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==History==
==History==
Fanta originated as a result of difficulties importing [[Coca-Cola]] syrup into [[Nazi Germany]] during World War II due to a trade embargo.<ref name=a>{{cite web |url=http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/fanta.asp |title=The Reich Stuff? |author=Mikkelson, Barbara |date=April 29, 2011 |work=[[Snopes]] |publisher= |accessdate=March 11, 2012}}</ref> To circumvent this, [[Max Keith]], the head of Coca-Cola Deutschland (Coca-Cola GmbH) 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 [[pomace]]&nbsp;– the ''"leftovers of leftovers"'', as Keith later recalled.<ref name=a /><ref name="pendergrast">[[Mark Pendergrast]]: For God, Country and Coca-Cola, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1993</ref> 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!"''<ref name="pendergrast" />
Fanta cody cody cody cody cody as a result of difficulties importing [[Coca-Cola]] syrup into [[Nazi Germany]] during World War II due to a trade embargo.<ref name=a>{{cite web |url=http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/fanta.asp |title=The Reich Stuff? |author=Mikkelson, Barbara |date=April 29, 2011 |work=[[Snopes]] |publisher= |accessdate=March 11, 2012}}</ref> To circumvent this, [[Max Keith]], the head of Coca-Cola Deutschland (Coca-Cola GmbH) 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 [[pomace]]&nbsp;– the ''"leftovers of leftovers"'', as Keith later recalled.<ref name=a /><ref name="pendergrast">[[Mark Pendergrast]]: For God, Country and Coca-Cola, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1993</ref> 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!"''<ref name="pendergrast" />


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, formula and the trademarks to the new Fanta product—as well as the plant profits made during the war.<ref name=a /><ref name="pendergrast" />
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, formula and the trademarks to the new Fanta product—as well as the plant profits made during the war.<ref name=a /><ref name="pendergrast" />

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Fanta
TypeSoft drink
ManufacturerThe Coca-Cola Company
Country of origin Germany
Introduced1941
VariantsSee International availability
Related productsSunkist, Crush, Slice, Mirinda
Websitefanta.com Edit this on Wikidata

Fanta is a global brand of fruit-flavored carbonated soft drinks created by The Coca-Cola Company. There are over 100 flavors worldwide. The drink originated in Germany in 1941.[1]

In the UK, Fanta is a rival to Tango made by British company Britvic.

History

Fanta cody cody cody cody cody as a result of difficulties importing Coca-Cola syrup into Nazi Germany during World War II due to a trade embargo.[2] To circumvent this, Max Keith, the head of Coca-Cola Deutschland (Coca-Cola GmbH) 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 pomace – the "leftovers of leftovers", as Keith later recalled.[2][3] 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!"[3]

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, formula and the trademarks to the new Fanta product—as well as the plant profits made during the war.[2][3]

Fanta was discontinued when the parent company was reunited with the German branch. Following the launch of several drinks by the Pepsi corporation in the 1950s, Coca Cola competed by relaunching Fanta in 1955. The drink was heavily marketed in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.[4]

Marketing

USA

Fanta is known for its upbeat advertising; in the United States, it showcases The Fantanas, a casted group of young female models, each of whom promotes an individual Fanta flavor. For the re-introduction of Fanta in the United States, Coca-Cola worked with the ad agency Ogilvy (NYC) in 2001. After a brainstorming session, the Ogilvy creative team of Andrea Scaglione, Andrew Ladden and Bill Davaris, created the tagline "Wanta Fanta!" which became the jingle for the Fantanas in the broadcast campaign. The campaign lasted from summer 2001, in the form of a successful trial run, to October 1, 2006. Three years later, in June 2009, Fanta re-launched the campaign. They also held a talent search to find the pineapple Fantana, and, in September selected Shakira Barrera to become the fourth Fantana.[5] After Barrera won the search, she spent a year at her post, with the latter six months as an actual Fantana called Lily.

India

In India, Fanta entered the market as a substitute for the then-popular Indian soft drink Gold Spot. When Coca-Cola re-entered the Indian market in 1993, it bought Gold Spot from Parle and withdrew it from the market in order to make space for Fanta.

International availability

Main article: International availability of Fanta
Fanta Shokata (labels upside down as part of the "turn the world upside down" ad campaign[6])
File:Fanta Orange Zero 500ml.jpg
Fanta Orange Zero, sugar free version of Fanta Orange

There are over 90 different flavors worldwide. In Serbia, Albania, Macedonia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia and some other countries, there is "Fanta Shokata" (a wordplay between "soc" -elderberry in Romanian- and "shock") based on an elderflower blossom extract drink, traditional in Romania (where it is called Socată), Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia and other Balkan countries. In Switzerland and the Netherlands, the local blackcurrant is used to produce Fanta as well. Some identical flavors have different names in different markets.[citation needed]

The original formula of Orange Fanta, available in Germany, Austria, and other countries, is completely different from the drink marketed in the United States as Fanta Orange.[citation needed]

Primary competitors to Fanta have included Tango, Mirinda, Slice, Sumol, Crush, Tropicana Twister and Orangina. Fanta was the second drink to be produced by Coca-Cola, after the original Coca-Cola. Fanta was recently relaunched in Singapore after being absent for a period.[citation needed]

International popularity

  • In Spain, a Pagafantas ("Fanta-buyer") is a man in love with a young woman, who does not love him back. The phrase suggests always being the one paying for another's soft drink.[7]
  • In Australia, there are Fanta Labs in many shopping malls. Fanta Lab provides 2 identical "Labs" where there is a set of water filter cups to the side and a touch screen, which shows the four available Australian flavors, Mango-Passionfruit, Orange, Grape, and Raspberry, and you can choose 4 flavors to be mixed. Therefore, you can mix 2 flavors twice, 3 flavors, 4 flavors, or just get a free cup of original Fanta.
  • In Japan, the market often issues seasonal rare flavours like yuzu

Controversy

A 2005 British television advertisement for Fanta Z showed a couple enjoying a picnic on a beach and drinking from their cans of Fanta Light, but then calmly spitting the drink out. Others were also shown spitting the drink out in similar ways. The viewers complained that the ad condoned spitting and that children were reported to have copied the ad. A head teacher said that children in the playground had mimicked the commercial. The majority of complainants to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the images were disgusting and thought it was inappropriate because spitting posed a health risk. The ad became restricted to the post-9pm broadcasts. The ASA agreed that viewers would not want children to see something perceived as anti-social, but did not consider that the images showing people spitting would cause widespread offense or pose a significant health risk.[8]

See also

  • Royal Tru - Fanta's Filipino counterpart.
  • Hit - Fanta's Venezuelan counterpart.

References

  1. ^ Embonor Chili Products
  2. ^ a b c Mikkelson, Barbara (April 29, 2011). "The Reich Stuff?". Snopes. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Mark Pendergrast: For God, Country and Coca-Cola, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1993
  4. ^ http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2010/08/why_do_foreigners_like_fanta_so_much.html
  5. ^ "MediaPost Publications Fanta Comes Back After Nearly 20-Year Absence 08/07/2002". Mediapost.com. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
  6. ^ "UM fanta shokata". Universal Media.
  7. ^ Unrequited love: are you a ‘pagafantas’?
  8. ^ Pearlman, Julia (6 July 2005). "er's Fanta Z TV ad gets restriction after kids copy spitting". Brand Republic. Haymarket Media. Retrieved 24 April 2010.
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