In Europe, Fanta is fantastic, but in the US it's just overly sweet orange soda. Is there something like European Fanta in the US? If so, what is it called?
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Most European versions use orange juice and cane or beet sugar. The American formulation has no juice and uses high fructose corn syrup.
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i have never liked that stuff but i only had it in the us... it does not surprise me that it is better elsewhere... it must be hard to market a product to the world and try to guaranty consistency as well... maybe Mexico hates Us... who knows?
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Yeah we get all the different flavours here..i love the stuff and Mcdonalds now do Still Fanta which is even better mmmmmmmmmmm...Unlucky U.S...you want me to send you a bottle
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I don't know of anything similar in the U.S., but I know exactly what you mean. Many products here in Europe that I am familiar with due to their names (from being born and raised in the U.S.) taste much better than their American versions. I thought I was nuts until I researched it a bit more and realized that they were indeed made differently, usually with more emphasis on the quality and nutritiousness of a product as opposed to the profitability and marketability of it. Basically, it boils down to the fact that the Europeans (in general) refuse to buy less quality items, so the demand is there for companies to market to the public in that way. That's the way I see it, anyways.
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I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! U.S. Fanta tastes like rotten oranges, smushed with feet and twirled with a dirty broom LOL..and no I've never had european fanta in US... but I've had good fanta outside of US :/ I miss good fanta :( LOL
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Yes it is called Orangina. The difference is that orangina has real pulp in it. Aside from that, it is something fairly close.
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I know the feeling... The biggest thing I miss about the UK is Lilt which is made by Coca-Cola Schweppe's, pineapple-citrus soda.. I could drink that all day, alas, not sold in the States, and if it were, it would be over sweetened.
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Orange Soda.
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I just CAME from europe, where I drank an orange or lemon fanta nearly every day. It's fantastic! Much to my disappointment, when I checked the ingredients on the american fanta versus the italian one (where I was, along with greece, croatia and turkey), it was all high-fructose corn syrup and citric acid. NOT orange juice, sugar, and carbonation, which is what the european one is like! I will definitely check out orangina. I miss orange juice in my orange soda!!!!
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kind of an odd question but we. i have noticed that many knock off/unpopular brands/family owned/ sodas taste a dillion times better than the real ones. look around for em'.
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Never had the european version but I don't know that I want actual juice in my soda. Funny because I think Fanta here is less sweet than say, Crush or Sunkist (my favorite) Maybe try Jarritos, Mexican soda I don't think they have juice either in them but I love me some Tacos y Jarritos!
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It's called sugar. Most Versions of Soda in Europe use sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup.
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The closest thing I have found to the European Fanta is a soda made by Polar, called Orange Dry. It comes in regular and diet, and has 10% orange juice ~ pretty good, but still not as good as the Euro Fanta I lust after.
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