Fanta: composition, harm and benefits

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

"Fanta" is a bright representative of non-alcoholic, refreshing carbonated drinks produced by the world-famous Coca-Cola Company. More than ninety varieties of the product are known, differing from each other in taste, color, composition.

From the history of the world famous drink

Composition "Fanta" was first introduced during the Second World War in the Third Reich. The ban on the import of a number of products did not allow the production of Coca-Cola in Germany, which prompted the Germans to invent an alternative drink from domestic components. Its main ingredients were inexpensive components: cake from the manufacture of low-alcohol products from apples and whey, a by-product obtained from milk during cheese-making.

Of course, that taste was not even close to today's taste, already known in 160 countries around the world. The Coca-Cola Company bought the rights to the brand"Fanta" only in the 60s of the XX century, that is, 20 years after the invention. The choice was made well. Today, Fanta is one of the three best-selling soft drinks in the world. The name Fanta itself is an abbreviation for the German Fantastic, which means "fantastic" in translation. This is how the Germans appreciated the taste and formula of the drink in 1940.

Composition and varieties

So, the classic composition of the Fanta drink (with citrus flavor) includes:

• Eating water, purified, with gas.
• Sugar or substitute.
• Orange juice concentrate (contains 3% natural).
• Citric acid (acid regulator).
• Ascorbic acid (antioxidant).
• Carbon dioxide.
• Potassium sorbate (preservative).
• Natural flavors.
• Stabilizers: guar. gum, glycerin. ether, resin broadcast.
• Artificial dye beta-carotene.

The composition of "Fanta" with the taste of grapes is most similar to the classic version of the drink:

• Eating water, purified, with gas.
• Sugar or substitute.
• Grape juice concentrate (contains 0.1% natural product).
• Citric acid (acid regulator).
• Natural flavors including valerian herb extract, natural fruit and vegetable colors.

In 2008, an apple flavored drink saw the light of day. The composition of "Fanta" of this variety differs fromof the previous options only by the type of juice and the concentration of the natural product in it.

Other types include drinks with flavors of watermelon, lemon, grapefruit, blackberry, strawberry, tangerine, pear, citrus and so on. The branded flavor line is constantly updated.

In 100 grams of the product there are no proteins and fats at all, but there are 11.7 g of carbohydrates. The energy value of the drink is 48 kilocalories. Energy Ratio (b/w/y): 0%/0%/97%.

Benefit

Given the composition of "Fanta" from the label, it is necessary to note its positive qualities. Calorizers, better known as acids, help the gastrointestinal tract to digest food faster, including "heavy" foods.

Some nutritionists recommend introducing soda into the diet of schoolchildren. True, in small quantities. The reason is the same composition, which helps the digestion of food that is heavy for a growing organism and the concentration of attention on the learning process.

Soda Harm

Speaking about the dangers of the drink, it should be mentioned that it is also due to the properties of the components that make up its composition. "Fanta" should not be consumed in large quantities due to the huge content of sugar or its substitute and additives in the form of acids, dyes and preservatives. Excess sugar can lead to obesity, diabetes, gastritis and other gastrointestinal pathologies or destruction of tooth enamel.

Synthetic sweeteners can cause cancerdiseases. Guar gum contains pentachlorophenol and dioxin, substances that are extremely toxic to the human body. And the indication that this is "100%" juice, to put it mildly, is misinformation, because for the convenience of transportation, a concentrate powder is made from natural juice, and only then it is restored with water on the spot. Both natural and synthetic ingredients can cause an allergic reaction.

Note that other companies specializing in similar products produce carbonated drinks with similar beneficial and harmful properties, so the recommendations given on the benefits and harms of the Fanta composition should also be attributed to them.

In conclusion

In various sources on the World Wide Web, you can stumble upon not entirely believable "facts" about the destructive effects of Fanta. Experiments carried out in everyday life have shown that the drink does not dissolve meat products, synthetic and natural fabrics, but changes color radically. But it removes rust from metal objects, and washes out calcium from a chicken egg. Whether or not to drink Fanta is up to you!