Editing Pommac

{{Short description|European soft drink}}
[[Image:Pommac plastic bottle.JPG|thumb|right|270px| A bottle and a glass of Pommac]]
[[Image:Mainos Pommac 1950.tif|thumb|200px|Finnish Pommac advertisement from the 1950s]]{{Verification|date=October 2024}}
'''Pommac''' is the brand name for a [[carbonated]] [[soft drink]] made by [[Carlsberg Group|Carlsberg Sverige AB]] of fruits and berries. It is matured in [[oak]] [[aging barrel|barrels]] for three months. The name comes from "Pommery", referring to [[Champagne (wine)|Champagne]], and [[Cognac]], as it is matured in [[oak]] [[aging barrel|barrels]] like [[wine]].<ref>[http://www.hartwall.fi/fi/juomat/tuoteryhmat/virvoitusjuomat/pommac Hartwall]</ref> Another theory of the naming is the French word ''pomace'', which literally means remains of pressed fruits. See also [[Ripasso]].

== History ==
In 1919, after his best efforts to keep his brewery running Anders Lindahl moved to [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]] as a failed businessman, and founded Fructus Fabriker and began to make Pommac. The recipe was made by a [[Finland-Swedish]] inventor. The drink was made for the upper classes as an [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]]-free substitute for wine.

In the US, [[Dr Pepper]] distributed a formulation of it, with [[sodium cyclamate]] as a sweetener, as a diet drink from 1963 to 1969 in six-and-a-half- and ten-ounce bottles. The original had always used [[Sucrose|sugar]] as its sweetener.

Pommac is also served as a non-alcoholic champagne alternative on festive occasions. 
 
In late 2004, [[Carlsberg Group|Carlsberg]] in Denmark announced that they were going to cease production of Pommac for financial reasons. However, after overwhelming public demand,{{cn|date=May 2023}} the company decided to keep marketing Pommac.

Finnish brewery [[Hartwall]] has produced Pommac in Finland since 1950. It purchased the Finnish trademark in 2001. Pommac is in Finland an extremely popular non-alcoholic substitute for [[champagne]] and [[sparkling wine]]s, and as children's [[birthday]] celebration drink.

==See also==
* [[Champis]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://archive.today/20130920125955/http://www.carlsbergsverige.se/Drycker/Vatten/Sidor/Pommac.aspx Carlsberg Sverige Pommac]
* [http://www.hartwall.fi/en/drinks/products/soft-drinks/pommac Hartwall]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130921221716/http://www.hartwall.fi/en/drinks/products/soft-drinks/pommac/pommac-light pommac light]
*[http://www.hartwall.fi/en/drinks/products/soft-drinks/pommac/pommac  pommac classic]

[[Category:Fruit sodas]]
[[Category:Finnish drinks]]
[[Category:Swedish drinks]]
[[Category:Soft drinks]]