Soft drinks in Denmark

Denmark had a wide array of soft drinks or sodavand (soda = carbonated, vand = water). Two companies, Saltum and Baldur, produce an array of Danish soft drinks that are sold only under the common name of the product i.e. "Appelsinvand" for an orange flavoured soft drink instead of a patented name such as "Coca Cola" or "Fanta".

There are a number of Danish brands of cola such as Saltum and Baldur. They are cheaper than Coca Cola and are more commonly bought for the household. Jolly Cola is a Danish brand of cola. It is not as widespread in Denmark as Coca Cola. And should you in a bar ask for a "cola" (most commonly said in Denmark) usually you will get a Coca Cola.

Here is an easy overview of what you can get of soft drinks in Denmark:

• Coca Cola **
• Pepsi **
• Jolly Cola **
• Fanta (The whole series) **
• Sprite **
• Squash** (A Danish brand orange soft drink)
• Schweppes **
• Faxe Kondi** (A Danish sports soft drink - "kondi" = physical condition. "Faxe" is the name of the brewery; they also make beer)
• Nikoline ** (A Danish orange soft drink, tastes somewhat like Schweppes Lemon)
• Sportsvand / Sport * (sport = sport, looks and tastes like Sprite)
• Appelsinvand / Appelsin * (Appelsin = orange)
• Abrikosvand / Abrikos * (Abrikos = apricot)
• Citronvand / Citron * (Citron = lemon)
• Hindbær * (Hindbær = raspberry)
• Grøn Sodavand * (Grøn = green, as the other economic "sodavand" made entirely synthetic. This one just does not hide it)
• Cola *
• Hvid Cola * (Hvid = white/clear, it a rare sight - looks like water but tastes like cola)
• Ananas * (Ananas = pineapple)

Even though it is not in the category of soft drinks, it is worth mentioning that mineral water comes carbonated and non-carbonated in Denmark. The bottles are made of the same stiff plastic as the soft drink bottles, containing the carbonated mineral water (as goes for the rest of the world).