fanta is an orange soda drink. it was created in germany in 1940. fanta was created during world war ii in nazi germany by the german coca cola (gmbh) bottling company. because of the war, there was no shipping between nazi germany and the united states. therefore, the german bottling plant could no longer get coca-cola syrup. the manager of the plant, max keith, needed to do something to keep the plant going. he came up with a fruit-flavored drink made from whatever he could find. using apple fiber leftover from lollipops and whey, from cheesemakers, fanta was created and became quite popular. the original german fanta had a red-orange color from beets and tasted different from today's fanta orange; the flavor would change during the war, depending on what ingredients could be found.