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> I often wonder why the national companies haven't managed to widely export these or produce them elsewhere The reverse is true as well. Some popular soft dri

> I often wonder why the national companies haven't managed to widely export these or produce them elsewhere The reverse is true as well. Some popular soft drinks in the USA are unknown in Brazil -- such as root beer, Dr Pepper, and cream soda.[1] I think guaraná would be a success in the US and root beer could be a success in Brazil too. My assumption is that nobody wants to spend the money to create the market in a new country unless they're going to have a monopoly for at least awhile. But nobody own the flavors of guaraná and root beer, or even those names. After you've spent all the money to educate the public, some established domestic company would swoop in and take the market away from you. [1] http://brazilsense.com/index.php?title=Common_in_the_USA_and_Canada_but_rare_in_Brazil http://brazilsense.com/index.php?title=Common_in_the_USA_and...

FoomFries 4y ago
Guarana flavored soda is the original flavor of Bawls energy drink, based in the US. Pretty tasty.
- joshspankit 4y ago
  How I first learned about Guarana, and Bawls had something that still outshines everything else since.
wirrbel 4y ago
as a German who LOVES root beer, it is kind of an acquired taste and most of the friends I introduced to root beer don't like it. You can actually buy root beer in larger supermarkets here but there isn't a guarantee that its in stock always and I am sure its a low sales volume item). So IMHO root beer has its market share in the US because it got popular at a time when there wasn't such a great variety in sugary drinks, kind of a founder effect, and that is not replicated in a different market, as competition is hire so people don't get to drink the 3-4 cans of root beer that I guess are necessary to get hooked.
- elondaits 4y ago
  As an Argentinian who LOVES root beer (and Dr Pepper, and Guarana) I agree. Enough people like Guarana in Argentina, but I don't imagine root beer succeeding. Weirdly, a mate-based soda is super popular in Germany, but when we had a (different) mate-based soda in Argentina it came and went very quickly.

FoomFries 4y ago

Guarana flavored soda is the original flavor of Bawls energy drink, based in the US. Pretty tasty.

joshspankit 4y ago
How I first learned about Guarana, and Bawls had something that still outshines everything else since.

wirrbel 4y ago

as a German who LOVES root beer, it is kind of an acquired taste and most of the friends I introduced to root beer don't like it. You can actually buy root beer in larger supermarkets here but there isn't a guarantee that its in stock always and I am sure its a low sales volume item). So IMHO root beer has its market share in the US because it got popular at a time when there wasn't such a great variety in sugary drinks, kind of a founder effect, and that is not replicated in a different market, as competition is hire so people don't get to drink the 3-4 cans of root beer that I guess are necessary to get hooked.

elondaits 4y ago
As an Argentinian who LOVES root beer (and Dr Pepper, and Guarana) I agree. Enough people like Guarana in Argentina, but I don't imagine root beer succeeding. Weirdly, a mate-based soda is super popular in Germany, but when we had a (different) mate-based soda in Argentina it came and went very quickly.