Sinalco is a popular

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s first marketed in 1902, with sales in now more than 40 countries. Sinalco is the oldest soft drink brand in Europe. It is produced by Sinalco International, a company headquartered in

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, Germany. In 1902,

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invented "Bilz Brause", a sherbet powder, and started to sell it in partnership with

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Franz Hartmann. As imitations started to appear, they held a prize competition for a brand name, and chose "Sinalco" (an abbreviation of the

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brands, Sinalco came to be exported worldwide, particularly to

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was registered in 1937. A distinctively-shaped

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was launched in the 1950s, and updated at the end of the century. Besides the original Sinalco Orange, today the company also bottles Sinalco Cola and a few other kinds of soft drinks. In Germany, it is the third most popular soft drink, after

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and Sprite. In

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Sinalco soft drinks are produced by food tech company

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, licensed by Sinalco International GmbH & Co, where is the most popular taste of this drink Sinalco Cola Edition.

Products

Sinalco's basic line of products includes: *Sinalco Cola *Sinalco Orange *Sinalco Zitron *Sinalco Bitter Lemon *Sinalco Lemon Lime *Sinalco Cloudy Lemon *Sinalco Special *Sinalco Apple *Sinalco Rosso (Blood Orange and Passion fruit) *Sinalco Fresco (Lemon and Elderberry) *Sinalco Caribico In addition, Sinalco bottles energy drinks, teas, and water.

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