Rivella

Rivella
Type Soft drink
Manufacturer Rivella SA
Country of origin Switzerland
Introduced 1952
Variants Red, blue, green, yellow, cliq peach, cliq rhubarb, cranberry
Rivella Red Timeline

Rivella is a soft drink from Switzerland, created by Robert Barth in 1952, which is produced from milk whey, and therefore includes ingredients such as lactose, lactic acid and minerals. It comes in seven varieties.

Name

The name Rivella was inspired by the municipality of Riva San Vitale in Canton Ticino and the Italian word for "revelation", rivelazione.

Varieties

History

Whey is a protein-containing by-product of cheese-making. It is considered healthy.

Ingredients

The ingredients of Rivella Red are as follows:

Availability

Rivella is seen as Switzerland's national beverage. The share by value of Rivella AG in the Swiss soft drinks market was 15.3 per cent in 2013, putting Rivella second to Coca-Cola. Rivella is a long-established brand in the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Rivella Light was launched as a diabetic beverage in the Netherlands in 1958. It appeared on the Swiss market one year later (1959) as Rivella Blue. The Netherlands remain the largest foreign market for Rivella. Rivella is also available in the regions bordering Switzerland in Germany, France and Austria. Rivella beverages available abroad are made to the same recipe as in Switzerland with the exception of the Netherlands, where beverages are made by Rivella licensing partner Vrumona using concentrate supplied by Rivella.

See also

References

  1. "jobs CH rant". studio-lacosta.ch. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  2. "Rivella – a slice of Swiss history". rivella.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  3. "INTRODUCING RIVELLA YELLOW". advertolog.com. Retrieved 2015-11-19.
  4. "New - Rivella Cranberry (Dutch)". rivella.nl. Retrieved 2015-11-19.

External links

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