Our "other national drink"
Discussion
I always thought the name had been changed from "Iron Brew" because it contained no iron; however ...
I started to read about discusions with the FSA regarding phasing out the colourings "Sunset Yellow FCF" and "Ponceau 4R" ... and then decided that I'd rather not know.
Wiki said:
In 1946, a change in laws required that the word brew be removed from the name, as the drink is not brewed. The chairman of the company came up with the idea of changing the spelling of both halves of the name, giving the Irn-Bru brand.
... and ...A.G. Barr site FAQs said:
Q: Is there iron in IRN-BRU?
A: Yes the secret recipe for IRN-BRU does have Iron as one of its ingredients.
A: Yes the secret recipe for IRN-BRU does have Iron as one of its ingredients.
I started to read about discusions with the FSA regarding phasing out the colourings "Sunset Yellow FCF" and "Ponceau 4R" ... and then decided that I'd rather not know.
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