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{{Short description|Iranian soda brand}}
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{{Infobox Beverage
| name = Zamzam Cola
| image = LOGO ZAMZAM.png
| caption = 
| type = [[Carbonated soft drink]]
| manufacturer = Zamzam Iran Company
| origin = [[Iran]]
| introduced = {{start date and age|1954}} (as a subsidiary of Pepsi)
| related = [[Mecca-Cola]], [[Qibla Cola]], Eram Cola, [[Parsi Cola]], [[Cola Turka]]
| homepage = {{URL|https://zamzam.ir/}}
| variants = Lemonade, Cola, Orange, Lemon, Dough, Energizer, Mineral and drinking water
}}

'''Zamzam '''({{Langx|fa|زمزم}}, ''Zamzam'') is a brand of [[soft drink|carbonated soft drink]] produced in [[Iran]] by Zamzam Group. The director of the Zamzam Group is Saeed Abdollahi-nezhad. Zamzam Group is owned by Sina Industrial Food Holding.

==History==
Originally a subsidiary of [[Pepsi]] created in Iran in 1954 as the first Iranian [[Soft drink|carbonated soft drink]] producer owned by [[Habib Sabet]]. Following the Islamic revolution in 1979, the company was taken from its original owner and the name was known as Zamzam. 

Following the 2002 boycott of [[Coca-Cola]] by [[Saudi Arabia]], Zamzam was unofficially dubbed the soft drink of the [[Hajj]].<ref>[http://islamonline.net/English/News/2002-08/27/article07.shtml Islam Online- News Section<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515115521/http://islamonline.net/English/News/2002-08/27/article07.shtml |date=15 May 2006 }}</ref> The product's name is a reference to the [[Zamzam Well|Well of Zamzam]] in [[Mecca]], which is one of the stops on the Islamic pilgrimage of the Hajj.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Willard |first1=Haley |title=The World's Most Popular Sodas — That You've Never Heard of |url=https://www.thedailymeal.com/drink/worlds-most-popular-sodas-youve-never-heard |website=The Daily Meal |access-date=27 March 2020}}
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==References==
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*{{Cite news |last=Theodoulou |first=Michael |last2=Bremner |first2=Charles |last3=McGrory |first3=Daniel |date=11 October 2002 |title=Cola wars as Islam shuns the real thing |url=https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/cola-wars-as-islam-shuns-the-real-thing-mtrt2mfk38r?region=global%2Cglobal |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605002755/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article1172816.ece |archive-date=5 June 2011 |access-date=1 March 2024 |work=[[The Times]]}}
*{{Cite news |date=21 August 2002 |title=Islamic cola 'selling well in Saudi' |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2207565.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513190903/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2207565.stm |archive-date=13 May 2012 |access-date=1 March 2023 |publisher=[[BBC News]]}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|https://zamzam.ir/}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100526224154/http://www.zamzam.ca/ Zam Zam Foods North America Inc, distributors in the United States and Canada.]

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[[Category:Iranian drinks]]
[[Category:Food and drink companies of Iran]]
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