Fanta is a brand of fruit-flavored carbonated soft drinks created by coca-cola deutschland under the leadership of german businessman max keith. there are more than 200 flavors worldwide. fanta originated in germany as a coca-cola substitute in 1940 due to the american trade embargo of nazi germany which affected the availability of coca-cola ingredients. fanta soon dominated the german market with three million cans sold in 1943. the current formulation of fanta was developed in italy in 1955.

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