False - there are quite a few rumors circulating about Fanta’s beginnings in relation to Coca-Cola; in a nutshell: Fanta was created during WWII when Coca-Cola’s bottling operations in Germany were effectively cut off from it’s parent company in the United States. Max Keith, the head of Coca-Cola’s German Operations (43 bottling plants and over 600 local distributors) created a new soft drink out of local ingredients that could be sourced during war time, in doing so Max safeguarded both Coca-Cola’s interests and the interests of his employees. Once the war was over, Coca-Cola was able to resume operations and brought Keith’s product into it’s offering.
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January 18, 2010
The Germans saw Coca-Cola, and came up with the drink, Fanta.
