"Purported to be a condiment or spread"

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An American living in Scotland rates British foods. She likes crumpets. She does not like Marmite.

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[frandowdsofa.livejournal.com]

I thought that when she said she'd splurged on a bottle of "real" Irn Bru for the test, that she usually drank the cheap fake stuff. Shudder. I remember James B drinking Irn Bru and orange juice in Glasgow, and I thought I was obnoxious with Coke and orange. That stuff glowed in the dark.

[mgspiller.livejournal.com]

& what's wrong with the cheap fake stuff ?

Did I mention that the pictured bottle of "cheap fake stuff" was bottled a few meters from my desk? ;-)

I wouldn't recommend the colours used in Irn-Bru / Iron Brew but they are used in miniscule quantities & moderate consumption is generally thought to be relatively harmless.

like AJShepherd below I reckon D&B shades it though Iron Brew is not far behind.

Sometimes it makes commercial sense to deliberately make products for Tesco Value / Asda Smartprice / Somerfield Makes Sense / Sainsbury's Basics etc, etc, taste worse than they might otherwise do just on cost grounds to lessen the impact on sales of the standard product.

[frandowdsofa.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that was a General Irn Bru Shudder, not a cheap fake stuff one. It makes my teeth grate.

Another vote for D&B here.

[mgspiller.livejournal.com]

:-) not really worried, my employer is well capable of looking after itself, as is Barrs for that matter. I'm not going to win any clear english awards for that statement about "cheapest on display" brands (as they are known in the trade) on the other hand...