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History[edit]

In terms of history, I think that the fact that Ribena was the first drink in a carton, and 'Ribena claims that 95% all UK and Irish blackcurrants are used in their drinks.' should probably be in there somewhere, but I'd have no idea where to put it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.130.132.222 (talk • contribs) 12:58, 5 July 2005

One way not to put it in is "== Really!== About 95% of ALL yes thats ALL UK and Irish blackcurrants end up in your ribena." --Henrygb 03:31, 24 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Is this definitely the claim they were making? The advert where it in was gramatically ambiguous ("95% of all Britain's blackcurrants make it" IIRC) and could be interpreted in all sorts of ways --87.82.24.11 20:55, 5 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps we need more discussion on their claims in the media. Note this story about their Vitamin C claims in New Zealand... 210.55.130.65 22:03, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Controversy vs false claims[edit]

A controversy is something that is disputed. GSK have been convicted of misleading consumers in two countries - they are guilty of a false claim. --60.234.231.99 10:08, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

To quote the New Zealand Herald editorial 'Thanks to the diligence of the two Pakuranga College pupils, the world's second-largest food and pharmaceutical manufacturer has been brought to its knees here and in Australia, where it has owned up to the Ribena deception."--60.234.231.99 10:19, 28 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

GSK did not actually make a false claim. The quote was, "the blackcurrants in Ribena contain four times the Vitamin C of oranges". That is quite correct. It is, however, misleading as it implies the Ribena itself has four times the Vitamin C of oranges and that is what they were fined for. TallGuy 03:06, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That was the misleading claim which relates to the syrup. GSK also claimed the presence of Vitamin C on nutritional labels on 'Ready to Drink Ribena', which is promoted as a children's drink suitable for school lunches. Analysis showed no Vitamin C -so this was a false claim. GSK blamed their testing methods for the discrepancy but did not reveal why two fourteen year olds using school laboratory equipment could correctly analyse Vitamin C in the drink while the world's second largest food and pharmaceutical company could not.

From the Age "It agreed that its cartoned ready to drink Ribena, which it claimed had 7mg of vitamin C per 100ml, in fact had no detectable vitamin C content." Ribena maker fined $192,000 --60.234.231.99 04:27, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good points, so there are misleading claims in advertising and false claims in Vitamin C content on the ready to drink range. --Zven 21:19, 11 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Vitamin C content.[edit]

There's something odd here. The Ribena sold in the USA (apparently bottled in or for the UK) states 0% Vitamin C on the applied (American) label, but peel that back and it says it contains either 32 or 40mg of Vit C per 100ml. So which is it? Whatever the answer, the first listed ingredient is "sugar."ExpatSalopian (talk) 21:03, 26 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Ribena 100% Juice[edit]

This page doesn't seem to mention the new Ribena 100% juice range. --204.4.131.140 (talk) 16:23, 9 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weird, I moved to UK in 2005. Never did see 100% Blackcurrant ever in UK - although Ribena did sell it in other (countries) markets. Furthermore, it always has had fake sweeteners - so possibly the only real change is that there is no sugar any longer after 2018?... I even sent emails to the UK Blackcurrant Foundation to find any product in UK with 100% juice, to no avail. 2A00:23C7:CA0C:4F01:A9BC:A66B:E61A:FEAA (talk) 21:58, 17 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The 100% pure juice range has been discontinued due to extremely poor sales, after a spend of over £6m promoting the brand - former GSK staff..

Ribona[edit]

Why is the article called Ribona instead of Ribena? --General Jazza (talk) 13:49, 11 July 2008 (UTC)--92.0.125.39 (talk) 13:48, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It isn't. Ribena is the article, and Ribona redirects to it. -- Cowplopmorris^Talk_Contribs 16:21, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sale to Suntory[edit]

As wikipedia is a supposed to be encyclopedic, isn't the change in ownership a little premature? As far as has been reported today, this has been agreed, but not completed so the owner and manufacturer is still GSK ^[1].

Clearly the text can reflect that, but as of today's date the article is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.111.27.50 (talk) 10:28, 9 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/sep/09/ribena-lucozade-sold-japan-glaxosmithkline

Isn't there another taste?[edit]

Doesn't there exist a Green Apple taste juice too? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Melaneas (talk • contribs) 13:20, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/sep/09/ribena-lucozade-sold-japan-glaxosmithkline

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