Banta or goli soda is a carbonated lemon or orange-flavoured soft drink popular in India.
Banta may also refer to:
Places Banta, California, an unincorporated community Banta, Indiana, an unincorporated community an early name of Dunlap, Missouri, an unincorporated community Banta Island, one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia the 'Banța', a hill next to the center of the town of Ocna Mureș, Romania
People Albert Franklin Banta (1843–1924), American newspaperman, politician, jurist and army scout Arthur M. Banta (1877–1946), American zoologist Bradford Banta (born 1970), American former football player George Banta (1857–1935), American businessman Jack Banta (American football) (1917–1977), American National Football League player Jack Banta (baseball) (1925–2006), American Major League Baseball pitcher Lisa Banta (born 1979), American Paralympic goalball player and discus thrower Melissa Elizabeth Riddle Banta (1834–1907), American poet Parke M. Banta (1891–1970), a United States Representative from Missouri
Fictional characters Tony Banta, in the American TV series Taxi, played by Tony Danza Banta, a stock character in Sardarji jokes
Other uses Golisoda (English title Banta), a 2016 Indian Kannada-language film Banta, a work by American photographer Osamu James Nakagawa (born 1962) Banta (butterfly), a genus of butterflies Neoregelia 'Banta', a hybrid cultivar bantã, a Malinké name for the Ceiba pentandra tropical tree Banta Corporation, a former America printing, imaging, and supply chain management company Manta language (also Banta), spoken in Cameroon banta, a Swedish verb for "being on a diet", derived from dieting pioneer William Banting (1796–1878)
See also Jean LaBanta (c. 1879–after 1926), American conman, forger and train robber Bantè, a town, arrondissement, and commune in western Benin Benta, a town in Malaysia Benta (instrument), a Jamaican musical instrument Bente (disambiguation)