COCA-COLA
The Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest beverage company. Coca-Cola was invented by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in 1886. The Coca-Cola formula and brand was bought in 1889 by Asa Candler. The Coca-Cola Company also produces a number of other soft drinks, including Fanta and Sprite. Fanta's origins date back to World War ll when Max Keith, who managed Coca-Cola's operations in Germany during the war, ran out of ingredients for Coke, which could be supplied only from United States. Keith resorted to producing a different soft drink, Fanta, which proved to be a hit, and when Coke took over again after the war, it adopted the Fanta brand as well. "Clear Lemon Fanta" variety became Sprite.