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Where are you based? There should be a local alternative available in your local supermarket. Just try them out and maybe search who is producing them where. Please don't start to import cola from other countries as everything has to be trucked around and nothing good will come from someone in Spain drinking Cola produced in Norway.
(This is actually something Coca Cola is doing good: They are shipping only the sirup and use local companies to bottle it in order to reduce transportation costs)
I’m in the UK, and this is why I was looking for something ideally UK based, I 100% agree with reducing transport as much as possible. A local bar makes their own Cola but it’s terrible, and is £5 a glass.
I was thinking Fanta is European, but its owned by Coca Cola.
Well it was invented in Germany during the Nazi times by Coca Cola employees, which had to figure out another drink because supply chain issues made producing Come difficult
Lol really?!
You learn something new every day
They even made a braindead commercial for the 75th anniversary with "We will bring back the feeling of the good old times" and brought back something similar to the original recipe (The Product was actually quite nice as it was less sugary and tasted much better, and also contained some real orange juice)
https://youtu.be/pWGUMXRNXhA
https://www.timesofisrael.com/fanta-ad-forgets-germanys-nazi-past/