Mecca-Cola
Sign in to saveMecca-Cola is a cola-flavoured carbonated beverage. The flagship product of the Mecca Cola World Company, it is marketed as an alternative to U.S. brands such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola to "pro-Muslim" consumers. The product's name contains the traditional Latin-alphabet transliteration of مكة, "Mecca" in Saudi Arabia.
Key facts
- Beverage.name
- Mecca-Cola
- Beverage.logo
- File:MeccaColaLogo.png
- Beverage.type
- Cola
- Beverage.manufacturer
- Mecca Cola World Company
- Beverage.website
- https://meccacolagroup.com/
- Beverage.origin
- France
- Beverage.related
- Coca-Cola, Zamzam Cola, Qibla Cola
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- cola
- Named after
- Mecca
- Country of origin
- France
- Official website
- mecca-cola.com
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- inception
- 2002-11-00
- native label
- Mecca-Cola
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Encyclopedic overview
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Mecca-Cola is a cola-flavoured carbonated beverage. The flagship product of the Mecca Cola World Company, it is marketed as an alternative to U.S. brands such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola to "pro-Muslim" consumers. The product's name contains the traditional Latin-alphabet transliteration of مكة, "Mecca" in Saudi Arabia.
==Details== Mecca-Cola was launched in France, in November 2002, by the brand's founder Tawfik Mathlouthi as a means of aiding Palestinians by tapping into demand for alternative products in European countries. He had been inspired by a popular Iranian soft drink, Zamzam Cola and only decided to launch his own brand when he was unable to agree on terms for a distribution contract with Zamzam, as well as providing an alternative for his sons instead of Coca-Cola.
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