Cuba Cola
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Type | soft drink |
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Manufacturer | Spendrups |
Distributor | Vasa bryggeri,Heines bryggeri,Guttsta KällaandKrönleins |
Country of origin | Sweden |
Introduced | 1953 |
Flavour | cola |
Related products | Coca-Cola |
Cuba Colais acola-flavouredsoft drinkproduced inSweden,manufactured by Spendrups. Earlier bottled bySaturnus AB.It was introduced to the market in the summer of 1953, soon after cola drinks had become legal in Sweden, and three months beforeCoca-Colawas launched in Sweden.[1]
The recipe was owned by Saturnus AB of Malmö and it was brewed on license byVasa bryggeri,Hammars bryggeri,Heines bryggeri,Guttsta KällaandKrönleins.[2]Cuba Cola got a new recipe in 2020 and at the same time the bottles got a new retro design bySpendrups.[3]
The soft drink was named Cuba Cola only because Cuba was considered exotic during the 1950s.[4]
References
[edit]- ^"Cuba Cola nostalgi".
- ^"Cuba Cola bryggerier".Retrieved2 February2015.
- ^"Cuba Cola – Sveriges första cola, uppdaterad smak och ny design".Via TT(in Swedish).Retrieved15 December2023.
- ^"Cuba Cola – en läskig historia".eFolket(in Swedish).Retrieved15 December2023.
- "Cuba Cola Nostalgi".cubacola.nu(in Swedish). CubaCola. Archived fromthe originalon 3 February 2015.Retrieved2 February2015.