Fanta is a global brand of fruit-flavored soft drink from the Coca-Cola Company. There are over 115 flavors world-wide; however, most of them are only available in some countries. The brand was originally introduced in Germany in 1940, and was purchased by Coca-Cola in 1960. Today it is available in 180 countries. Image File history File links Fanta-logo. ... A soft drink is a drink that contains no alcohol. ... The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is one of the largest manufacturers, distributors and marketers of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world. ... For other uses, see Brand (disambiguation). ... A soft drink is a drink that contains no alcohol. ... The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is one of the largest manufacturers, distributors and marketers of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world. ... Fanta is a global brand of fruit-flavoured soft drink from the Coca-Cola Company. ...

History

Older Fanta logo

Fanta was created during World War II in Germany by the German Coca-Cola bottling company. Due to restrictions on shipping between Germany and the United States, the German bottling plant could not get Coca Cola syrup. The CEO of the plant, Max Keith, needed a product to keep the plant in operation and devised a fruit flavored drink made from available ingredients. Image File history File linksMetadata Fanta_old. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Fanta_old. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The wave shape (known as the dynamic ribbon device) present on all Coca-Cola cans throughout the world derives from the contour of the original Coca-Cola bottles. ... Combatants Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy United States Navy Kriegsmarine Regia Marina Commanders Sir Percy Noble Sir Max K. Horton Ernest J. King Erich Raeder Karl Dönitz Casualties 30,248 merchant sailors 3,500 merchant vessels 175 warships 28,000 sailors 783 submarines The Second Battle of the Atlantic... Max Keith was the head of Coca-Cola GmbH, which was the major bottler of Coca-Cola during the National Socialist period of German history. ...

Using apple fiber remaining from cider pressing and whey, a byproduct from cheese manufacture, Fanta was created and became quite popular. The original German Fanta had a yellow color and a different flavor from that of Fanta Orange. The flavor varied throughout the war, depending on the ingredients used. Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ...

The name 'Fanta' was coined during an employee contest to name the new beverage. Keith told them to let their Fantasie (German for fantasy) run wild. On hearing that, salesman Joe Knipp spontaneously arrived upon the name Fanta.

After World War II, Fanta was introduced to the United States by Coca-Cola, and in 1960 they bought the trademark. Fanta Orange is the most popular Fanta flavor, available in 180 countries. In terms of volume, Brazil is the largest consumer of Fanta in the world. Fanta remains more popular in Europe and South America than in the United States. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... “(TM)” redirects here. ...

Primary competitors to Fanta have included Orangina and PepsiCo's Slice and Tropicana Twister. The distinctive Orangina bottle Orangina is a carbonated soft drink made from oranges and tangerines. ... PepsiCo, Incorporated (NYSE: PEP) is a global American beverage and snack company. ... Slice is a line of fruit-flavored soft drinks manufactured by PepsiCo and introduced in 1984, with the Lemon-Lime and Mandarin Orange flavors. ... Tropicana Twister is the name of a brand of soft drinks and fruit juice beverages, produced by the Pepsi Bottling Group. ...

In some markets, Coca Cola also has spun off various diet Fanta varieties including Fanta "Z" and Fanta Zero Orange.

Ingredients

Billboard promoting Guarana Fanta in Guadeloupe

The composition of Fanta, for the same flavor, varies from country to country. For example, the European Fanta Orange has orange juice (in variable percentages), whereas the US formulation does not ^[1]. The Australian version contains 5% fruit juice, as well as South American formulations also have orange juice. ^[2] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 2. ...

Spanish Fanta Orange formulation: ^[3]

• Carbonated water, sugar, 8% orange juice from concentrate, acidity regulator E-330 (citric acid), aromas, preserver E-211 (sodium benzoate), stabilizers E-414 (gum arabic), E-412 (guar gum), E-445, antioxidant E-300 (ascorbic acid), food coloring E-160a and gelatine (made from fish).

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• Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup and/or sucrose, citric acid, sodium benzoate, modified food starch, natural and artificial flavors, sucrose acetate isobutyrate, sodium polyphosphates, coconut oil, yellow 6, brominated vegetable oil, red 40, dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate.

The combination of sodium benzoate and ascorbic acid (vitamin C) in some soft drinks may potentially lead to the formation of benzene. Benzene is a known carcinogen. However, Fanta has not been shown to contain benzene above the limits set by the EPA for drinking water. ^[4] High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) refers to a group of corn syrups which have undergone enzymatic processing in order to increase their fructose content and are then mixed with pure corn syrup (100% glucose) to reach their final form. ... Citric acid is a weak organic acid found in citrus fruits. ... Polyphosphates are phosphate polymers linked between hydroxyl groups and hydrogen atoms. ... Coconut oil, also known as coconut butter, is a tropical oil extracted from copra (the dried inner flesh of coconuts) with many applications. ... For benzine, see petroleum ether. ... The hazard symbol for carcinogenic chemicals in the Globally Harmonized System. ... EPA redirects here. ...

