Fanta lovers become embroiled in furious transatlantic debate over whether the UK or US version is best
- The UK’s Fanta’s colour is much lighter and much closer to yellow
- Fanta US is darker orange – even the logos and bottle shapes are different
- The viral debate began on Twitter and is also taking place on Reddit
A battle between two great nations has been ignited as Britons and Americans go head-to-head over a vital question – which nation’s Fanta tastes best?
Social media users on each side of the Atlantic have clashed on Twitter and Reddit over the fizzy drink, which looks very different in the US compared to the UK.
Whereas the Fanta known and loved in the UK (and Europe) is a lighter orange colour, the US version is a much deeper shade, which resembles the colour of the Italian liqueur, Aperol.
And after Twitter account No Context Brits shared an image of the two products side-by-side, asking which was best, Fanta lovers from each nation rushed to defend their favourite fizzy drink.
The tweet, which was first posted yesterday, already has over 1.6 million views and almost 12k likes, with lots of people chiming in with their opinions.
The Twitter account @NoContextBrits shared an image of the two side by side, with the caption ‘UK vs. US Fanta’
One person wrote: ‘UK all the way’ while another said: ‘99% of junk food is just better in the US.’
Quite a few people who are used to the UK version of Fanta are concerned by America’s ‘very orange’ drink.
One shocked person tweeted: ‘The first time I saw Fanta in America I genuinely couldn’t believe the colour!’
Another retweeted it and wrote: ‘Wtf are Americans putting into their Fanta to make it look like that.’
Others said ‘Fanta vs liquid heart failure’ and ‘US Fanta will genuinely have you bouncing off the f****** walls. Never again.’
The replies are also full of conflicting opinions, with one person writing ‘That colour is so unnatural’ and another adding ‘Juice vs jet fuel’
Other Twitter users, who were unimpressed by the US version of Fanta, said the colour of the product was ‘unnatural’ and compared it to ‘jet fuel’.
An American chimed in with: ‘I don’t want the Brit Fanta. Nothing funnier than how insecure Brits get over the most meaningless things.’
This debate has also taken place on Reddit, with the top reply reading: ‘Fanta seems to vary a lot around the world. My standard Fanta looks different than both of those.’
So what IS the difference between UK and US Fanta?
According to the websites for Fanta in the UK and the US, there are several differences in the ingredients of each product. Perhaps the most significant difference is that the UK version contains orange juice from concentrate, whereas the US version does not.
Another key difference is the sugar content – the UK product’s sugar content was cut before the ‘sugar tax.’
The tax placed a levy on soft drinks with a sugar content higher than 5g per 100ml.
UK FANTA INGREDIENTS
Carbonated Water Sugar, Orange Juice From Concentrate (3.7%), Citrus Fruit From Concentrate (1.3%), Acids (Citric Acid, Malic Acid), Vegetable Extracts (Carrot, Pumpkin), Sweeteners (Acesulfame K, Sucralose), Preservative (Potassium Sorbate), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrates), Stabiliser (Guar Gum), Natural Orange Flavourings With Other Natural Flavourings, Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid)
US FANTA INGREDIENTS
Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup, less than 2% of: Citric Acid, Natural Flavours, Sodium Benzoate (to protect taste), Modified Food Starch, Glycerol Ester Of Rosin, Yellow 6, Red 40.
Someone else joked: ‘100% natural flavours is code for – this product has never seen an orange or any kind of fruit in its life.’
However, another person replied to add context: ‘Natural orange flavors generally are extracted from orange oil, which is generally made from the peel/skin of oranges.
‘So there’s almost certainly some element of real orange in there. It’s just been extracted, concentrated, separated, ect. What American Fanta lacks is the actual juice from the fruit.’
Making fun of the packaging of UK Fanta, one Twitter user wrote: ‘The UK version is wearing a girdle and hasn’t seen the sun for a while. Typical.’
Another added: ‘Everything in the UK is boring!’
However UK Fanta fans hit back, saying the US version could lead someone to ‘catch a case of ratiation’.
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