Fanta vs Crush – History, Nutrition Facts, Side Effects

Fanta – History & Nutrition Facts

It is a worldwide brand of fruit-flavored non-caffeinated carbonated soft drinks manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company.

It was invented by the Third Reich, due to the fact that other soft drinks (including Coca-Cola) were no longer available in Germany (due to various reasons).

However, the Nazis longed for soft drinks and so they had to invent something on their own.

Therefore, they invented this recipe which included scraps and leftovers from different industrial processes.

In the soft drink production, they used scraps of various fruits (especially apples), from the fruit pressing factories, as well as whey from milk factories.

The drink proved to be an enormous success, with more than 3 million cases of the drink being consumed in 1943 alone.

After World War II, the Coca-Cola Company re-established its connection with Coke-Deutschland and took the trademark, formula and then discontinued this drink.

Nevertheless, after PepsiCo released a similarly flavored soda in the ’50s, the Coca-Cola Company decided to relaunch it in 1955.

In 1960, this soft drink was added to the United States market for the first time. In the present day, there are more than 100 flavors worldwide and come in flavors, like – mango & passionfruit, grape, orange, lemon zero, lemon, raspberry, or pineapple.

Ingredients

This soft drink contains – sugar, carbonated water, orange fruit from concentrate (1.3 percent), orange juice from concentrate (3.7 percent), vegetable concentrates (pumpkin, carrot), citric acid, preservative (potassium sorbate), natural orange flavorings with other natural flavorings, acidity regulator (sodium citrate), artificial sweeteners (aspartame and acesulfame K), malic acid, stabilizer (guar gum), and antioxidant (ascorbic acid – the synthetic form of vitamin C).

Crush – History & Nutrition Facts

It is a carbonated non-caffeinated soft drink brand that was originally marketed as an orange soda. It is the main competition for Fanta and Sunkist.

It was invented in Chicago in 1906 and things really kicked off in 1916 when Neil C. Ward partnered with Clayton J. Howell to incorporate the company.

It is available in these flavors – grape, lemon, orange, strawberry, lime, pineapple, peach, diet orange, cherry, peach, grapefruit, and tropical punch.

In the present day, it is part of Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc., a corporation that has more than 19,000 employees with operations in the Caribbean and North America and marketing more than 50 different types of beverage brands.

Dr Pepper Snapple brand portfolio includes – A&W, 7UP, Canada Dry, Bai, Hawaiian Punch, Mott’s, Clamato, IBC, Peñafiel, Mr & Mrs T mixers, Schweppes, Rose’s, Sunkist, and Squirt.

Moreover, in 2017, Dr Pepper Snapple completed the acquisition of Bai Brands LLC for $1.7 billion. However, Keurig Green Mountain Inc. agreed on January 29, 2018, to take control of Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc.

Ingredients

This soft drink contains – glycerol ester of wood rosin, high fructose corn syrup, carbonated water, sugar, sodium benzoate (to preserve taste), citric acid, natural flavors, gum acacia, yellow 6, brominated vegetable oil, salt, and red 40.

Verdict – Fanta vs Crush

Both these soft drinks should be avoided entirely or used sparingly since they contain compounds that have side effects on human health, including:

Acesulfame K

It is a zero-calorie sweetener which is approximately 200 times sweeter than table sugar. Ace-K01 is one of the predominant artificial sweeteners used by the food and beverage industry in the current day.

Acesulfame K is derived from fluorosulfonyl isocyanate and acetoacetic acid, plus, it is commonly combined with saccharin or aspartame to enhance the flavors of some foods and beverages and to mask other artificial sweeteners’ bitter aftertaste.

It has a few side effects, for instance, it stimulates insulin secretion, hence, possibly aggravating reactive hypoglycemia.

Also, this artificial sweetener contains methylene chloride, a known carcinogen that is strongly associated with numerous health problems, including cancer.

Aspartame

It is distributed under a few trade names (like – Equal® and NutraSweet®) and was approved in 1981 by the FDA as GRAS. Aspartame is used in more than 500 prescription medicines and about 6,000 drinks and foods.

This artificial sweetener also comes with a host of adverse effects. For example, research shows that people with frequent headaches are at a higher risk of experimenting with severe headaches after consuming foods containing this sweetener.

Moreover, individuals who have an inherited disease, called Phenylketonuria – should avoid foods and drinks with aspartame since they have serious problems metabolizing phenylalanine.

Brominated Vegetable Oil

It is processed vegetable oil (from GMO-corn or soy) which is produced when vegetable oil is bonded to bromine.

Because this substance is a member of the halogen group (with fluorine, chlorine, and astatine), it displaces iodine. Therefore, the more bromine you have in your diet, the less iodine you get.

Sings and symptoms of iodine deficiency include – memory problems, fatigue, headaches, depression, dry skin, and hypothyroidism.

Moreover, individuals who had consumed a few soft drinks containing BVO daily for an unspecified length of time experienced fatigue, headaches, loss of muscle coordination, and memory loss, according to a 2012 study concluded at the University of Hohenheim in Germany.

Interestingly, in 1958, the FDA said brominated vegetable oil was generally safe to use (GRAS). However, in the 1970s, it changed its mind, giving this substance “interim” status. In the European Union, it is banned from use as food and drink additive.

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Reference

https://www.fanta.co.uk/en/flavours/

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