I am watching a really cool documentary which I downloaded on the Coke Vs Pepsi war from the beginning up till today. They were just talking about how Fanta was created and I found it very interesting so I thought I would share it. Here is some info taken from Wikipedia:
Fanta was invented during World War II in Nazi Germany by the German Coca Cola (GmbH) bottling company. Due to restrictions on shipping between Nazi Germany and the United States during hostilities, the German bottling plant could no longer get Coca Cola syrup. The CEO of the plant, Max Keith, needed to do something to keep the plant in operation and came up with a fruit flavored drink made from whatever he could find. Using apple fiber left over from cider presses and whey, a byproduct from cheese manufacture, Fanta was created and became quite popular.
The name ‘Fanta’ came during an employee contest to name the new beverage. Keith told them to let their Fantasie (German for imagination) run wild. On hearing that, salesman Joe Knipp spontaneously arrived upon the name Fanta.
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We live and learn 🙂
Vicky, i suggest you try and do some good research yourself…PEPSI was created before Israel came into existance, BY A LONG SHOT 🙂
The “Pay each penny to save Israel” and so many others are chain emails…I remember “Knights In Satan’s Service ” – KISS.
Always check things before beleiving them, ESPECIALLY emails 😉
I think nibaq posted on this ages ago.
Thats pretty cool information! I used to like fanta a few years back, but now the flavor changed for some reason!
viva cocacola.. i hate pepsi
fanta shokata
is it true that coke used to lace their drink with cocaine?!
yeah. the original ingredient had cocaine.
I haven’t drink a soft drink for almost now 4 years … why? because i believe that water & juice are better than having an ACID in your stomach! 🙂
I wonder how they came up with the name ‘Shani’ .. ;p
Where do u download this documantries from , If thru torrents , then how do u pick them and from which torrent site ??
lol armani_exchange you already have a really strong acid in your stomach to digest food, it’s called pepsin (not related to pepsi)
also juices contain loads of acids, like lemonade and orange juice etc.
Actually holla, Pepsin isn’t an acid at all , Its an enzyme designed to digest proteins only, this enzyme u could find in washing powder
i saw the documentary, i found it very interesting, especially when Pepsi came up with the “Pepsi Generation” campaign. Coke was a supplier for the army, and the young people, the Pepsi Generation, were against wars.
ineresting….. luv coke….. hate pepsi…..
It’s so nice to learn so much just reading your pages! I’m living in Finland and it seems here their main drinks are milk or fanta! Now I have something new to talk about with them!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY5CAXWsWYI
where would the world be without the germans?!?! 😛