Sanka is a brand of instant decaffeinated coffee, sold around the world, and was one of the earliest decaffeinated varieties.[1] Sanka is distributed in the United States by Kraft Heinz.
History
Decaffeinated coffee was developed in 1903 (see Decaffeination: Roselius process) by a team of researchers led by Ludwig Roselius in Bremen, Germany.[2][3] It was first sold in Germany and many other European countries in 1905–1906 under the name Kaffee HAG (short for Kaffee Handels-Aktien-Gesellschaft, or Coffee Trading Public Company).[4] In France, the brand name became Sanka, derived from the