Ubuntu Cola

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Ubuntu Cola
TypeSoft drink
ManufacturerUbuntu Trading Company Ltd
DistributorUbuntu Trading Company Ltd
Country of origin United Kingdom
Related productsCoca-Cola, Virgin Cola

Ubuntu Cola is a soft drink certified by The Fairtrade Foundation. Made with Fairtrade sugar from Malawi and Zambia, Ubuntu Cola is the first UK cola to be Fairtrade certified.[1] It is available for sale in the United Kingdom, Hungary, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Luxembourg and online.[2][3]

It is available in 330 ml cans, 500 ml PET plastic bottles, and 275 ml glass bottles.[3]

Name

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The cola is named after the African philosophy of Ubuntu, which means humanity or fellow feeling; kindness,[4] There is no connection between the cola and the Ubuntu open-source operating system (also named after the philosophy). Moreover, Ubuntu Cola is not an open-source cola.

Fairtrade

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Ubuntu Cola's sugar is sourced from Fairtrade worker cooperatives in Kasinthula, Malawi and Kaleya, Zambia. Farmers who are members of the Fairtrade cooperative at Kasinthula receive an income of $4 a day, which is six times the national average income.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "UK's first Fairtrade cola". Speciality Food Magazine. 2007-10-15. Archived from the original on 2008-03-29. Retrieved 2008-03-11.
  2. ^ Weston, Shaun (2010-04-29). "Miranda Walker, Ubuntu Cola". FoodBev.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17.
  3. ^ a b "Ubuntu Trading (official website)". Ubuntu Trading Company Ltd. Archived from the original on 2008-04-02. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
  4. ^ "We Are Ubuntu". Ubuntu Trading Company Ltd. Archived from the original on 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
  5. ^ "Ubuntu in Malawi". Ubuntu-trading.com. Archived from the original on 2009-08-22. Retrieved 2009-08-06.