Heard a great story about the history of Fanta soda on NRP today...apparently Fanta is the company that ran Coke's soda bottling in Germany. When the US declared war after pearl harbor, Coke withdrew their recipe..and the German owners had to come up with something. Apparently they literally used industrial waste..
"blended together an ever-changing combination of dregs, like leftovers from cheese production, the fibrous remains of apples that had been pressed for cider, and whatever surplus fruit he could acquire from Italy. He sweetened the soft drink with saccharin and named it Fanta, after the German word for fantasy or imagination"
The 2nd highest selling soda in Africa
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