Friday, June 15, 2012

Fanta


SO Fanta here is amazing. Instead of being like orange soda its more a carbonated orange juice. Seeing as history is my theme heres a bit of history on Fanta. This is quoted from Wikipedia.
Fanta originated due to difficulties importing Coca-cola syrup into Nazi Germany during World War II due to a trade embargo. To circumvent this, Max Keith, the man in charge of Coca-Cola Deutschland during the Second World War, decided to create a new product for the German market, using only ingredients available in Germany at the time, including Whey and pomance – the "leftovers of leftovers", as Keith later recalled The name was the result of a brief brainstorming session, which started with Keith exhorting his team to "use their imagination" ("Fantasie" in German), to which one of his salesmen, Joe Knipp, immediately retorted "Fanta!
While the plant was effectively cut off from Coca Cola headquarters during the war, plant management did not join the Nazi party. After the war, the Coca Cola corporation regained control of the plant and the trademarks to the new Fanta product - as well as the plant profits made during the war

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