Kinnie
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| Type | Soft drink |
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| Manufacturer | Simonds Farsons Cisk |
| Country of origin | Malta |
| Introduced | 1952 |
| Color | Amber |
| Variants | Kinnie Zest Diet Kinnie |
| Related products | Krest Chinotto Irn Bru Coca Cola |
Kinnie (Maltese pronunciation: [kɪnːiː]) is a soft drink from Malta. It was first developed in 1952 by Simonds Farsons Cisk.
Kinnie is amber in colour, has a bittersweet flavour, and is drunk straight or mixed with alcohol to create a long drink.
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[edit] History
Kinnie was first produced in 1952 as an alternative to the cola drinks that proliferated in post-war Europe.[1]
Kinnie's recipe is kept secret. However the official website provides further information about its ingredients, suggesting that Kinnie owes its bittersweet taste to the blend Maltese Mediterranean chinotto bitter oranges, combined with an infusion from a dozen different aromatic herbs and spices such as anise, ginseng, vanilla, rhubarb and liquorice. Only natural ingredients are used.
As the health awareness increased over recent decades, a Diet version for Kinnie appeared in 1984. In 2007, a new low calorie version of Kinnie called Kinnie Zest was made available. This has a slightly darker colour and a stronger orange flavour, and is advertised as only having one calorie per bottle.
[edit] Sales locations
Kinnie is exported to Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Albania, Libya, Hungary and Canada. Kinnie is also available for direct purchase by consumers in Europe via on-line distribution partners based in Germany and Italy.
In recent years, Simonds Farsons Cisk also started to franchise Kinnie production overseas. As a result, Kinnie is now produced under license from Farsons in Australia and deals are being struck with partners in Eastern Europe and South Africa.[2]
In March 2009, it was announced that Farsons were going to make Kinnie exports into Russia.[3] In the summer of 2010, Farsons and Kinnie UK Limited soft-launched Kinnie and its two variants in London's West End, reaching almost 100 trial outlets by September 2010.[4]
Bottled Kinnie is now available from amazon.co.uk.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Simonds Farsons Cisk
- ^ Around the World kinnie.com
- ^ Farsons to export Kinnie to Russia Times of Malta, 12 March 2009.
- ^ Kinnie goes on sale in London Times of Malta, 17 September 2010.
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