Anyone miss original lemon Fanta ?

neojay said:
Ah that's a shame, I only recently got back into drinking fizzy drinks. Guess it's good for my waste line that most of my old faves will taste off then.
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Try the Italian lemon soda mentioned in this thread. No nasty sweeteners or additives. It’s so so much nicer than Fanta. Turns out they do orange too
 
f00b4r said:
For those that have been enjoying the Italian fizzy drinks you might want to try chinotto, it’s a bitter orange Italian classic but you may have to order it online or from your local Italian deli. It’s like a grown up fizzy drink with a little more bite.
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I tried that when I was in Malta. It was lovely, I love bitter things.
 
Omg! Lemon Fanta... I thought I was the only one... It always brings back memories.

It used to be my absolute favourite drink when it first came out, which I still remember very clearly. I was a teenager, back home in Croatia for the Summer, like every year. Daily routine was always beach with friends, go home to eat then play street football. When finished, go to the local shop and buy a drink.... I saw lemon Fanta and had to try it. It was AMAZING. Thirst quenching, tasted so good, ended up buying 2 x 500ml bottles. From that day onwards it was always my drink of choice.

Fast forward years, didn't drink it for a long time. Tried it here about a year ago I think in a meal deal... Big mistake. Tasted disgusting, completely ruined, never drinking it again.

The best Fanta flavour now is the blue one, Sokota IMO.

Talking more about lemonade, I'm a massive fan of any drink with lemon in it. I find it's becoming increasingly hard to find actual proper lemonade, without a bunch of chemicals in it. Used to buy Tesco Finest lemonade or Sainsbury's Taste the Difference lemonade, but even now it's impossible to find them on any store, unless it's a really big one.

San Pellegrino is OK if I really want a lemon hit, the soda ones are decent for a budget choice, just wish I could buy proper lemonade!
 
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Totally agree with the Shokata one it's amazing, it's imported from European countries though that's why it doesn't suffer the same sugar levy fate as the UK Fanta flavours.

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If you want proper lemonade then just make it yourself. Sugar, lemons and carbonated water is all you need. Perfect every time.
 
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Omg! Lemon Fanta... I thought I was the only one... It always brings back memories.

It used to be my absolute favourite drink when it first came out, which I still remember very clearly. I was a teenager, back home in Croatia for the Summer, like every year. Daily routine was always beach with friends, go home to eat then play street football. When finished, go to the local shop and buy a drink.... I saw lemon Fanta and had to try it. It was AMAZING. Thirst quenching, tasted so good, ended up buying 2 x 500ml bottles. From that day onwards it was always my drink of choice.

Fast forward years, didn't drink it for a long time. Tried it here about a year ago I think in a meal deal... Big mistake. Tasted disgusting, completely ruined, never drinking it again.

The best Fanta flavour now is the blue one, Sokota IMO.

Talking more about lemonade, I'm a massive fan of any drink with lemon in it. I find it's becoming increasingly hard to find actual proper lemonade, without a bunch of chemicals in it. Used to buy Tesco Finest lemonade or Sainsbury's Taste the Difference lemonade, but even now it's impossible to find them on any store, unless it's a really big one.

San Pellegrino is OK if I really want a lemon hit, the soda ones are decent for a budget choice, just wish I could buy proper lemonade!
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Agreed! Everything is getting ruined with sweeteners! But.. See post #12, if you haven’t tried it, see if you can find Crodo Lemon Soda. It has no crap in it, and tastes exactly how I remember OG lemon Fanta tasting. Amazing stuff Ice cold.
 
f00b4r said:
The other way to look at it is that taxpayers are now reducing their subsidisation of the real costs of sugary drinks to society (costs borne by the NHS/companies/taxpayers). You can still buy drinks with as much sugar as you want in it, it’s just that they are now a little more expensive, better reflecting the real cost of them and not just the pure costs of production.
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The problem is that sweeteners aren't evidentially any better for people than sugar is and there's some evidence that they're worse.
 
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