Uludağ Gazoz (
colloquial
Colloquialism (), also called colloquial language, everyday language or general parlance, is the linguistic style used for casual (informal) communication. It is the most common functional style of speech, the idiom normally employed in convers ...
often called uludağ for short) is a
soft drink of the
Turkish manufacturer Erbak-Uludağ İçecek A.Ş. located in
Bursa
( grc-gre, Προῦσα, Proûsa, Latin: Prusa, ota, بورسه, Arabic:بورصة) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the administrative center of Bursa Province. The fourth-most populous city in Turkey and second-most populous in t ...
. The carbonated
lemonade
Lemonade is a sweetened lemon-flavored beverage.
There are varieties of lemonade found throughout the world. In North America and South Asia, cloudy still lemonade is the most common variety. There it is traditionally a homemade drink using le ...
(Gazoz) is also known in other countries.
The brand name dates back to the development of the classic Uludağ Gazoz in 1930.
In addition to the lemon flavour, a version with orange flavour is marketed as ''Uludağ Gazoz Orange''. In 2018, the drinks were exported to more than 30 countries.
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In 2013 manufacturer Erbak-Uludağ İçecek A.Ş. achieved a sales total of over 200 million
U.S. dollars.
[Meltem Ersoy]
''„Son nefesimi fabrikada vereyim diye dua ediyorum“''.
''Habertürk
''Habertürk'' (literally: "News Turkish"), abbreviated as ''HT'', was a high-circulation Turkish newspaper. It was established on March 1, 2009 by Ciner Media Group, drawing on the brand of Ciner's Habertürk TV. It ceased publication on 5 Jul ...
'', 12 January 2014, retrieved 12 August 2017 (Turkish; interviewed Mehmet Erbak)
Naming
The branded labels copy the name of mountain
Uludağ
Uludağ (), the ancient Mysian or Bithynian Olympus (Greek: Όλυμπος), is a mountain in Bursa Province, Turkey, with an elevation of .
In Turkish, ''Uludağ'' means " great mountain". In ancient times the range of which it is a part, ex ...
located in West Turkey. Previously, the drink was made exclusively from water sources of this mountain. Gazoz is a Turkish lemonade variety, where Uludağ Gazoz is the most well known. The word ''Gazoz'' is based on the French word ''gazeuse'' or in English ''gaseous''; in the Turkish language, it generally refers to carbonated sweetened lemonade of any kind.
References
External links
''Uludağ Gazoz''company website
Drink companies of Turkey
Turkish cuisine
Pages with unreviewed translations
Lemon-lime sodas