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Ubuntu Cola
Ubuntu Cola
TypeSoft drink
ManufacturerUbuntu Trading Company Ltd
DistributorUbuntu Trading Company Ltd
OriginUnited Kingdom
Introduced2007[1]
Discontinued2019[1]
Related productsCoca-Cola, Virgin Cola

Ubuntu Cola was a soft drink certified by The Fairtrade Foundation. Made with Fairtrade sugar from Malawi and Zambia, Ubuntu Cola was the first UK cola to be Fairtrade certified.[2] It was available for sale in the United Kingdom, Hungary, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Luxembourg and online.[3][4]

It was available in 330 ml cans, 500 ml PET plastic bottles, and 275 ml glass bottles.[4]

It was produced from 2007 to 2019.[1]

Name

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The cola is named after the African philosophy of Ubuntu, which means humanity or fellow feeling; kindness,[5] There is no connection between the cola and the Ubuntu open-source operating system (also named after the philosophy). Moreover, Ubuntu Cola is not an open-source cola.

Fairtrade

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Ubuntu Cola's sugar was sourced from Fairtrade worker cooperatives in Kasinthula, Malawi and Kaleya, Zambia. Farmers who are members of the Fairtrade cooperative at Kasinthula received an income of $4 a day, which was six times the national average income.[6]

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