Sinalco is a brand

Brand

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 of non-alcoholic drink

Soft drink

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s founded in 1902, with sales in more than 40 countries.

In 1902, German

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 scientist

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 Friedrich Eduard Bilz

Friedrich Eduard Bilz

Friedrich Eduard Bilz was a German naturopath who was a native of Arnsdorf in the Kingdom of Saxony. As a merchant of a Kolonialwarenladen in Meerane, Bilz became interested in naturopathic medicine...

 invented "Bilz Brause", a sherbet

Sherbet (powder)

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 powder, and started to sell it in partnership with industrialist Franz Hartmann. As imitations started to appear, they held a prize competition for a brand name, and chose "Sinalco" (an abbreviation of the Latin

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 sine alcohole, "without alcohol"). As one of the first beverage brands, Sinalco came to be exported worldwide, particularly to South America

South America

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 and the Middle East

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. The red circle trademark

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 was registered in 1937. A distinctively-shaped bottle

Bottle

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was launched in the 1950s, and updated at the end of the century. Sinalco is the oldest soft drink brand in Europe.

Products

Sinalco's basic line of products include:

• Sinalco Cola
• Sinalco Orange
• Sinalco Bitter Lemon
• Sinalco Lemon Lime
• Sinalco Cloudy Lemon
• Sinalco Special
• Sinalco Apple
• Sinalco Rosso (Blood Orange and Passion fruit)
• Sinalco Fresco (Lemon and Elderberry)
• Sinalco Caribico

In addition, Sinalco bottles energy drinks, teas, and water.