Fanta in other countries

A Fanta bottle of Chile

Main article: International availability of Fanta

There are over 70 different flavors world-wide. For example, in Bosnia and Herzegovina (and some other countries), there is "Fanta Shokata" based on the traditional Bosnian drink Šokata made from elderflower. In Switzerland and previously the Netherlands the local fruit, blackcurrant is used to produce Fanta as well. Some identical flavors have different names in different markets. The classic orange, for example, was rebranded "Fanta Funky Orange" in 2003 for the Nordic countries and Belgium, while other countries retain the older "Fanta Orange" brand. As of the year 2005, the Fanta brand has been connected with the word Bambaacha (or Bamboocha), which is often seen in the Fanta commercials. TaB diet Cola was originally produced by the Fanta division of Coca-cola and was, at one time, available in a variety of non-cola flavors as well. Later in 2005, Fanta branched out into new Fanta Zero (diet versions) varieties in Great Britain. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (750 × 1,000 pixels, file size: 318 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (750 × 1,000 pixels, file size: 318 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Fanta is a global brand of fruit-flavoured soft drink from the Coca-Cola Company. ... Species See text Elder or Elderberry (Sambucus) is a genus of between 5–30 species of shrubs or small trees (two species herbaceous), formerly treated in the honeysuckle family Caprifoliaceae, but now shown by genetic evidence to be correctly classified in the moschatel family Adoxaceae. ... Binomial name L. The Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) is a species of Ribes berry native to central and northern Europe and northern Asia. ... Political map of the Nordic countries and associated territories. ... TaB is a diet cola. ...

Advertising

Previous Fanta Logo

In 2001, The Coca-Cola Company began folding what had been known as Minute Maid soft drinks (introduced in 1987 in the United States) and began an aggressive advertising campaign to expand the market for Fanta (which had been available in the United States since 1960), especially among younger consumers. Their campaign features The Fantanas, a fictional girl group whose tagline is Don't You Wanta Fanta? The Fantanas (and their flavors) are Kiki (orange), Sophia (grape), Capri (strawberry), and Lola (pineapple). Along with traditional television and print advertisements, Fanta has been aggressively marketed in movies targeted at teenage audiences. Image File history File links Fanta-logo. ... Image File history File links Fanta-logo. ... Minute Maid is a product line of beverages, usually associated with orange juice, but now extends to soft drinks of many kinds, including Hi-C. Minute Maid was the first company to market orange juice concentrate, allowing it to be distributed nationwide and served year-round. ... The Fantanas are a group of spokesmodels who were created to promote Coca Colas Fanta brand of soft drinks in the United States. ... Girl group UC3 sing The Star-Spangled Banner for U.S. troops in Afghanistan A girl group is a musical group featuring several young female singers who generally harmonize together. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as...

The Fantanas were parodied several times on the US show, "MADtv", during their 10th season, with former cast member Paul Vogt portraying yet another member of the group called 2 liter Beth: a fat, leering, sexually provocative, food-obsessed young woman with what could be called an "all-purpose", generic Latin accent. For other uses, see Mad TV (disambiguation). ... Paul Vogt (born December 16, 1964, in Buffalo, New York) was, from 2002 to 2005, one of the lead actors on the comedy sketch-show MADtv. ...

A spherical Fanta bottle

Around 2004 the Fanta website allowed people to produce their own films, based on their televised advert. The advert featured people in a foreign country, with comic subtitles for their language. The Fanta Shockata website let people do similar with a variety of video clips. This became a huge attraction to the site, and has since become a well remembered and celebrated part of the Community of Myth's historic culture - the only time Fanta itself has become part of an internet meme. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 449 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,406 × 1,875 pixels, file size: 971 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 449 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,406 × 1,875 pixels, file size: 971 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ...

In the United States, commercials for Fanta come with the tag line, "Wanna Fanta, don't you wanta?" It was changed to "Wanna Fanta, Fanta Fever!" when the Fanta Fever drink was introduced.

References

External links

• History of Coca-cola and Fanta complete with pictures
• Fanta official website
• Fanta on Coca-cola.com
• The Reich Stuff: Was Fanta Invented by the Nazis? (from Snopes.com)
• Coke phasing out Minute Maid soft drinks