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Fanta

Fanta is a global brand

Brand

A brand is a collection of symbols, experiences and associations connected with a product, a service, a person or any other artifact or entity....
of fruit-flavored soft drinks from the The Coca-Cola Company

The Coca-Cola Company

The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company, largest manufacturer, distributor and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world and is one of the largest corporations in the United States....
. There are over 70 flavors worldwide

International availability of Fanta

Fanta is a global brand of fruit-flavoured soda from the The Coca-Cola Company. There are over 70 flavours worldwide; however, most of them are only available by region in some countries....
, however most of them are only available in certain countries.

a has its origins in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, when a trading ban was placed on that nation by the Allies

Allies of World War II

The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers of World War II during the World War II. Within the ranks of the Allies powers, the British Empire, the Soviet Union, and the United States of America were known as "The Big Three"....
during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
. The Coca-Cola company therefore was not able to import the syrup needed to produce Coca-Cola in Germany. As a result, their chief chemist, Dr. Schetelig, decided to create a new product for the German market created using only ingredients available in Germany.

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History

Fanta has its origins in Germany

Germany

Allies of World War II

World War II

Tango (drink)

Tango is a carbonated soft drink sold primarily in the United Kingdom and Ireland, first launched by Corona in 1950. Corona were bought by the GlaxoSmithKline Group in 1958, and Beecham Soft Drinks were bought by Britvic in 1987....
, Mirinda

Mirinda

Mirinda is a brand of soft drink available in fruit varieties including orange , grapefruit, apple, strawberry, pineapple, banana, passionfruit and grape flavours....
, Slice

Slice (soft drink)

Slice is a line of fruit-flavored soft drinks manufactured by PepsiCo and introduced in 1984, with the lemon-lime flavor replacing Teem.Varieties of Slice have included Apple, fruit punch, Grape, Passionfruit, Peach, Mandarin Orange, Pineapple, Strawberry, Cherry Cola, "Red", Cherry-Lime, and Dr Slice....
, Orange Crush

Orange Crush

Orange Crush is an Orange -flavored soft drink invented by Clayton J. Powel of Los Angeles, California, California in 1916.The Crush brand and trademark are presently owned by Dr Pepper Snapple Group of Plano, Texas, Texas....
, and Tropicana Twister. Fanta was the second drink to be produced by Coca Cola, apart from the original Coca-Cola.

Ingredients

The composition of Fanta, for the same flavor, varies from country to country. For example, the European

Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
Fanta Orange has orange juice

Orange juice

Orange juice is a popular beverage. It is a source of vitamin C , potassium, folic acid . Citrus juices also contain flavonoids that are believed to have beneficial health effects....
(in varying percentages), whereas the US

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
formulation does not . The Australian

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
version is 5% fruit juice, and South American

South America

South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
formulations also have orange juice, especially in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
, where Fanta is 10% orange juice. These differences mean the taste of Fanta differs greatly from country to country, more so than regular Coca Cola, and may in part explain why the drink's popularity varies so much between different countries. Difference in coloring can be observed internationally, for example European Fanta Orange is a light orange almost yellow, in Latin

Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
and North American

North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
markets, deep orange coloring is used.

Spanish

Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
Fanta Orange formulation:

Carbonated water, sugar, 8% orange juice from concentrate, acidity regulator
Acidity regulator

Acidity regulators, or pH control agents, are food additives added to change or maintain pH . They can be organic acid or mineral acid acids, base , neutralization agents, or buffering agents....
E-330
E number

E numbers are number codes for food additives and are usually found on food labels throughout the European Union. The numbering scheme follows that of the International Numbering System as determined by the Codex Alimentarius committee....
(citric acid
Citric acid

Citric acid is a weak organic chemistry acid, and it is a natural preservative and is also used to add an acidic, or sour, taste to foods and soft drinks....
), aromas, preserver E-211 (sodium benzoate
Sodium benzoate

Sodium benzoate , also called benzoate of soda, has the chemical formula NaC6H5CO2. It is the sodium salt of benzoic acid and exists in this form when dissolved in water....
), stabilizers E-414 (gum arabic
Gum arabic

Gum arabic, also known as gum acacia, chaar gund or char goond, is a natural gum made of hardened sap taken from two species of the acacia tree; Acacia senegal and Acacia seyal....
), E-412 (guar gum
Guar gum

Guar gum, also called guaran, is a galactomannan. It is primarily the ground endosperm of guar beans. The guar seeds are dehusked, milled and screened to obtain the guar gum....
), E-445, antioxidant E-300 (ascorbic acid
Ascorbic acid

Ascorbic acid is a sugar acid with antioxidant properties. Its appearance is white to light-yellow crystals or powder. It is water-soluble. The L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid is commonly known as vitamin C....
), food coloring
Food coloring

A food coloring is any substance that is added to food or drink to change its color. Food coloring is used both in commercial food production and in domestic cooking....
E-160a (Carotene
Carotene

The term carotene is used for several related substances having the formula C40Hx, which are synthesized by plants but cannot be made by animals....
) and gelatine (made from fish).

