and its fruit. It is the most commonly grown tree fruit in the world....

    ) - 2002
  • Nestea V&T Té Verde a la Granada (Green tea
    Green tea
    Green tea is made solely from the leaves of Camellia sinensis that have undergone minimal oxidation during processing. Green tea originates from China and has become associated with many cultures throughout Asia. It has recently become more widespread in the West, where black tea is traditionally...

     and pomegranate
    Pomegranate
    The pomegranate , Punica granatum, is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree growing between five and eight meters tall.Native to the area of modern day Iran, the pomegranate has been cultivated in the Caucasus since ancient times. From there it spread to Asian areas such as the Caucasus as...

    ) - 2006
  • Nestea V&T Té Verde a la Manzana (Green tea and apple
    Apple
    The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family . It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits, and the most widely known of the many members of genus Malus that are used by humans. Apple grow on small, deciduous trees that blossom in the spring...

    ) - 2006
  • Nestea Mango-Piña (only in the Canary Islands) - 2007
  • Nestea Cool al Limón (Lemon) - 2008
  • Nestea Cool a la Naranja (Orange) - 2009

Sweden

  • Nestea Lemon
  • Nestea Peach
  • Nestea White Peach
  • Nestea Red Tea with Pear (from April 2009)
  • Nestea Green Tea with Lemon (from April 2009)
  • All products of Nestea is no longer to be found in Sweden

Switzerland

  • Nestea Lemon
  • Nestea Lemon Light
  • Nestea Peach
  • Nestea White Tea
  • Nestea Red Fruits
  • Nestea Exotic Pineapple - Special Edition Summer 2007
  • Nestea Tropical Hibiscus - Special Edition Summer 2008

United Kingdom

  • Nestea Iced Tea & Lemon (discontinued)
  • Nestea Iced Tea & Red Fruits (discontinued)
  • Nestea Nesquick Edition

United States

  • Nestea Sweet Tea
  • Nestea Sweet Tea with Lemon
  • Diet Nestea with Lemon
  • Nestea Unsweet
  • Nestea Citrus Green Tea
  • Nestea Diet Citrus Green Tea
  • Nestea Diet White Berry Honey
  • Nestea Peach
  • Nestea Raspberry
  • Nestea Red Tea: Pomegranate & Passion Fruit

Venezuela

Nestea Powder
  • Nestea Lemon (The first flavor to come out)
  • Nestea Peach
  • Nestea Passion Fruit
  • Nestea Orange
  • Nestea Pineapple
  • Nestea Extreme (mint)

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