Orangina

Orangina
Orangina bottles
ManufacturerSuntory
Introduced1936; 88 years ago (1936)
ColourOrange/yellow/amber
IngredientsCitrus
Websitewww.orangina.com
www.orangina.eu

Orangina (French pronunciation: [ɔʁɑ̃ʒina]) is a lightly carbonated beverage made from carbonated water, 12% citrus juice (10% from concentrated orange, 2% from a combination of concentrated lemon, concentrated mandarin, and concentrated grapefruit juices), as well as 2% orange pulp.[1][2] Orangina is sweetened with sugar or high fructose corn syrup (glucose fructose) and in some markets (such as the United Kingdom) with artificial sweetener. Natural flavors are also added.[3]

Orangina was innovated by Spanish pharmacist, Agustín Trigo Miralles, as Naranjina in the early 1930s. He subsequently sold the formula to Léon Beton, a French businessman based in Algeria, in 1935. Today, it is a popular beverage in Europe (especially in France and Switzerland), Japan, North Africa, and to a lesser extent in North America.

Since November 2009, the Orangina brand has been owned by Suntory in most of the world.[4] In the United States and Canada, it is marketed by Ventures Food and Beverage since 2020, as a result of a licencing agreement with Suntory.[5] It was previously made by Dr Pepper Snapple Group and Canada Dry Motts.

  1. ^ Orangina label List of Ingredients
  2. ^ "Orangina". Orangina.eu. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Canada Dry Mott's Product Facts". www.cdmproductfacts.ca. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Suntory snaps was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Ventures Food and Beverage Acquires Licensing to Orangina for North American Reintroduction". BevNET.com. 5 March 2020. Archived from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.