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Ribena Blackcurrant Ready to Drink: calories, sugar by serving

A small bottle (65ml) of Ribena Blackcurrant Ready to Drink contains 34 kcal and 7.9g of sugar.

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Nutrition by serving

Nutrition by serving size: Ribena Blackcurrant Ready to Drink

Serving	Calories	Sugar	Caffeine
Small bottle (65ml)	34 kcal	7.9g	–
Bottle (330ml)	172 kcal	40.3g	–
Carton (288ml)	150 kcal	35.1g	–

Sugar highlighted in amber above 33% of adult daily free sugar limit (30g), red above 75%. Caffeine highlighted in amber above 25% of adult daily limit (400mg), red above 50%.

Ribena Blackcurrant Ready to Drink contains 52 kcal, 12.5g of carbohydrate (12.2g sugar) and 0.02g of salt per 100ml.

Ribena RTD contains 13% blackcurrant juice from concentrate (not diluted at home), with added sugar driving 12.2g per 100ml. A 330ml bottle delivers 40.3g of sugar — more than the adult daily free sugar limit from a single drink. The vitamin C from blackcurrant (ascorbic acid) remains meaningful — a 65ml miniature bottle provides approximately 100% of the adult reference intake.

UK Sugar Tax (SDIL)

Sugar Tax (SDIL)

Soft Drinks Industry Levy (upper rate: drinks above 8g sugar per 100ml). The manufacturer pays £0.24 per litre to HMRC.

Sugar

Ribena Blackcurrant Ready to Drink contains 12.2g of sugar per 100ml, placing it in the upper levy band under the Soft Drinks Industry Levy. A small bottle (65ml) delivers 7.9g of sugar, 26% of the adult daily free sugar limit.

What is in it

Blackcurrant juice drink (RTD)

Water, blackcurrant juice from concentrate (13%), sugar, citric acid, vitamin C. Ready-to-drink, not a squash. The 13% blackcurrant juice is not diluted further.

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Nutrition information from official brand UK nutrition panels, Coca-Cola GB nutrition pages, UK retailer product listings, and independent nutritionist analyses. Figures per 100ml; per-serving values are proportional estimates. Sugar Tax (SDIL) status based on UK sugar content thresholds at time of writing — brands may reformulate. Caffeine figures from EU/UK mandatory nutrition labelling. Reference intakes: EU Reference Intakes for an average adult (2,000 kcal). Fruit juice is subject to the SDIL if it contains added sugar; pure juices exempt. For guidance only, not medical advice.

How this page is made

The nutrition figures for Ribena Blackcurrant Ready to Drink come from the information published by the brand or retailer. Where a company does not publish full nutrition information, we estimate the missing values from comparable products and say so on the page. Daily shares are measured against NHS and SACN guidance for each age group.

The text on this page was written with AI assistance from this data and checked against it. The image is an illustration created for this page, not a photograph of the product.

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