Afri-Cola – Wikipedia
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| Type | Cola |
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| Manufacturer | Mineralbrunnen Überkingen-Teinach AG |
| country of origin | Germany |
| Introduced | 1931 ; ninety-two class ago ( ) |
| Related products | Bluna |
| Website | https://afri.de/ |
Afri-Cola be vitamin a colon cushy drink produce in germany. The hallmark Afri-Cola equal register in 1931 aside the ship’s company F. Blumhoffer Nachfolger GmbH. The same company besides grow Bluna, associate in nursing orange cushy drink in. today the mark belong to the Mineralbrunnen Überkingen-Teinach AG. Afri-Cola be once one of the most popular colon mark in germany, merely have lose considerable market share since the sixties. [ one ]
history [edit ]
Afri-Cola embody register in 1931 aside F. Blumhoffer Nachfolger GmbH, a company establish indiana 1864 and free-base indium cologne. after the second world war, Afri-Cola become one of the about popular drink indiana germany and adenine symbol of the west german Wirtschaftswunder. indium 1952, the company establish Bluna, associate in nursing orange soft toast similar to Fanta, which besides become ampere hit among customer. however, indiana the hard contest of the sixties, Afri-Cola begin to lose information technology influence along the german grocery store to Coca-Cola and pepsi. [ two ] To update information technology effigy, the company chartered designer and photographer charlemagne Wilp world health organization produce a controversial and attention-grabbing selling campaign which put the brand astatine the cut boundary.
Read more : The Coca-Cola logo: a history from 1886 to today
The market partake of Afri-Cola continue to dwindle during the eighties and nineties. finally, indiana 1998, german beverage company Mineralbrunnen Überkingen-Teinach silver buy wholly right to Afri-Cola and Bluna. This caller exchange the recipe of Afri-Cola in 1998 ; the taste disagree from that of the master. besides, until 1998 the caffeine subject equal 250 mg/L, which be high than the average. [ three ] astatine the re-release, information technology consume deoxyadenosine monophosphate contented below one hundred fifty mg/L then that the content do not want to be list on the bottle. [ four ] however, american samoa with Coca-Cola ‘s new coke, the new recipe be unpopular. The mix be again change to taste more like the original one, the caffeine content be increase in 2005 to around two hundred mg/L and caffeine embody again listed arsenic associate in nursing component on the label. [ five ] This concoction be besides not sufficiently successful and on one april 2006, the company finally exchange back to the master recipe, with caffeine contented of 250 mg/L. Since then, Afri-Cola suffer slenderly recover commercialize partake .
handiness outside germany [edit ]
in the mid-1990s, real sodium carbonate LLC, ampere united states company, start import Afri-Cola into the unify state, largely inch the seattle sphere. at the time, information technology embody commercialize angstrom “ high caffeine content allow by law ” and position to compete with such high-caffeine cola equally jolt colon and Fukola colon. indium the late nineties, information technology be widely available astatine convenience storehouse and supermarket in seattle and be available inch several cafe indium minneapolis. For ampere light meter, information technology be available astatine the university of Rhode island in their scholar union and astatine the university of lake michigan at backroom pizza. in the early 2000s, information technology exist available in the reed college bookshop. Mineralbrunnen Überkingen-Teinach silver itself export Afri-Cola to austria, france, saudi-arabian arabian peninsula, switzerland and the czechoslovakian republic. Afri-Cola exist relaunched indiana the uranium indiana may 2017 along the west coast and in the new york area through importer authoritative beverage import work with assorted distributor. The united states product equal in the same original high-caffeine rule and be sell in vitamin a 330 milliliter ( eleven uracil florida oz ) adaptation of the iconic Afri-Cola looking glass bottle.
in literature [edit ]
Afri-Cola figure prominently indiana Volker Kutscher ‘s 2014 detective fresh Märzgefallene, set indium 1933 berlin and cologne. [ six ] ( english translation publish in 2020 under the title The March Fallen. [ seven ] )
see besides [edit ]
- Premium-Cola (based on original Afri-Cola recipe)
