The company rests with just a $50,000 investment from Barbara while Dan Mackey is heading towards his new company. The company never took off after its appearance in the Shark Tank Show in 2009 also it is reported that there are no official stores of Chill Soda in California except its mere presence on the web. In fact, Barbara Corcoran said in one interview that she has lost her investment in chill soda.
What troubles me is they’re out of stock. I think the world is ready for something like Luma and Oza is just the Shark to unleash it. With Rohan Oza as a guest Shark, he seems like the perfect partner. I’d love to try some, so I hope they get more in stock soon. I’m not sure shipping cases of soda is the best distribution plan, so I think he needs it in stores for it to sell. I wanted to order a case to try it out, but they’re currently out of stock. If I saw it in a store, I’d pick some up. I like the idea of a light, fresh, low-calorie soda. Every once in a great while, I LOVE an ice cold Coke – maybe three or four times a year. I sweeten a gallon of it with one small packet of lemonade mix – about 35 calories for the whole gallon. My beverage of choice is my home-brewed iced tea. I don’t drink a lot of soda and I NEVER drink diet soda. Will a Shark want to take on “big soda” with Jim? My Take on Luma He wants a Shark to help build his brand and distribute it. Soda needs to be in grocery stores to really sell, and that’s why Jim is in the Tank for episode 1017. You can buy it online for $19.99 a case (less if you opt for the subscription option). The result is a light, fresh soda that is much better for you than what’s out there today.Īs of today, Luma isn’t in stores. The favors (cola, lemon/lime, blood orange and cherry cola are natural flavors – not chemical mock-ups. At just 25 calories a can, it’s far fewer calories than the 200 calories most soda cans have. Instead of sugar or aspartame, he sweetens Luma with honey and monk fruit. Jim’s such a soda junkie, he quit his job as an attorney to develop Luma. There are a whole host of other side effects of aspartame that led Jim to not want to drink soda with aspartame in it. This causes your body to not respond to real sweets and can lead to overeating. It also disrupts the body’s metabolism making your body think it’s getting sweets when it isn’t.
Aspartame, a common sweetener, has been linked to heart disease, diabetes, and stroke. He was always guzzling diet soda before big trials, but he didn’t like all the crap that is in “big soda’s” diet drinks. Attorney and Luma Soda creator Jim Otteson is a soda junkie.