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Coca Cola alternatives (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by manualoverride@lemmy.world to c/buyfromeu@feddit.org

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My one vice is diet caffeine free coke, I’m so rock and roll. Trying to find a UK/EU alternative I keep finding almost all drink brands are owned by Coke or Pepsi. These companies which originated in the USA have entities in the EU, which complicates the decision. Can anyone recommend a wholly UK(ideally) or EU alternative that’s reasonably priced?

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[–] manualoverride@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] albert180@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

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

[–] manualoverride@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lol really?!

You learn something new every day

[–] albert180@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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/