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Encyclopedia > Virgin Cola

Virgin Cola is a carbonated cola soft drink produced by Virgin Drinks, a subsidiary of the Virgin Group owned by Sir Richard Branson. It was launched in 1994. Bubbles of carbon dioxide float to the surface of a carbonated soft drink. ... Several different brands of cola. ... A soft drink is a drink that contains no alcohol. ... Virgin Drinks is a subsidiary of the Virgin Group owned by Richard Branson. ... Refreshed Corporate logo of the Virgin Group introduced 2006 Usage of these images is restricted. ... Sir Richard Branson (born July 18, 1950) a famed British entrepreneur, is best known for his widely successful Virgin brand, a banner that encompasses a variety of business organizations. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

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History

Virgin Cola was set up during the early 1990s in conjunction with Cott, a Canadian company that specialises in bottling own-label drinks. Cott were looking for a major international brand that could have global appeal. Cott is a leading supplier of private label carbonated soft drinks distributing to Canada, the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Europe. ...


Virgin Cola was first released in 1994, to compete with Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Shortly thereafter, Pepsi changed the colour of its cans to blue. When Virgin learned about this they famously took out a full page advert in many newspapers on April Fools Day claiming that they developed a new can that turns blue when the cola inside is flat. 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. ... Pepsi-Cola, commonly called Pepsi, is a soft drink produced and manufactured by PepsiCo. ... Pepsi-Cola, commonly called Pepsi, is a soft drink produced and manufactured by PepsiCo. ... — Mark Twain April Fools Day or All Fools Day is a notable day, though not of its own right a holiday, celebrated in many countries on April 1. ...


Virgin Cola's "Cur-V" bottle is reputedly modelled after the body of then-Baywatch star Pamela Anderson.[1] [2]. Baywatch was a popular American television series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the crowded beaches of Los Angeles County, California. ... For other persons named Pamela Anderson, see Pamela Anderson (disambiguation). ...


Within a few months of its release, Virgin Cola had a 50% market share in the outlets that sold it. It went on to be launched in France, Belgium, and South Africa. In its first year more than 500 million units were sold worldwide. However, its popularity soon waned. It is also served on Virgin Atlantic flights and sold in the shops on Virgin Trains. Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. ... Virgin Trains is a train operating company in the United Kingdom. ...


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  Results from FactBites:
 
Virgin Cola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (348 words)
Virgin Cola is a carbonated cola soft drink produced by Virgin Drinks, a subsidiary of the Virgin Group owned by Sir Richard Branson.
Virgin Cola was set up during the early 1990s in conjunction with Cott, a Canadian company that specialises in bottling own-label drinks.
Virgin Cola was first released in 1994, to compete with Coca-Cola and Pepsi.
BBC - h2g2 - Cola Drinks - A553187 (1095 words)
Cola is named after a type of African nut (also known as the kola nut) which acts as a natural stimulant and is a popular chew as well as being used as a culinary ingredient.
Cola nuts are now mostly no longer used in cola drink manufacture, but they were once, and this is what the synthetic flavour of most cola drinks are modelled on.
Nowadays most colas consist of artificial flavourings, colourings, sugar, caffeine and h2o (hence the joke that caffeine-free sugar-free cola really is just brown water, tho' in reality it's brown water with flavourings).
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