Fioravanti (soft drink)
{{Short description|Soft drink first sold in 1878}}
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|manufacturer=Ecuador Bottling Company Corp
|origin=Ecuador
|introduced=1878
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Fioravanti is a fruit-flavored, carbonated soft drink first sold in 1878 in Ecuador. It is notable for being one of the first soft drinks commercially sold. In 1991, it was acquired by The Coca-Cola Company.
Flavors
Fioravanti was first available in strawberry flavor, and later in apple flavor. In the summer of 2001, a grape flavor was added, which lasted around 1 year before being discontinued. There was a Fiora Manzana Verde (green apple), with a strong green color, but this did not succeed in the Ecuadorian market.
In Ecuador, the drinking of Fioravanti, often shortened to Fiora, has become a part of popular culture {{Citation needed|date=May 2010}}. It is commonly known as Fiora fresa (strawberry) or Fiora Manzana (apple).
Due to the high number of Ecuadorian immigrants in Spain, Coca-Cola has decided to bring strawberry-flavored Fioravanti to Spain, for a three-month test starting in mid-October 2006.[http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/161621/0/cocacola/bebidas/inmigrantes/ Coca-Cola encuentra un filón en los ecuatorianos y marroquíes que viven en España]
See also
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070717110313/http://www.virtualvender.coca-cola.com/vm/Vending.jsp The Coca-Cola Virtual Vender]
- Go to > South America > Ecuador > Fioravanti
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