United States Fanta Orange formulation:

Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup
High fructose corn syrup

High-fructose corn syrup ? called isoglucose in Europe and glucose-fructose in Canada ? comprises any of a group of corn syrups that has undergone enzymatic processing to increase its fructose content, and then been mixed with pure corn syrup ....
, citric acid
Citric acid

Citric acid is a weak organic chemistry acid, and it is a natural preservative and is also used to add an acidic, or sour, taste to foods and soft drinks....
, sodium benzoate, modified food starch, natural and artificial flavors, sucrose acetate isobutyrate, sodium polyphosphate
Polyphosphate

Polyphosphates are anionic phosphate polymers linked between hydroxyl groups and hydrogen atoms. The polymerization that takes place is known as a condensation reaction....
s, coconut oil
Coconut oil

Coconut oil, also known as coconut butter, is a tropical oil with many applications. It is extracted from copra . Coconut oil constitutes seven percent of the total export income of the Philippines, the world's largest exporter of the product....
, yellow 6, brominated vegetable oil
Brominated vegetable oil

Brominated vegetable oil is vegetable oil that has had atoms of the Chemical element bromine bonded to it. Brominated vegetable oil is used as an emulsifier in citrus-flavored soft drinks such as Mountain Dew, Gatorade, Powerade, Pineapple and Orange Fanta, Sun Drop, Squirt and Fresca to help natural fat-soluble citrus flavors stay suspended...
, red 40, dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate.

British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
Fanta Orange formulation:

Carbonated water, sugar (from beet and/or cane), orange fruit from concentrate (5%), citric acid
Citric acid

Citric acid is a weak organic chemistry acid, and it is a natural preservative and is also used to add an acidic, or sour, taste to foods and soft drinks....
, vegetable extracts (carrot, pumpkin), preservative (potassium sorbate
Potassium sorbate

Potassium sorbate is the potassium salt of sorbic acid. Its primary use is as a food preservative . Potassium sorbate is effective in a variety of applications including food, wine, and personal care....
), natural flavourings, sweeteners (sodium saccharin, aspartame), acidity regulator
Acidity regulator

Acidity regulators, or pH control agents, are food additives added to change or maintain pH . They can be organic acid or mineral acid acids, base , neutralization agents, or buffering agents....
(sodium citrate)

Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
Fanta Orange formulation:

Water, 12% orange juice, sugar, carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalent bond to a single carbon atom. It is a gas at standard temperature and pressure and exists in Earth's atmosphere in this state....
, citric acid
Citric acid

Citric acid is a weak organic chemistry acid, and it is a natural preservative and is also used to add an acidic, or sour, taste to foods and soft drinks....
, flavorings, preservative (potassium sorbate
Potassium sorbate

Potassium sorbate is the potassium salt of sorbic acid. Its primary use is as a food preservative . Potassium sorbate is effective in a variety of applications including food, wine, and personal care....
), stabilizer (gum arabic
Gum arabic

Gum arabic, also known as gum acacia, chaar gund or char goond, is a natural gum made of hardened sap taken from two species of the acacia tree; Acacia senegal and Acacia seyal....
), antioxidant (ascorbic acid
Ascorbic acid

Ascorbic acid is a sugar acid with antioxidant properties. Its appearance is white to light-yellow crystals or powder. It is water-soluble. The L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid is commonly known as vitamin C....
)

The combination of sodium benzoate and ascorbic acid (vitamin C) in some soft drinks may potentially lead to the formation of benzene

Benzene

Benzene, or benzol, is an organic compound chemical compound and a known carcinogen with the molecular formula Carbon6Hydrogen6....
. Benzene is a known carcinogen

Carcinogen

The term carcinogen refers to any substance, radionuclide or radiation that is an agent directly involved in the promotion of cancer or in the increase of its propagation....
. However, Fanta has not been shown to contain benzene above the limits set by the United States Environmental Protection Agency? for drinking water.

International availability

There are over 70 different flavors worldwide. For example, in Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located in Southeastern Europe Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian Mountains, bordering on the Black Sea....
, Macedonia

Republic of Macedonia

The Republic of Macedonia , , often referred to simply as Macedonia, is a landlocked country on the Balkans in southeastern Europe. It is bordered by Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south and Albania to the west....
, and some other countries, there is "Fanta Shokata" based on the traditional Romanian and Balkan drink Socata

Socata

Socata is a traditional Romanian soft drink made from the flowers of the European elderberry shrub, Sambucus nigra . The European elderberry also grows spontaneously in North America....
, made from elderflower

Elderberry

Sambucus is a genus of between 5 and 30 species of shrubs or small trees, formerly placed in the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae, but now shown by genetic evidence to be correctly classified in the moschatel family, Adoxaceae....
(a wordplay between "soc"- elderberry in Romanian- and "shock"). In Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
and the Netherlands, the local fruit, blackcurrant

Blackcurrant

The Blackcurrant is a species of Ribes berry native to central and northern Europe and northern Asia. It is also known as French "cassis".It is a small shrub growing to 1?2 m tall....
, 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.

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