Donald, according to the BBCproclaimed: "I can recommend BARR's IRN BRU to all who wish to aspire to athletic fame, signed Donald Dinnie, All-round Champion Athlete of the World." The`fleet' was a common sight around the region, with many of the animals going on to become famous in their own right, and the giant Clydesdale Carnera (named after boxing champion Primo Carnera) becoming the most famous of all. For reasons of hygiene and safety, personal grooming products, cosmetics or items of intimate clothing cannot be returned. Irn-Bru had dominated the Scottish market for over 100 years and although Coca-Cola has made inroads, it still sits a close second behind its Scottish rival.

Designed in 1969 as the Barr tartan, by Howe design, it was updated in 1996/97 and redesigned by Kinloch Anderson with the name changed to Irn-Bru tartan. Irn-Bru is also the third top-selling soft drink in the UK overall, with Pepsi and Coca-Cola occupying the top two spots. • Read more: AG Barr say most fans won’t notice Irn-Bru recipe change 7. Irn-Bru isn't made from girders, but it does contain iron Wrong. No one farms animals to make gelatine. Gelatine is a by-product of meat production – the leftover skin and bones, after the meaty bits have been sent to the butcher, are boiled up until a gel forms. In a world where pigs and cattle are reared for steaks and sausages, using this gel reduces food waste, and increases the amount of land that can be used to farm food for a hungry world, rather than growing peas to process into protein to set gummy sweets.Oh Percy. How could you? Marks and Spencer, not content with selling a separate vegetarian version of their popular Percy Pig sweets, have now taken the gelatine out of the entire range to make them all meat-free. Such reformulations are not to be taken lightly – remember in January last year when Irn Bru cut its sugar content by more than half, to howls of complaint from its Scottish heartland? Or when Ribena followed suit, replacing much of the sugar with artificial sweetener and enraging its most loyal customers? In January 2021, The Golden Casket Group launched a brand new addition to the Millions brand – Iron Brew Jelly Babies! After having great success with the award winning Vimto Jelly Babies in 2019, it was only logical to create more to add to the growing product range. The Golden Casket Group launched the Iron Brew Jelly Babies with Aldi Scottish stores as part of their Next Top Product Search in partnership with Scotland’s Food and Drink. The launch was a huge hit due to the unique Iron Brew flavour – famous for being traditionally Scottish!

Fans of the Irn Bru bar have often taken to social media to call for its return, but the brand has confirmed that this will be unlikely, so these new Jelly Babies could become a cult favourite. This tartan was different from the generic tartan used by the brand on their English adverts in 1969. Renfield Street in Glasgow, showing the Barr's Irn-Bru lights in March 1984. Picture: TSPL 13. Irn Bru's most famous ad was launched in 2006 and it was the first time the brand had ever created a Christmas ad - it definitely wasn't the lastAG Barr went on to confirm that Irn-Bru did indeed contain alcohol, but that it was such a small amount as to be virtually negligible, meaning everyone, including the Muslim community, could continue to enjoy Irn-Bru as it didn't go against the teachings of their religion. 15. A Scots ex-pat recently claimed that Irn-Bru (well Iron Brew) was actually invented in the United States IRONBREW bottle label from the New York-made fizzy drink, circa 1900. PIC: SWNS After winning the competition for their Orkney Caramel Shortbread, Argo’s Bakery went on to win Own Label Product of the Year at the 2017 Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards and Bakery Product of the Year at the 2018 Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards. Aldi has launched a range of new products - including Iron Brew jelly babies - that have been developed and manufactured in Scotland following the supermarket’s search for the country’s Next Top Product. To sell out in less than a month after launching in January was just brilliant, and we are thrilled that the product has returned within Aldi’s everyday range and will again be available across all Aldi Scottish stores.” Golden Casket's Sales and Marketing Director, Sandra Fisher, said: “Aldi’s Next Top Product search has given our Millions Iron Brew Jelly Babies fantastic exposure and we’re so pleased how well they were received by customers. Read More Related Articles