Orangina

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Orangina (French pronunciation: [ɔʁɑ̃ʒina]) is a French lightly carbonated beverage made from carbonated water, 12% citrus juice (10% from concentrated orange and 2% from a combination of concentrated lemon, concentrated mandarin, and concentrated grapefruit juices), as well as 2% orange pulp. Orangina is sweetened with sugar or high fructose corn syrup (glucose-fructose) and, in some markets (such as the British Isles), with artificial sweetener. Natural flavours are also added. Orangina was innovated by Spanish pharmacist Agustín Trigo Miralles as Naranjina in the early 1930s. He subsequently sold the formula to Léon Beton, a French businessman based in French Algeria, in 1935. Today, it is a popular beverage in Europe (especially in France and Switzerland), Japan, North Africa, and, to a lesser extent, North America.

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