Kolashanpan is a carbonated beverage created by Embotelladora La Cascada S.A. It comes in either a glass bottle, plastic bottle, or a can, the most prominent of these is plastic. On their company webpage the sizes go from a small bottle of 6.5 ounces to a 3

liter The litre (international spelling) or liter (American English spelling) (SI symbols L and l, other symbol used: ℓ) is a metric unit of volume. It is equal to 1 cubic decimetre (dm3), 1000 cubic centimetres (cm3) or 0.001 cubic metre (m3). ...

bottle, at least for the ones bottled in plastic.. According to the company, the main ingredients in this beverage are, "12 oz Agua Carbonatada, Azucar, Sabor Artificial, Acido Citrico Benzoato de sodio. Color Amarillo FD&C No 6." (

carbonated water Carbonated water (also known as soda water, sparkling water, fizzy water, club soda, water with gas, in many places as mineral water, or especially in the United States as seltzer or seltzer water) is water containing dissolved carbon dioxide gas, ...

sugar Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Compound sugars, also called disaccharides or double ...

, artificial flavoring, citric acid sodium benzoate, and color FD&C yellow no. 6). El Salvador - Arcidiocesi di San Salvador

The design on the bottle is representative of what the country looks like from a bird's eye view.

Advertising

There was an

advertisement Advertising is the practice and techniques employed to bring attention to a product or service. Advertising aims to put a product or service in the spotlight in hopes of drawing it attention from consumers. It is typically used to promote a ...

that played in

El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...

that ties the beverage with being a Salvadorean. The video itself aired in 1984 and it shows people working in the fields, with animals, people carrying items, selling in a market, and making tortillas. The video ends by saying "Kolashanpan, el sabor de El Salvador."

Cultural effects

According to a dissertation, Kolashanpan helps Salvadoreans maintain "a transnational community identity as well as a salvadoreño(americano) ethnic identity." Brock says that in Houston there are many Salvadoreans and Salvadorean-Americans and that keeping items such as sodas from their native country, they can more easily adjust to living in Houston, as well as keeping in touch with their native roots. On the company website, they have five distribution centers in Texas, Connecticut, California, New York, and Florida.

References

{{Reflist Carbonated drinks