Sparkling Drinks in the UAE: the Oasis Sparkling Flavour Guide

Every drink in the Oasis Sparkling range shares the same format: a 350ml can of carbonated fruit-flavoured soft drink, made to be served cold. The flavour is the only thing that changes. The can size does not, and neither does the way you serve it.

A carton holds 24 cans of one flavour, so ordering a carton is a decision about taste as much as quantity. The whole range is halal and produced under HACCP food safety management, made to UAE standards, and we can supply a certificate of analysis on request. For ingredients and allergen information, read the printed label on the can. That is the only source we will point you to.

These are genuinely different drinks, not one syrup wearing seven colours. If you are ordering for other people, this is the section worth reading properly.

Dark and jammy, with a tart edge that lands at the back of the sip and keeps it from sitting heavy. It is the deepest-tasting can in the set and the usual pick for someone who wants a berry drink rather than a citrus one. Full notes in our guide to the Oasis blueberry sparkling drink in 350ml cans.

Ripe and thick, tropical, with the softest acidity of the seven. It coats the mouth more than the others do, which is why people describe it as the richest can in the range even though the format is identical to the rest. There is a longer write-up on the mango soda in the Oasis range.

Bright and confectionery-like at the front, then a rounder, almost creamy finish that clearly separates it from blueberry. This is the one children ask for by name, and the one that belongs next to a cake. More on the Oasis strawberry sparkling drink.

Floral and perfumed, light in the mouth, carrying the faint muskiness that real lychee has. It is the most distinctive can we stock and the one that surprises people who only know lychee from a tin. Read about the lychee soda from Oasis.

Sharp and green, with the snap of a Granny Smith skin and a clean, quick finish. It is the most bracing flavour in the range, which is exactly why it holds up next to rich or fried food. See the sparkling green apple Oasis drink.

Soft and gentle, white-peach in character, low in acidity and rounded all the way through. If someone finds fizzy drinks too aggressive, this is the can to put in front of them. More on the peach soda from Oasis.

Clean and sharp, with a slight rind bitterness and the driest finish of the seven. It behaves less like a dessert drink and more like a table drink, which is why it ends up in mocktails more often than any other flavour here. Full notes on the Oasis lime sparkling drink.

If you are building a mixed order and want to get it right the first time, work from this table.

Oasis is not the only sparkling brand reaching shelves here. OKF is the other name UAE shoppers search for, and we are asked how the two sit beside each other. We are not going to tell you one is better, and we are not going to describe a product we do not stock. What we can give you is the checklist we would use ourselves.

• How many flavours are actually in stock today, rather than listed somewhere as a range.
• What can size you are getting, because it changes how it pours and how it stacks on a fridge shelf.
• Whether a full carton of a single flavour is available, or only loose retail units.
• Whether the supplier can show halal status and a food safety standard in writing.
• Who actually delivers inside the UAE, and how quickly.

Measured against that list, Oasis Sparkling from us is seven flavours in stock, a 350ml can, a 24-can single-flavour carton, halal and HACCP with a certificate of analysis on request, and UAE delivery from stock we hold. Put the same five questions to anything else on the shelf and buy whichever answers them for you.

This is the question we answer most often, and the honest answer depends entirely on whether you already know your flavour.

You have not tasted the range yet and want three or four flavours before committing to one. You are topping up a home fridge. You are assembling a mixed box as a gift, or testing which flavour your family actually finishes. Build an order can by can from the Oasis sparkling drinks retail collection.

You already know which flavour disappears first. You are stocking an office fridge, a majlis where guests arrive without much warning, a cafe chiller or a small shop shelf, and running out mid-week is the outcome you want to avoid. Cartons are listed in the Oasis sparkling drinks carton collection, one flavour per carton, 24 cans inside.

Plenty of orders are both at once: a carton of the flavour that always goes, plus a handful of singles so there is still something to choose between. If you would rather see cans and cartons together on one page, the full Oasis sparkling drinks collection holds everything.

Temperature does more for these drinks than anything else you can control, and a warm can of any of the seven tastes noticeably duller than a cold one.

• Chill the cans thoroughly. Several hours in the fridge, not a rushed twenty minutes in the freezer, or the fizz feels slack and the flavour reads heavier than it should.
• Pour over ice into a tall glass, down the side rather than straight into the middle, so the bubbles survive the pour.
• Use lime or green apple as a mocktail base with fresh mint and a squeeze of citrus. Peach and lychee take better to cucumber, or a sprig of basil, and need nothing sharp added.
• For guests, pour into glasses and bring them out on a tray rather than handing over cans. One 350ml can splits neatly across two small glasses with ice.

Everything in the Oasis Sparkling range is halal and produced under HACCP food safety management, made to UAE standards. If you are buying for a shop, a cafe or a distribution business and your paperwork requires it, we can provide a certificate of analysis on request.

Delivery is free anywhere in the UAE on orders above AED 300, and we deliver within the UAE only. You can pay online at checkout or by bank transfer, whichever suits your accounts side better.

If you already know your flavour, go straight to the carton. If you do not, order a few singles first and come back for the case once the household has voted. Either way, the seven flavour guides above will tell you what is in the can before you open it.