Coca-Cola and Fanta.
Recently I saw a photo of HJ Flakhelfer drinking Coca-Cola (or more probably Fanta). The photo must be from the period 1943-45.
I have seen several photos with Coca-Cola advertisments etc. from the Nazi period, and I started wondering how this was possible.
The subject has been discussed on this Forum a couple of times.
Searching the Internet I found this interesting page: Coca Cola goes to war, on BOTH sides. (Scroll down to the last part of the page)
Here's a part of the text, explaining about Fanta:
"As Max Keith's supplies of Coke dwindled in 1941 he gave his last batches to Nazi soldiers.
After the US entered the war in 1941 Max Keith couldn't get Coca Cola syrup from America to make Coke so he invented a new drink out of the ingredients he had available to him and made it specifically for the Nazi market and the Third Reich. The drink was called Fanta.
Fanta came by its name thanks to Keith's instructions to employees during the contest to christen the beverage - he told them to let their Fantasie [Geman for fantasy] run wild. Upon hearing that, veteran salesman Joe Knipp immediately blurted out Fanta.
This new soda was often made from the leavings of other food industries. (Remember, Germany did have a bit of an import problem at that time.) Whey (a cheese by-product) and apple fiber from cider presses found their way into the drink.
As for which fruits were used in the formulation, it all depended on what was available at the time. In its earliest incarnations, the drink was sweetened with saccharin, but by 1941 its concocters were permitted to use 3.5 percent beet sugar."
If you have relevant photos etc. let's see them here.
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Recently I saw a photo of HJ Flakhelfer drinking Coca-Cola (or more probably Fanta). The photo must be from the period 1943-45.
I have seen several photos with Coca-Cola advertisments etc. from the Nazi period, and I started wondering how this was possible.
The subject has been discussed on this Forum a couple of times.
Searching the Internet I found this interesting page: Coca Cola goes to war, on BOTH sides. (Scroll down to the last part of the page)
Here's a part of the text, explaining about Fanta:
"As Max Keith's supplies of Coke dwindled in 1941 he gave his last batches to Nazi soldiers.
After the US entered the war in 1941 Max Keith couldn't get Coca Cola syrup from America to make Coke so he invented a new drink out of the ingredients he had available to him and made it specifically for the Nazi market and the Third Reich. The drink was called Fanta.
Fanta came by its name thanks to Keith's instructions to employees during the contest to christen the beverage - he told them to let their Fantasie [Geman for fantasy] run wild. Upon hearing that, veteran salesman Joe Knipp immediately blurted out Fanta.
This new soda was often made from the leavings of other food industries. (Remember, Germany did have a bit of an import problem at that time.) Whey (a cheese by-product) and apple fiber from cider presses found their way into the drink.
As for which fruits were used in the formulation, it all depended on what was available at the time. In its earliest incarnations, the drink was sweetened with saccharin, but by 1941 its concocters were permitted to use 3.5 percent beet sugar."
If you have relevant photos etc. let's see them here.
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