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c/buyeuropean · by Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1y

European soda brands ?

I was driving and found myself craving some caffeinated soda. Since coca and Dr pepper are now off limits I just downed an espresso and got a (European) ice tea, but I'm wondering if there are actual alternatives

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cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 27 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 1y

I am a hydro homie, but as someone who has a tendency to not eat enough, sometimes that sugar rush hits different

rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 20 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Almost every country has tons of domestic soda brands, though most of them are only available locally/regionally and some of them are probably USA-owned.

In Germany there's Fritz Cola, Afri-Cola, Sinalco, Mio-Mio, Club Mate, Bionade, Paulaner Spezi and many more.

Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Yeah in France we have tons of "regional" colas but outside of Brittany (Breizh cola) and Corsica (Corsica cola) you're not finding them in a gas station

BastingChemina@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y

Kofola is really popular in Czech republic and surrounding countries.

rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Gas stations are definitely difficult, many of them just don't have the shelf space for 5 different cola brands, and if you can only pick one it's hard to justify anything but coca cola from the perspective of the gas station owner ...

Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y

Yeah, I guess I'll just settle on gas station coffee with a lot of sugar. Probably better on my stomach than cola too, but that's a low bar to clear

kane@femboys.biz · 16 pts · 1y

I've recently been enjoying Fritz-Kola, which is a german brand of cola. I was also super happy to learn that Red Bull is european!

AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Most european supermarket chains will have their own brand and they will most probably come from a local company. Lidl, auchan, carrefour...

Then we also have local brands. In italy there is sanpellegrino, san benedetto, ferrarelle, lemonsoda...

boonhet@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y

San Pellegrino does taste good, but I don't feel particularly great buying it. Literally coca cola feels morally better than Nestlé.

CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de · 13 pts · 1y (6 replies)

Irn-Bru, made by AG Barr. Scotland voted for Remain if memory serves.

Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I'm ok with UK stuff, they did some dumb stuff but nothing on the level of "elect Donald Trump twice" yet. Also Scotts get a free pass anyway because of our shared history of pissing off the Brits English (I'm french). That being said I have sadly never seen a can of irn bru in France

Patch@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 1y

Scots are Brits, my Gaulish friend. It's the English whom you have a shared affinity for pissing off.

Patch@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

AG Barr also make Tizer, DnB, and a range of standard sodas (cola, lemonade, cream soda, etc.).

All your soft drink needs well catered for.

OrlandoDoom@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Rubicon too!

Patch@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1y

I love Rubicon.

Fun fact about that is that Rubicon along with defunct childhood favourite Panda Pops were originally made by Hall & Woodhouse Brewery (of Badger Beers fame), when they fancied a try at becoming a soft drinks company too. When they lost interest they wrapped up Panda Pops and sold on Rubicon.

ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 1y

Yeah, it was a big part of their leaving the UK campaign.

buyeuropean@feddit.org · 8 pts · 1y

We have quite some in the database already: https://buy-european.net/category/soft-drinks Feel free to suggest more - I will also keep an eye on this thread to make notes.

Aliktren@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Fever tree is from the UK

Patch@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 1y

Fentimans is good, too.

florge@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 1y

Fevertree used to good, until they started using sweeteners.

smeg@infosec.pub · 7 pts · 1y

Kofola in Czechia is good

Braindamagedeluxe@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y

Paulaner Spezi clears.

Microw@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

To copy my comment from here https://lemm.ee/comment/18279577:

Austria has a quite big drinks economy for being a small-ish country. Now I havent tried each of these yet, but here are a few brands:

  • Keli is one of the most well-known lemonade/soda brands and has a Cola flavour drink
  • Frucade is a good german-austrian lemonade brand, but has no Cola drink
  • "Tirola Kola" from Tyrol
  • Pedacola from Upper Austria (weirdly enough not a black colour)
  • "Murelli Dracola" from Styria (yes, a Dracula pun since this region allegedly inspired the story)
  • "Strizzi Cola" from Salzburg
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y

Was that post removed?

darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
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Shamber@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y (6 replies)

Any thing by Carls Berg, Squash, Faxe Kondi, Booster energy drink, jolly Cola ....that if you are in Denmark or Scandinavia in general

VonReposti@feddit.dk · 2 pts · 1y

Thy Sport, Fatdane cola, Craft Soda by Tuxen Brewing, Hancock Sport cola, Frem Sport.

All of them Danish, I've tried some of them and can wholeheartedly recommend them.

lud@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y (4 replies)

I wish Faxe Kondi was available in Sweden. It's really good.

Shamber@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

I did not know that, maybe the boarder shops would be the place to get it from.

lud@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Possibly. Unfortunately I live quite far from the border so if I go far enough to get to the border I might as well go into Denmark proper. It's not like it takes a whole day to drive through Denmark ;)

Shamber@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Maybe this can be a place to get it delivered to your door https://www.drinko.se/product/faxe-kondi-24x0-33l-5594478

lud@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

Thanks, the price seems pretty good. Unfortunately it doesn't appear that they ship anything themselves. I need to collect it in Germany or arrange shipping myself.

Maybe it's available somewhere in Sweden for a reasonable price. If not I guess I will just have to wait until the next time I go to Denmark. I guess the rarity also increases the taste.