School experiment sinks Ribena in court
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I think the fine is really chicken feed... considering how many years they had been lying, and how much money they had made from the years of lying.
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hehehe. i used to drink alot of ribena when i was little, but nowadays i dont really like sweet stuff anymore so i stop.
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i very long never see the ribena packet.. and the ribena advertisements in singapore.. now the ribena packet look like what one? still got claim vitamin C?
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knnbccb. fine so little amt of money and can zao away with it._l_
i thought ribena really rich in vit c one, although i didnt drink it. -
I do occasionally drink it, however when I drink I drink it because it taste sweet. Other than this? No, I don't believe that this type of drink contain vitamin anyway. Eat apple also get more vitamins than this and much cheaper too.
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Sorry Ribena is safe to drink now??? I just brought a bottle yesterday...
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If it could falsely claimed that it was containing vitamin c, I am wondering how many other types of drinks are also falsely claiming what it has in it's content.
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Woah woah woah... take a chill pill...
I believe local authorities have released a statement on that.
But I wonder if it's reliable... -
All along I thought Ribena is a good drink. Now I think twice man.
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Originally posted by rojak12:
Apparently the formula in New Zealand is different from that in the UK. You will have to prove that preparations in Singapore do not conform to the product description.
+ 1 !!!
Seriously lawyers out there, can we start [b]a civil suit (or whatever suit) against GSK for misleading us for SO MANY years?
I made my children drink Ribena over other drinks thinking that it contains high level of Vitamin C and the "healthy" image it projected to us via advertisement.
Now we are shocked to further find out that:
"...Commerce Commission lawyer Nicholas Flanagan told the court the product was marketed as being healthy when in fact it contained more sugar than Coca-Cola."
NEARLY ZERO Vitamin C and high sugar content!!!!!
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nin nia ma... i still gt 2 packets in my fridge leh..heres the content
The packet ish 330ml
Per 100ml
Energy(kJ)-215
Energy(kcal)-51
Carbohydrate(g)-12.5
Total Sugar(g)-12.5
Protein(g)-0
Fat(g)-0
Vitamin C(mg)-18.2 30%NRV
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Darn, I used to love drinking Ribena when I was younger.
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ribena also widely use in church oneOriginally posted by shandower:Darn, I used to love drinking Ribena when I was younger.
drink liao can cleanse one sins
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singapore's not affected. different manufacturer. news reported yesterday.
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Unhealthy sugar water! URGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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No more ribena for me
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luckily i never drank ribena before..
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Formula is different but the claim is the same.Originally posted by oxford mushroom:Apparently the formula in New Zealand is different from that in the UK. You will have to prove that preparations in Singapore do not conform to the product description.
BTW, it has been 2 years since the experiment is done.
If they do the test now, are they using samples from 2 years ago?
One must be stupid to even hear what they say about their product now when they cannot even test it properly with an army of PhD in GSK.
The best punishment for them now is not to buy Ribena. -
Hahaha, they contradict themselves!Originally posted by banzie:
I will have the marketers at GSK do an ad for Honda:
"More Powerful & Faster than Porsche*" : *BHP/CC
When you are in a hole, don't dig! -
Originally posted by 0tah:
18 % only nia.
nin nia ma... i still gt 2 packets in my fridge leh..heres the content
The packet ish 330ml
Per 100ml
Energy(kJ)-215
Energy(kcal)-51
Carbohydrate(g)-12.5
Total Sugar(g)-12.5
Protein(g)-0
Fat(g)-0
[b]Vitamin C(mg)-18.2 30%NRV [/b]
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Commerce Commission lawyer Nicholas Flanagan told the court the product was marketed as being healthy when in fact it contained more sugar than Coca-Cola.
so ironic then...s'pore school's canteen got sell ribena, but never sell coca-cola -
The news said singapore's AVA will test the ribena in singapore.
Now the fun begins!
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Originally posted by sermodabian:Alamak!!! I am just drinking Ribena as I am reading this!!!
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ha ha ha .... my wife was just telling me yesterday that drinking Ribena is better than drinking coke, at least sugar not so much and got vitamin C.... Then the news report that it is low in Vitamin and high in sugar content !!! I can now drink coke without her nagging !! Thanks to the two students ....