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Fever-Tree Italian Blood Orange Soda

Fever-Tree Italian Blood Orange Soda is a lightly sweet soft drink, free of alcohol, flavoured with blood orange from Sicily and southern Italy plus a herbal blend containing natural quinine for a bitter edge. Fructose sweetens it, at 4.3g of sugar in each 100ml, and the bottle holds no juice. Our Vodka and Blood Orange Spritz pours 200ml with 50ml of vodka.

Quick Facts

ABV0% ABV

Legal categoryNon-alcoholic

OriginUnited Kingdom (blood oranges sourced from Italy)

Flavour Strengthlight medium

SeasonYear-round (particularly popular in spring and summer)

Our keeping timeUnopened: to the best-before date. Once opened, use it straight away: the fizz goes first.

Storage

Store unopened bottles in a cool, dry place. Refrigerate before use. We use an opened bottle straight away, while the carbonation and citrus aroma last.

Allergens

None of the 14 listed allergens. Recipes change: check the bottle.

The ingredient

About Fever-Tree Italian Blood Orange Soda

Flavour Profile

Primary Flavours

Blood orangeSweet citrusLight herbal bitterness

Tasting Notes

Juicy blood orange sweetness upfront, followed by gentle citrus bitterness and subtle herbal notes. Rounded, refreshing finish with natural orange oils lingering on the palate.

Quinine gives a fruit soda a bitter spine

The ingredients name a natural blood orange flavouring among other natural flavourings that include natural quinine, the bitter of tonic water. Fever-Tree call it a herbal blend, added for a touch of bitterness. That edge is what lets the soda hold its own beside an Italian bitter liqueur rather than being swamped by it.

Cold winters make the oranges red

The fruit comes from southern Italy and Sicily, and Fever-Tree say it thrives in a small area south of Mount Etna. The red flesh, the blush, develops when the oranges are exposed to sub-zero temperatures, so the colder the winter, the redder the harvest. Fever-Tree also describe blood oranges as sweeter and softer than table oranges.

The label, line by line

Fever-Tree Italian Blood Orange Soda: what each ingredient does (Fever-Tree’s UK label, read 17 October 2026)

Carbonated spring water

What it does in the drink: Length and fizz

Fructose

What it does in the drink: Sweetness: 4.3g sugar and 17 kcal per 100ml

Citric acid

What it does in the drink: Sharpness

Natural blood orange flavouring

What it does in the drink: The fruit, without juice

Natural quinine, within the flavourings

What it does in the drink: Bitterness, as in tonic water

Natural colouring

What it does in the drink: The red colour

Sodium bicarbonate

What it does in the drink: Rounds off the acidity

On the label	What it does in the drink
Carbonated spring water	Length and fizz
Fructose	Sweetness: 4.3g sugar and 17 kcal per 100ml
Citric acid	Sharpness
Natural blood orange flavouring	The fruit, without juice
Natural quinine, within the flavourings	Bitterness, as in tonic water
Natural colouring	The red colour
Sodium bicarbonate	Rounds off the acidity

With no juice listed, the fruit is the source of the flavour rather than a measurable part of the bottle. It comes in 150ml, 200ml and 500ml.

Vodka first, then the Italian bitters

Our Vodka and Blood Orange Spritz builds it the way Fever-Tree do: ice and soda in a wine glass, then 50ml of vodka, one stir from the bottom and an orange slice. Lengthening a red bitter aperitif with it gives a spritz without wine. It suits aged spirits less, since the bitter fruit cuts across the oak.

Using it

Using Fever-Tree Italian Blood Orange Soda

Usage

Our vodka spritz pours 200ml over ice in a wine glass, adds 50ml of vodka, stirs once and ends with an orange slice, as Fever-Tree serve it. Italian liqueurs are their other suggestion, where the quinine meets the liqueur’s bitterness.

Pro Tip

Pour the soda first and the vodka second. A single stir from the bottom then mixes them, and the bubbles survive rather than being beaten out.

Top Tips

Read it as a bitter mixer as well as a fruit one: the quinine changes what it can do.
Lengthen a red bitter aperitif with it for a spritz without wine.
Expect no juice: the fruit is in the flavouring.
Finish with an orange slice, as Fever-Tree serve it.

Possible Substitutions

Tonic Water: With a splash of fresh orange juice: drier, with the same quinine
Fresh Orange Juice: Topped with soda water: fresher, without the bitterness

Production Method

Carbonated spring water and fructose, with citric acid, natural blood orange flavouring and other natural flavourings, among them natural quinine, plus natural colouring and sodium bicarbonate.

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Common Questions

What does blood orange soda taste like?

Fever-Tree describe their blood oranges as sweeter and softer than table oranges, and the soda adds a herbal blend with natural quinine for a bitter finish. Expect orange with a darker edge and a dry, slightly bitter close, only lightly sweet at 4.3g of sugar in 100ml.

Is there quinine in Fever-Tree blood orange soda?

Yes. Natural quinine, the bitter compound in tonic water, is named within the flavourings on the UK label. It is there in small amounts, for bitterness, and it makes the soda behave more like an aperitivo mixer than an orange pop.

Is there real blood orange juice in it?

No juice is listed. The fruit arrives as a natural blood orange flavouring, and a natural colouring supplies the red. The white grape and apricot soda in the same range differs here, listing fruit juices from concentrate high on its label.

What do you mix with blood orange soda?

Vodka is Fever-Tree’s own pairing, and our spritz: 50ml to 200ml in a wine glass with an orange slice on top. Fever-Tree’s UK site also suggests Italian liqueurs; a red bitter aperitif lengthened with it makes a wine-free spritz. A light gin works too.

Why are blood oranges red?

Cold. Fever-Tree say the dark flesh, which they call the blush, develops when the fruit is exposed to sub-zero temperatures, so the colder the winter, the redder the oranges at harvest. Their fruit grows in southern Italy and Sicily, mostly in a small area south of Mount Etna.

Can you drink blood orange soda on its own?

Yes. The quinine gives it enough bitterness to drink as a grown-up soft drink, over ice, with a slice of orange. With 17 kcal and well under half the sugar of a regular cola, it is a light choice, and it has no alcohol.

What can I use instead of blood orange soda?

Tonic water with a splash of fresh blood orange or orange juice gives the same bitter-and-fruit balance, drier. A plain orange soda is sweeter and lacks the bitterness. Squeeze any juice on the day you use it, as with all citrus.

Sources.

Correct as of 17 October 2026.

Fever-Tree (UK), “Italian Blood Orange Soda”.

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Updated 17 October 2026

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