Faxe Kondi is a Danish soft drink produced by
Royal Unibrew
Royal Unibrew is a brewing and beverage company headquartered in Faxe, Denmark. Its brands include Ceres, Faxe, Albani, Thor,
Karlens and Royal. Royal Unibrew also has a strong presence in the Baltic region, where it owns Vilniaus Tauras, Kalna ...
.
Marketed as a sports drink, as it contains both
glucose
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and
sugar
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. Faxe Kondi has been produced since 1971. Originally it was sold in beer bottles, because Faxe Bryggeri was a
beer
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company.
There is also a light-version, faxe kondi zero calories, and three
energy drinks, Faxe Kondi Booster (sold only in Denmark until 2019; it has also been seen in markets in Finland since), Faxe Kondi Booster Blue and Faxe Kondi Booster Red. From 2016/2017 onwards, a limited ''Summer'' edition has been released annually with a different flavouring each year.
From 1996 to 2001, Faxe Bryggeri sponsored the Faxe Kondi name in the
Danish Superliga
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(as Faxe Kondi Ligaen) and
Danish 1st Division
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(as Faxe Kondi Divisionen).
Availability outside Denmark
The Faxe drinks hold a particularly strong market position in
Greenland
Greenland ( kl, Kalaallit Nunaat, ; da, Grønland, ) is an island country in North America that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is t ...
, where it is bottled in
Nuuk
Nuuk (; da, Nuuk, formerly ) is the capital and largest city of Greenland, a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark. Nuuk is the seat of government and the country's largest cultural and economic centre. The major cities from other co ...
from concentrate shipped from Denmark. Faxe Kondi holds a 33% market share in the country (mean consumption: per capita per annum).
In
Norway
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, the 0.33L can versions (Regular and Light) have been sold by the
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discount chain since the summer of 2020.
In the
Faroe Islands
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They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...
, the 0.33L can versions are sold.
References
External links
Danish official siteRoyal Unibrew market summary (Greenland)
Royal Unibrew brands
Carbonated drinks
Products introduced in 1971
Danish soft drinks
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