Nativa was a carbonated beverage created by
the Coca-Cola Company
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. It was released in November 2003 in
Argentina
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, and discontinued in August 2004.
"Chimarrão da Coca-Cola fracassa na Argentina"
''O Estado de S. Paulo
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It has t ...
'', August 13, 2004 (in Portuguese). The flavor of this drink was Yerba mate
Yerba mate or yerba-maté (''Ilex paraguariensis''; from Spanish ; pt, erva-mate, or ; gn, ka'a, ) is a plant species of the holly genus ''Ilex'' native to South America. It was named by the French botanist Augustin Saint-Hilaire. The leave ...
.
The odd choice of flavor was based on the Argentine tradition of drinking mate
Mate may refer to:
Science
* Mate, one of a pair of animals involved in:
** Mate choice, intersexual selection
** Mating
* Multi-antimicrobial extrusion protein, or MATE, an efflux transporter family of proteins
Person or title
* Friendship ...
, which also was the reason of the naming of the brand "Nativa" (native).
Not to be confused with Nativa Yerba Mate, USPTO trademarked brand of loose-leaf yerba mate from Brazil which is still in existence.
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