Firm gets €117,330 fine after pupils ‘C’ through Ribena claims

THE makers of blackcurrant drink, Ribena, were yesterday fined the equivalent of €117,330 after two schoolgirls found the product contained almost no trace of Vitamin C.

GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) claims over the Vitamin C content of Ribena were proved wrong in a simple experiment by 14-year-old New Zealand pupils, Anna Devathasan and Jenny Suo.

The pair were looking at the Vitamin C content of popular drinks to see if cheaper products contained less of the nutrient than brands like Ribena.