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Does Sprite support Israel?

Support documentedupdated 2026-07-30

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

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

Background

Sprite is a brand of The Coca-Cola Company, and no donation, statement or campaign concerning Israel has been documented for the Sprite brand itself. In Israel, Sprite is produced by the Central Bottling Company, an independent family-owned franchisee whose chairman is Dudi Wertheim — so CBC's record is the franchisee's, not the brand's: its 2015 donation to Im Tirtzu, its facility in the Atarot industrial zone in occupied East Jerusalem, and the NIS 36 million fine imposed on it by Israel's Competition Authority in 2019 for abusing its monopoly position. Parent-level facts sit on the Coca-Cola page: the 1966 decision to grant 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 startup programme co-founded in Tel Aviv in 2014. The Coca-Cola Company denies donating to Israel, saying it "does not support any country, government or policy," and Snopes has rated false the viral claim that it sends profits to Israel. The BDS movement's official page lists Coca-Cola only as an "organic boycott" target — not an official target — and does not name Sprite.

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
Sprite 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 obtained the Coca-Cola licence in 1966 and CBC's Bnei Brak plant started production in 1968, bottling Coke, Sprite, Fanta and Nestea. CBC's exclusive franchise portfolio today covers Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Fuze Tea and Kinley. The Israeli producer is the franchisee — The Coca-Cola Company's FY2024 subsidiaries exhibit lists no Israeli entity at all, and there is no Sprite subsidiary in Israel.
Franchisee action2015$13,850Im Tirtzu (right-wing Israeli advocacy group)
The Central Bottling Company — the independent Israeli franchisee that produces Sprite in Israel, not The Coca-Cola Company and not the Sprite 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 refused Im Tirtzu's request to keep donor names confidential. The donation is the franchisee's own act; no part of it is attributable to Sprite.

Frequently asked questions

Did Sprite donate money to Israel or Israeli causes?

We have no records of cash donations, but Sprite 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 Sprite. Our methodology page explains the full verification process.

Sources & citations

Record last updated: 2026-07-30

Companies with documented support