I have always loved Ribena and never failed to associate ice-cold Ribena with hot sunny afternoons. The distinctive blackcurrant taste is really yummy and it is said to be full of glucose and rich in Vitamin C which growing children need.

Recently, I have been seeing some interesting new Ribena products called Ribena mobiles available on the supermarket shelves. It is essentially a foil pack of Ribena with a thick straw on top to ease drinking. The foil pack chills faster and keeps cool longer which makes it a perfect thirst quencher.

Ribena Mobile is available in several interesting flavours such as Blackcurrant & Pear, Blackcurrant & Peach alongside the original Ribena flavours and Ribena with Glucose. I recently tried the Blackcurrant & Pear as I was really intrigued by the thought of how pear would taste in a drink. Upon taking a sip, I was surprised to find that there was hardly any pear taste and the main flavour was still the blackcurrant taste.

The packaged Ribena drinks tend to be a little on the thick and sweet side. Nevertheless, it does have great thirst-quenching properties and was delicious despite the slight sweetness. I bought my Ribena Mobile for RM2.10 from Jusco for a 330ml pack.