page_title: Cola
section_title: Europe
hierarchical_section_title: Cola / Regional brands / Europe
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Stand de "Berry cola" au marché des producteurs de pays, boulevard de Reuilly.
context_page_description: Cola is a sweetened, carbonated soft drink flavored with vanilla, cinnamon, citrus oils and other flavorings. Most contain caffeine, which was originally sourced from the kola nut, leading to the drink's name, though other sources are now also used. Cola became popular worldwide after pharmacist John Pemberton invented Coca-Cola in 1886, which was later imitated by other manufacturers. His non-alcoholic recipe was inspired by the coca wine of pharmacist Angelo Mariani, created in 1863.
  Most modern colas contain caramel color, and are sweetened with sugar and/or high-fructose corn syrup. They now come in numerous different brands. Among them, the most popular are Coca-Cola and Pepsi. These two companies have been competing since the 1890s, but their rivalry has intensified since the 1980s.
context_section_description: Pablo Cola, a Swedish brand with a Mexican style was relaunched in with the idea of making a cola selection that have a local touch of Sweden.
  Afri-Cola, a German brand, was relaunched in April 2006 with the original formulation with the higher caffeine content.
  Baikal, a cola-like drink popular in Russia
  Barr Cola made by A.G. Barr (the makers of the popular Irn-Bru drink) in the United Kingdom
  Breizh Cola is a local brand from Brittany (France).
  Brisa Cola is a local brand from Madeira, Portugal and produced by Empresa de Cervejas da Madeira.
  Cadet-Cola, an Irish brand
  Cockta is a local brand from former Yugoslavia, which does not contain any caffeine or phosphoric acid.
  Corsica Cola is a regional cola distributed by the Corsican brewery Pietra.
  Cuba Cola is a brand from Sweden.
  Evoca Cola is a cola made with mineral water made by Evoca Drinks.
  Fentimans Curiosity Cola, is an upmarket botanically brewed cola produced by Fentimans, from the UK.
  Freeway Cola, a cola  soft drink from Germany, produced as a private label for Lidl.
  Fritz-Kola, a cola soft drink from Hamburg, Germany, uses the highest possible concentration of caffeine for beverages allowed by German law.
  Golf Cola is a local cola brand from Serbia produced by Knjaz Miloš.
  Grans Cola is a local brand from Sandefjord, Norway, by Grans Bryggeri. Sold exclusively at REMA 1000 in Norway.
  Green Cola is a brand from Greece that is available also in Germany, Spain, Cyprus, the Baltic states, Romania, the Middle East, Slovenia etc.
  Jolly Cola, which had a 40% share of the cola drink market in Denmark from the mid-1960s to the late 1980s.
  Karma Cola, fair trade cola from the UK.
  Kofola is the primary rival to Coca-Cola and Pepsi in Czechia and Slovakia, and does not contain phosphoric acid.
  LOCKWOODS Cola, a UK cola brand introduced in the 1960s produced by Lockwoods Foods Limited at their canning factory site in Long Sutton, England, the drink is not on the market anymore, it was sold nationally and also exported.
  Planet Cola, a brand sold at Auchan.
  Polo-Cockta, a Polish brand.
  Red Bull Cola has been available throughout Europe since 2008.
  Sinalco cola is a German cola brand sold and produced in Europe
  Sky Cola, a Bosnian brand since 2002 made by water-bottling company Sarajevski kiseljak
  Sky Cola, a Croatian brand since 2002 made by water-bottling company Jamnica
  Tøyen-Cola is a brand from Norway.
  Ubuntu Cola is a fair trade cola from the United Kingdom available in parts of Western Europe.
  Virgin Cola was popular in South Africa and Western Europe in the 1990s but has waned in availability.
  Vita-Cola is a German cola brand with a distinct citrus flavor; nowadays it is mostly sold in eastern Germany.
  XL Cola was a Swedish cola brand introduced in 1985, but the drink is not at the market anymore.
  Mole Cola is an Italian cola sold in Italy it is also occasionally sold in France in stores called Noz only.
caption: Bottles of "Berry cola", a soft drink produced in Indre (France)
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