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Creamola Foam

In an attempt to broaden the international appeal of this book, here is an entry for Scottish readers.

Creamola Foam was a powder that, when mixed with water, created a sweet fizzy drink. It came in lemon, raspberry, and orange flavours, with a cola version added later on. It was made by Rowntree’s in Glasgow and, for some reason, and a bit like tablet and Edinburgh rock, never really made it down south.

Now, being from down south myself, I have never tasted the foamy delights of Creamola, so I asked my Scottish friend Kat to describe the taste for me:

‘It’s as if someone had made orangeade milkshake. Not very nice, now I think of it, but at the time, when I was seven, it was great.’

But in 1998, Nestlé (who had taken over Rowntree’s) stopped making it.

In the more than a decade since, several petitions and online campaigns have been started to try to persuade the makers to bring it back. The issue was even raised in the Scottish parliament.

Now, I don’t want to slight the nice people at Nestlé, whom I have taken the mickey out of elsewhere on these pages, but I would politely point out that no one wants a horde of angry Scotsmen chasing after them for any reason, least of all if they are demanding the reinstatement of their favourite effervescent fruit drink.

Fortunately, perhaps, for Nestlé, two Scottish companies have started making their own versions of the drink with both Kramola Fizz and Krakatoa available on shelves north of the border.

Still none down here, though.

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