Editing Almdudler (section)

==History==
After three years of development, Almdudler was produced from 1957 by the [[Vienna|Viennese]] entrepreneur Erwin Klein (1924–1983).<ref name="WZ">{{cite web|url=http://www.wienerzeitung.at/Desktopdefault.aspx?tabID=3946&alias=wzo&lexikon=Trinken&letter=T&cob=242847|title=Eine Flasche Heimat|first=Anton|last=Holzer|work=[[Wiener Zeitung]]|date=5 August 2006|access-date=14 May 2010|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101213210540/http://www.wienerzeitung.at/Desktopdefault.aspx?tabID=3946&alias=wzo&lexikon=Trinken&letter=T&cob=242847|archive-date=2010-12-13|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to the company's website, he derived the name from the then-common phrase ''auf der Alm dudeln'', which means "[[yodeling]] in the (alpine) pasture". The drink was originally created and marketed as an alternative to [[alcoholic beverage]]s or as a mixer for alcoholic drinks.

Klein promoted the popularity of Almdudler through advertising and sponsoring at major sporting events, such as the [[1964 Winter Olympics]] held in [[Innsbruck]]. Since 1973, the Almdudler company only functions as a license supplier.

The Austrian family business [[Pfanner]] and the mineral water company Franken Brunnen have been distribution partners in Germany since 2016, and Stardrinks AG (a subsidiary of [[Heineken]] Switzerland AG) in [[Switzerland]]. For the 60th anniversary of the brand in 2017, the American artist [[Mel Ramos]] created a painting with the name "Almdudler’s Fabulous Blonde".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Almdudler Pop Art zum 60. Geburtstag: Mel Ramos Gemälde im Kunsthistorischen Museum|url=https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20171017_OTS0020/almdudler-pop-art-zum-60-geburtstag-mel-ramos-gemaelde-im-kunsthistorischen-museum|access-date=2021-09-24|website=OTS.at|language=de|archive-date=2017-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017114818/https://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20171017_OTS0020/almdudler-pop-art-zum-60-geburtstag-mel-ramos-gemaelde-im-kunsthistorischen-museum|url-status=live}}</ref>

Almdudler remains wholly owned by the Klein family.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Die Almdudler Geschichte|url=https://almdudler.com/at/das-ist-almdudler/die-almdudler-geschichte|access-date=2023-04-08|website=Almdudler.com|language=de}}</ref> Erwin Klein’s son Thomas serves as chairman of the parent company [[supervisory board]], while Gerhard Schilling has been [[managing director]] since 2004.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hoepke|first=Simone|date=2022-08-27|title=Almdudler-Eigentümer Thomas Klein: "Und jeder gibt zu allem seinen Senf dazu"|url=https://kurier.at/wirtschaft/almdudler-eigentuemer-thomas-klein-und-jeder-gibt-zu-allem-seinen-senf-dazu/402124769|access-date=2023-04-08|work=[[Kurier]]|language=de}}</ref>