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=== Development === Ribena was originally manufactured in England by the [[Bristol]]-based food and drink company HW Carter as a [[blackcurrant]] [[squash (drink)|squash]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781441951915 |title=Production and Packaging of Non-Carbonated Fruit Juices and Fruit Beverages |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |year=2013 |isbn=9781475762969 |editor-last=Ashurst |editor-first=Philip R. |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211151552/http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9781441951915 |archive-date=11 December 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>{{rp|132β133}} Development research into pure fruit syrups for the manufacture of [[milkshake]]s had been done at the [[Long Ashton Research Station|Long Ashton Agriculture and Horticulture Research Station]] in [[North Somerset]] using a [[pectinase]] enzyme process; Ribena was developed by biochemist Audrey Green and Vernon Charley, a scientist at the [[University of Bristol]]<ref name="1936-Bristol-scientist-creates-Ribena">{{Cite news |date=27 March 2007 |title=Bristol Scientist creates Ribena |url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/centenary/timeline/index.html?detectHtml=true |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810212716/http://www.bristol.ac.uk/centenary/timeline/index.html?detectHtml=true |archive-date=10 August 2019 |access-date=4 September 2011 |publisher=University of Bristol |location=Bristol |quote=Dr Vernon Charley, a scientist at the University's Long Ashton Agriculture and Horticulture Research, develops Ribena. It was given its name by a Mr S. M. Lennox of Bristol in 1938 and comes from the Latin name for blackcurrant, Ribes Negrum. The now-famous blackcurrant drink provided an important alternative source of vitamin C during the war years when oranges were in scarce supply and it was produced for free distribution to children by the Ministry of Food}}</ref> in 1933.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 Sep 2008 |title=Brand Profile: Ribena |url=http://www.promomarketing.info/shopper/brand-profile-ribena/2689 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429194631/http://www.promomarketing.info/shopper/brand-profile-ribena/2689 |archive-date=29 April 2014 |access-date=5 July 2011 |website=Promotional Marketing}}</ref> The blackcurrant variety was found to contain high levels of [[vitamin C]]. The drink was named Ribena (from the botanical name of the blackcurrant, ''[[Ribes nigrum]]''), by Mr S. M. Lennox of Bristol in 1938.<ref name="1936-Bristol-scientist-creates-Ribena" />
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