To be really missing ribena and lucazade

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I used to love these occasionally on a hot day when dehydrated, now both taste like shit and give me a headache. Why?! I'm in great shape and not overweight I just want a drink a couple of times a month!

I don’t like blueberries either but the belvoir blueberry and blackcurrent cordial is bloody lush! Actually prefer it to ribena. Dd prefers it too.

It says to keep it in the fridge but I don’t and it’s fine.

My mate’s twat of an ex has started a crowdfunder to reverse engineer the old-style lucozade and relaunch it under a new brand.

The description on his scheme’s Facebook page explains that he stockpiled a large number of bottles once he heard about the changes coming in. Maybe he would be willing to sell some to the highest bidding poster

Waitrose do the last lemonade with sugar. They also do cloudy lemonade.

Waitrose own squash, there are 2 or 3 sugar versions.

Tesco do NOTHING without sweeteners now. Their high juice used to be good.

I miss Ribena, lucozade, Capri sun, Vimto, Irn Bru, sprite, 7up, tango, Dr Pepper, and all the other companies who have swapped taste for profits.

Thank god for coke. Was heavenly when we’d had stomach bugs the other week.

Fuck you jamie Oliver. Sugar tax the crap outta things yet make a cook book on cakes

I’m so sad at all this jiggery fuckery with drinks. Artificial sweeter is dodgy for health and tastes vile.
I do drink Belvoir and Rocks Organic, which are all lush. I kept an opened Rocks Blackcurrant one too long and it grew mould. Going to start making my own squash. Experiment number one starts as soon as I can source some blackcurrants www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/blackcurrant-cordial

There IS a petition.

The new taste of sprite broke my heart, personally. I don't drink alcohol so this was my special treat drink

AGBarr down 20% is false
Profits have risen according to this article on the bbc www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-scotland-scotland-business-39415738

I've got 1 can of original Irn Bru stashed for a special occasion. Belvoir juices are nice, also Fevertree ones.

I agree lemonade tastes awful and I used to love the blood orange Pellegrino the new formula is horrendous very saccharine sweet taste

Australia still has full sugar ribena! How many bottles do you think i can bring in my suitcase next week?

I miss Strawberry Volvic a few of the little independent newsagents/corner shops near me still have the good stuff, I literally buy every bottle I find now but I know when it’s gone, it’s gone. That and Sprite. I’m half tempted to go away for a weekend and just come back with a suitcase full!

If profits are up it's because sweeteners are so cheap and many many times sweeter than sugar so need less.

I was hoping profits would be down.

Sugar tax is high though. The cloudy lemonade in waitrose went from 81p to £1.24. No wonder they all shat themselves and swopped sugar for sweeteners.

Profits might be up but sales will have plummeted. It’ll show up eventually.

@miggril proper lemonade is really easy to make from scratch and 1000x better than the rubbish at the grocery stores!

Because it's just sugar, that's why

Have an ice cream lolly

I miss 7up ☹️. But Belvoir, Bottlegreen, Blossom Cottage, Cawston Press, Fentimans and Virgil’s are still sweetener free. Gutted they’ve done this, just because a few people don’t understand fizzy drinks are an occasional treat.

Roses lime cordial or Waitrose, Sainsburys or M&S high juice is your friend for a ribena substitute, but possibly no blackcurrant at M&S - make sure you don't get the one that says 'no added sugar' in small writing on the front.

I got all excited at the vast range of flavours of high juice in M&S until I noticed that most flavours were only in no added sugar.

I also found old style San Pellegrino limonato in JTF (warehouse club giant Wilkos sort of place) the other day, but I fear this may be the end of old stock.

@MigGril Waitrose have full sugar lemonade (own brand)

The link above showing Irn Bru profit rise is from March 2017! Would be interesting to get updated figures but surely any profit rise in last 12 months will be from everyone stockpiling the old recipe?

I've managed to get old recipe San Pellegrino in Dobbies and Tiger but reckon it will run out soon. Relying on Fentimans now! Disappointing that Bundaberg and Fever Tree (except their yellow bottles/cans of tonic water) seem to contain sweeteners now.

I bought a Mars Milkshake for the first time in about a year the other week and almost threw up it was so horrendous I really can't stand that fake sugar taste, it leaves an awful feeling in your mouth that's hard to describe but you can spot it a mile off. Won't be doing that again!

The thing is though all I can do is swear I won't buy it again... and since I probably averaged a bottle every 6 months before the change I can't see how they're going to notice my protest 😂

When my 5 year old was recently prescribed antibiotics for ear infection, I was advised to avoid giving drinks with sweetener and only use sugary drinks, because the body needs the boost when fighting infection. Especially if a child is struggling to eat and drink as normal.

I don't buy stuff like this as a rule but I thought drinks offered a sugar free version. Now and again I'll pop to Home Bargains and buy some Vimto but always the sugar one - like you all I hate the chemical sugar taste - but I assumed it was a cho be thing? They surely haven't stopped the originals?!

YANVVVU, OP. Because Vimto is MUCH better

Artificial sweeteners give me migraines I’m happy to pay more for original full fat coke when I really fancy it than suffer for the next 3/4 days.

Surely it’s about education not removing.
I thought a healthy diet included treats? If I want a bottle of sugar filled elixir of the gods as my treat instead of Chocolate then let me!!!