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Does Fanta support Israel?

Support documentedupdated 2026-07-30

Yes — Fanta has documented support for Israel on record. Every claim below links to its source.

Filed under: Food & beverage brands · Companies that support Israel

Background

Fanta is a brand of The Coca-Cola Company, and no donation, statement or campaign concerning Israel has been documented for the Fanta brand itself. In Israel, Fanta is produced under licence by the Central Bottling Company, an independent family-owned franchisee controlled by Dudi Wertheim; CBC's record is its own — the 2015 donation to Im Tirtzu, its facility in the Atarot industrial zone in occupied East Jerusalem, and the NIS 36 million fine imposed by Israel's Competition Authority in 2019 for monopoly abuse. Parent-level facts belong to Coca-Cola and are documented on its page: the 1966 grant of an Israeli franchise days after the Anti-Defamation League accused the company of bowing to the Arab boycott (the Arab League then boycotted Coca-Cola from 1968 to about 1991), the 1997 Israel Trade Award from the Government of Israel Economic Mission, and The Bridge Tel Aviv startup programme co-founded in 2014. The Coca-Cola Company denies donating to Israel, stating it "does not support any country, government or policy," and Snopes rates the viral profit-donation claim false. The BDS movement's official page lists Coca-Cola only as an "organic boycott" target and does not name Fanta.

Coca-Cola official FAQ (donations to Israel) Snopes Al Jazeera (CBC's Atarot plant) The Times of Israel (Coca-Cola Israel fined for monopoly violations) BDS movement — what to boycott

Timeline of documented support

196619731980198719942001200820151968 — Operations in Israel: The Central Bottling Company ("Coca-Cola Israel"), Bnei BrakOperations in Israel19682015 — Franchisee action: Im Tirtzu (right-wing Israeli advocacy group)Franchisee action2015

Documented support

TypeDateAmountRecipientSources
Operations in Israel1968—The Central Bottling Company ("Coca-Cola Israel"), Bnei Brak
Fanta has been made and sold in Israel by the Central Bottling Company (CBC), the independent, family-owned Israeli franchisee known as "Coca-Cola Israel": the Feinberg group received the Coca-Cola licence in 1966 and CBC's Bnei Brak plant began production in 1968, bottling Coke, Fanta, Sprite and Nestea. CBC's exclusive franchise portfolio today covers Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Fuze Tea and Kinley. The Israeli producer is the franchisee, not the brand: The Coca-Cola Company's FY2024 subsidiaries exhibit lists no Israeli entity, and there is no Fanta subsidiary in Israel.
Franchisee action2015$13,850Im Tirtzu (right-wing Israeli advocacy group)
The Central Bottling Company — the independent Israeli franchisee that produces Fanta in Israel, not The Coca-Cola Company and not the Fanta brand — donated NIS 50,000 (about $13,850) in 2015 to the nationalist advocacy group Im Tirtzu; it became public after Israel's Corporations Authority rejected Im Tirtzu's request to keep donor names confidential. The donation belongs to the franchisee alone; none of it is attributable to Fanta.

Frequently asked questions

Did Fanta donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?

We have no records of cash donations, but Fanta has documented support of other kinds (Operations in Israel, Franchisee action). See the records on this page.

Where does this information come from?

Every record on this page links to its source — news reports, official company statements, tax filings, or government records. 10 distinct sources are cited for Fanta. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.

Sources & citations

Record last updated: 2026-07-30

Companies with documented support