Cheerwine Zero Sugar hits the shelves
North Carolina-based Cheerwine just gave its diet soda a new name -- Cheerwine Zero Sugar.
The zero-calorie drink, which can be found in Food Lion, Harris Teeter and Lowes Foods stores in Raleigh and across the south, still uses the Splenda, or sucralose, found in Diet Cheerwine but has been updated and given a new name.
According to Cheerwine, Diet Cheerwine -- now Cheerwine Zero -- has been made with Splenda for the last 20 years.
Cheerwine, which was first created in Salisbury, N.C., in 1917, is one year away from celebrating its 105th birthday.
L.D. Peeler created the drink amid a sugar shortage in World World I. He bought cherry flavoring from a traveling salesman from St. Louis and mixed it with other flavors to create Cheerwine's signature flavor.
The syrup formula, which remains a closely guarded secret, is still made in Salisbury. It is then shipped to Charlotte where it is bottled and canned at a production facility.
Today, it can be found in supermarkets in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia, Delaware and Maryland.
Get a map of where to find Cheerwine sold in glass bottles in North Carolina
