Rivella

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Rivella is a carbonated soft drink from Switzerland, created by Robert Barth in 1952, which is produced from whey (or milk plasma), and therefore includes ingredients such as lactose, lactic acid and minerals.

Rivella is very popular in its home country, but is also available in some European countries such as The Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, and the east of France. Rivella was distributed for a year in the United States, but was retracted in 2005 from the US market due to low sales volume.

[edit] Packaging

Rivella comes in plastic or glass bottles, both of which are tinted brown and are translucent. The different flavors of Rivella are marked by the different colors of the labeling. It comes in three varieties:

• Red Rivella, which can be considered as the original version
• Blue Rivella, a low calorie version of Red Rivella
• Green Rivella, which is aromatized with green tea extract

Green Rivella is the most recent version, introduced in 1999.

In the Netherlands, Rivella is neither produced nor distributed by Rivella International Inc., but by a local franchisee instead. Therefore the packaging in that country is slightly different.

[edit] External links

• Rivella AG Official web site
• Rivella home page bypassing splash screen

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