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Why Nazi Germany Invented Fanta (It Wasn't for Taste)

In 1940, Nazi Germany invented Fanta—not as a fun fruity drink, but as a desperate wartime substitute for Coca-Cola. When Allied embargoes cut off Coke syrup shipments, German factory manager Max Keith created Fanta from food waste: apple pomace, whey leftover from cheese-making, and whatever scraps were available under rationing.

It tasted terrible. But it kept factories running and workers employed during World War 2. By 1943, Germany consumed 3 million cases annually. Wehrmacht soldiers drank it. It was marketed as a patriotic German alternative to American Coke.

After the war, Coca-Cola took the brand, completely reformulated it, and turned Fanta into a global phenomenon—while carefully avoiding mention of its Nazi-era origins. Today, Fanta is sold in 180+ countries, and almost nobody knows it was invented in Hitler's Germany from wartime garbage.

This documentary reveals:
How trade embargoes forced the invention
What original Fanta was actually made from
Max Keith's role managing Coca-Cola under the Nazi regime
Why Wehrmacht soldiers drank it
How Coca-Cola sanitized the story after 1945
The 2015 controversy when Coca-Cola Germany celebrated "the good old times"

The bizarre true story of how one of the world's most popular soft drinks was born from desperation in Nazi Germany.

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