Kola Champion is a soda from the SOLO brand, a beverage company from Trinidad and Tobago. Sweet, with a caramel and kola flavour, it is very popular in the Caribbean and among the Caribbean diaspora. 330 mL can.
What is Kola Champion?
The can reads “Solo, Kola Champion Original, soda with plant extracts”: these extracts are kola nut extracts. It belongs to the “kola champagne” family, Caribbean sodas with a more caramel flavour than a classic cola. Contrary to what is often said, the brand is neither from Martinique nor from Guadeloupe: SOLO is a family beverage company from Trinidad and Tobago.
How to serve it?
Well chilled, straight from the can or in a glass with ice cubes. It goes with Creole dishes, a colombo or accras, and blends into non-alcoholic punches.
What to pair it with?
The Royal Soda grenadine, made in Martinique, and the OLD JAMAICA ginger beer complete the cooler. The chicken colombo recipe is on the blog, and Caribbean products are gathered in the Caribbean and Antillean flavours section.
Product information
- Brand: SOLO (Trinidad and Tobago), Kola Champion Original recipe
- Volume: 330 mL can
- Ingredients: carbonated water, sugar, preservative: sodium benzoate (150 mg/l), colour: caramel (E150d), artificial flavourings, acid: citric acid, solid kola extracts
- Caffeine: content not stated on the label; kola extract naturally contains caffeine
- Allergens: none of the 14 regulated allergens in the ingredient list
- Average nutritional values per 100 ml: energy 246 kJ (58 kcal), fat less than 0.8 g, carbohydrates 14.4 g of which sugars 14.4 g, protein less than 0.5 g, salt less than 0.01 g
