Swig's The Founder is a dirty soda made with Diet Coke, sugar-free coconut syrup, fresh lime and coconut cream. A 32 oz costs $4.24 at the middle-priced store. At 20 to 80 calories, it's one of the five lightest dirty sodas on Swig's menu.

What's in The Founder

Swig's online ordering menu lists it as: Diet Coke + Sugar Free Coconut + Fresh Lime + Coconut Cream. The menu writes the name as The Founder®.

In plain words, it's a coconut-lime Diet Coke: Diet Coke with sugar-free coconut syrup, fresh lime and a layer of coconut cream. Swig's dirty soda menu lists three Diet Coke drinks: The Founder, Big Al and This Bliss. See all 40 Swig dirty sodas.

Swig featured The Founder on swig.com's homepage when we checked on October 11, 2026. Atlanta Magazine's October 1, 2026 taste test included it among the five drinks it tried. It's on our list of the best Swig drinks.

The Founder price by size

Size	Middle-priced store	Range across stores
12 oz Kid's Cup	$3.30	$3.05 to $3.49
16 oz	$3.44	$3.30 to $3.79
24 oz	$4.00	$3.75 to $4.29
32 oz	$4.24	$4.00 to $4.49
44 oz	$4.44	$4.20 to $4.69

Middle store price for each size across 178 stores, checked October 15, 2026 on Swig's online ordering menu. Prices vary by store.

How The Founder price adds up

A Swig drink's price is the cup plus each add-in. At the 49 stores that charge exactly $4.24 for a 32 oz, it breaks down like this:

Part	Price
32 oz soda cup (Diet Coke)	$2.79
Sugar-free coconut syrup	$0.40
Fresh lime	$0.40
Coconut cream	$0.65
Total	$4.24

Diet Coke costs the same as any other soda base. Both parts of the price vary a little by store: the 32 oz soda cup runs $2.45 to $2.89, and add-ins are $0.40 or $0.45 for syrup and lime and $0.65 or $0.70 for cream. Across the 178 stores, a 32 oz Founder runs $4.00 to $4.49; the cheapest cups and add-ins aren't at the same stores. See Swig sizes and prices for how every cup is priced.

The Founder calories

Swig lists The Founder at 20 to 80 calories. Swig gives one range for the drink and doesn't publish calories by size, so we don't split it. See Swig nutrition facts for every drink's calories.

Why The Founder is one of the lightest dirty sodas

Ranked by the top of Swig's calorie range, The Founder (20 to 80) is one of the five lightest of the 40 dirty sodas, with Save Me Jade (0), Big Al (15 to 40), This Bliss (25 to 80) and Pink Bahama (25 to 80). From the menu build:

The base is Diet Coke.
The coconut syrup is the only part Swig marks sugar-free; the fresh lime and coconut cream aren't.

It still has coconut cream, which is why it costs more than Big Al ($3.59 for 32 oz), a Diet Coke, coconut and lime drink without cream. See Swig sugar-free drinks for more.

The Founder price by state

Middle price for a 32 oz in each state, at the stores we checked:

State	Stores	32 oz (middle store in state)
Arizona	12	$4.49
Arkansas	5	$4.24
Florida	13	$4.34
Georgia	2	$4.24
Idaho	9	$4.24
Illinois	1	$4.24
Indiana	6	$4.24
Kansas	5	$4.34
Kentucky	1	$4.24
Louisiana	3	$4.24
Missouri	6	$4.34
Nevada	4	$4.24
Oklahoma	7	$4.09
South Carolina	3	$4.24
Tennessee	11	$4.24
Texas	41	$4.39
Utah	49	$4.09

Checked October 15, 2026. Prices vary by store. Utah and Oklahoma are lowest at $4.09; Arizona is highest at $4.49.

What you'd need to make it at home

Swig doesn't publish its recipe or amounts, so we don't give any. From the menu build, the parts are:

Diet Coke
Sugar-free coconut syrup
Fresh lime
Coconut cream

Copycat recipes online use their own amounts, which may not match Swig's.

Drinks like The Founder

Drink	Why it's similar	32 oz
Big Al	Diet Coke, coconut and fresh lime, no cream (15 to 40 calories)	$3.59
This Bliss	Diet Coke with cranberry and fresh lime (25 to 80 calories)	$3.59
Waikiki	Coke with pineapple and coconut cream; not diet (150 to 540 calories)	$3.84

Middle store prices across 178 stores, checked October 15, 2026. Prices vary by store.

More picks are in our guide to the best Swig drinks. Swig's FAQ names its most popular drinks as the Texas Tab, Strawberry Breeze and Shark Attack.

The Founder FAQ

How much is The Founder at Swig? $4.24 for a 32 oz and $3.30 for a 12 oz Kid's Cup at the middle-priced store. A 32 oz ranges from $4.00 to $4.49 across 178 stores.

Is The Founder sugar-free? Not entirely. Diet Coke is a diet soda and the coconut syrup is sugar-free, but the fresh lime and coconut cream aren't marked sugar-free. Swig lists it at 20 to 80 calories.

Can I get The Founder blended? Yes. Blending adds $1.50 at every store we checked.

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