Dracula meets Sunny D in this 2008 advert: “Unleash the power of the sun”.
Sunny Delight, marketed as SunnyD in some regions, is an orange-coloured drink developed by Doric Foods of Mount Dora, Florida in 1963. It was purchased by Procter & Gamble in 1989. The drink produced an estimated $450 million in revenue for Procter & Gamble in 2004. In 2005, Sunny Delight was spun off into the independent Sunny Delight Beverages Company (SDBC), presumably for tax reasons.
The beverage was launched in the United Kingdom in Spring 1998 with a £10 million promotional campaign, and became the third biggest selling drink in the UK, behind Coca-Cola and Pepsi. It was sold in refrigerated cabinets and laughingly marketed as a healthy alternative to soft drinks, although it contains only 5% juice: its main ingredients are water and corn syrup.
