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Does this mean the world can eventually look forward to a new soft drink? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta#Origins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta#Origi

Does this mean the world can eventually look forward to a new soft drink? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta#Origins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanta#Origins > During the Second World War, the US established a trade embargo against Nazi Germany, making the export of Coca-Cola syrup difficult. To circumvent this, Max Keith, the head of Coca-Cola Deutschland (Coca-Cola GmbH), decided to create a new product for the German market, using only ingredients available in Germany at the time, including beet sugar, whey, and apple pomace—the "leftovers of leftovers", as Keith later recalled. The name was the result of a brainstorming session, which started with Keith's exhorting his team to "use their imagination" (Fantasie in German), to which one of his salesmen, Joe Knipp, retorted "Fanta!".

sschueller 5y ago
I always prefer Fanta or Sinalco over a coke and I wasn't aware of this fact. Very interesting.
- Ansil849 5y ago
  The John Pilger documentary Burp! Pepsi vs. Coke: The Ice Cold War [1] was really eye opening for me. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3PjKrWdZ-E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3PjKrWdZ-E
- bobthepanda 5y ago
  Fanta, the brand name was invented during WWII. Fanta, the original recipe, is not the modern orange soda, but was rather a soda cobbled together from fruit scraps and whatever else was available in a severely rationed Germany. The original recipe was discontinued in 1945 and the orange soda launched in 1955. I don’t think anyone could find original-recipe Fanta.
vinni2 5y ago
So Fanta was invented by Nazis?
- eps 5y ago
  Not the modern version. Just the name.
  - Ansil849 5y ago
    You could give that response to almost any product. For example, in response to 'so Windows was invented by Bill Gates?' 'Not the modern version. Just the name'. That doesn't change who invented the original product. So yes, Nazis invented Fanta--or more accurately, Fanta was invented in Nazi-era Germany.
yesbabyyes 5y ago
I guess this is as good a time as any to remind readers of the time Pepsi managed to make its cola the most popular soda in the Soviet Union, trading it for Stolichnaya vodka and later their own military fleet: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/soviet-union-pepsi-ships https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/soviet-union-pepsi-shi...

sschueller 5y ago

I always prefer Fanta or Sinalco over a coke and I wasn't aware of this fact. Very interesting.

Ansil849 5y ago
The John Pilger documentary Burp! Pepsi vs. Coke: The Ice Cold War [1] was really eye opening for me. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3PjKrWdZ-E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3PjKrWdZ-E
bobthepanda 5y ago
Fanta, the brand name was invented during WWII. Fanta, the original recipe, is not the modern orange soda, but was rather a soda cobbled together from fruit scraps and whatever else was available in a severely rationed Germany. The original recipe was discontinued in 1945 and the orange soda launched in 1955. I don’t think anyone could find original-recipe Fanta.

vinni2 5y ago

So Fanta was invented by Nazis?

eps 5y ago
Not the modern version. Just the name.
- Ansil849 5y ago
  You could give that response to almost any product. For example, in response to 'so Windows was invented by Bill Gates?' 'Not the modern version. Just the name'. That doesn't change who invented the original product. So yes, Nazis invented Fanta--or more accurately, Fanta was invented in Nazi-era Germany.

yesbabyyes 5y ago

I guess this is as good a time as any to remind readers of the time Pepsi managed to make its cola the most popular soda in the Soviet Union, trading it for Stolichnaya vodka and later their own military fleet: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/soviet-union-pepsi-ships https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/soviet-union-pepsi-shi...