{"id":441749,"date":"2025-06-30T18:34:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T13:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=441749"},"modified":"2025-06-30T18:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T13:43:12","slug":"meet-the-26-year-old-disrupting-big-soda-companies-with-salaam-cola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/meet-the-26-year-old-disrupting-big-soda-companies-with-salaam-cola\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the 27-Year-Old Disrupting Big Soda Companies with ‘Salaam Cola’"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a world dominated by soda giants like Coca-Cola and Pepsi, a 27-year-old entrepreneur is stirring up the industry with a bold, faith-driven alternative. Aykiz Shah, the visionary founder of Salaam Cola<\/a>, has taken her passion for ethical business and humanitarian impact from her kitchen island to the global stage, with her halal-certified soft drink now sold in 14 countries.<\/p>\n

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Launched in November 2023, Salaam Cola has skyrocketed to success, selling nearly two billion cans worldwide in just 18 months, all while donating 10% of its profits to conflict-affected regions like Palestine, Syria, Yemen, and Lebanon.<\/p>\n\t\t

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Aykiz Shah, a hijab-wearing mother from Ireland, didn\u2019t just set out to create a beverage\u2014she aimed to spark a movement. Frustrated by the lack of purpose-driven options in the soda market, Shah founded Salaam Beverages Co. Limited with a clear mission: to combine great taste with global good.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a mother and a woman in hijab navigating a male-dominated space, I wanted to prove that you don\u2019t have to compromise your values to build something meaningful,\u201d Shah shared in a recent interview. \u201cSalaam Cola is more than a beverage\u2014it\u2019s a tool for global good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

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Whether you\u2019re sipping Salaam Cola for its crisp taste or its bold mission, one thing is clear: Aykiz Shah\u2019s faith-driven venture is more than a drink\u2014it\u2019s a global movement that\u2019s just getting started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a world dominated by soda giants like Coca-Cola and Pepsi, a 27-year-old entrepreneur is stirring up the industry with a bold, faith-driven alternative. Aykiz Shah, the visionary founder of Salaam Cola, has taken her passion for ethical business and humanitarian impact from her kitchen island to the global stage, with her halal-certified soft drink now sold in 14 countries. […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":441751,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2566,2540,2567,2530,2578],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-441749","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brand","8":"category-international","9":"category-product","10":"category-social-issue-cause","11":"category-street-buzz"},"wps_subtitle":"","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/salaam-cola-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/salaam-cola.jpg",1000,560,false],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/salaam-cola.jpg",1000,560,false]},"author_name":"Rija Sohaib","categories_name":["Brand","International","Product","Social Issue\/Cause","Street Buzz"],"title_text":"Meet the 27-Year-Old Disrupting Big Soda Companies with \u2018Salaam Cola\u2019","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=2566,2540,2567,2530,2578&exclude=441749","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441749"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=441749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}