Millions Iron Brew Jelly Babies, 1 Pack, 200g

Product Information

Priced at 99p for a 200g bag, Aldi say the sweets bring Scotland’s best-loved flavour to the market in an exciting new format. 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. Said to weigh a ton and considered to be the largest working horse in the world at the time, Robert Barr bought him from a Perth farmer in 1930.Huge and very strong, the Clydesdale horses were able to carry around 60 to 70 dozen bottles which weighed about three tons.

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.

Join our Co-op online for just £1

In the early days of Irn-Bru, a long-running advertising campaign was undertaken in the form of ‘The Adventures of Ba-Bru and Sandy’ comic, lasting from the 1930s to the early 1970s. The morning newsletter arrives every day before 9am and the evening newsletter, manually curated by the team, is sent between 4pm and 5pm, giving you a round up of the most important stories we've covered that day. Only three people in the whole world reportedly know the recipe for making Irn-Bru: Former company chairman Robin Barr; his daughter Julie Barr (the firm’s Company Secretary and Legal Affairs Manager) and one other A.G. Barr board director, whose identity remains confidential. Robin Barr. Picture: TSPL In the National Museum of Scotland’s range of exhibits selected by celebrities, Sir Sean Connery chose a crate of Irn-Bru.

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.The strongman logo - known as the iconic “Highland athlete” - which features on the cans was originally portrayed by popular Highland Games athlete Adam Brown, with Scottish strongman Donald Dinnie also reportedly approached by Robert Barr to endorse the drinks in adverts. A Irn-Bru poster which featured a cow and the slogan "When I'm a burger I want to be washed down with Irn-Bru" attracted a record 700 complaints, while family values campaigners were outraged when an advert showed a young women in a bikini holding a can and saying: "I never knew four-and-a-half-inches could give so much pleasure." 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." of the best food and drink advent calendars for 2023 - from gin and whisky to cheese 5. The "World's Largest Horse" once worked for Irn-Bru Picture: Barr's