Tag: Scottish culture

In 2018, the sugar content in a regular can of Irn Bru was reduced by over 50% to comply with the UK's soft drinks industry levy. This change, aimed at combating rising obesity rates, fundamentally altered the amount of sugar in a can of Irn Bru from its traditional recipe.

The popular Scottish soft drink Irn-Bru contains a minuscule 0.002% of ammonium ferric citrate, an iron-containing food additive. While technically present, this trace amount means that, no, Irn-Bru is not full of iron, and its famous "Made in Girders" tagline was a purely marketing-driven jest.