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Jarvis was clearly shocked to find his Irn-Bru had no familiar orange colouring

- BY LYNN LOVE

A BOY was left fizzing when a “one in a million” can of Irn-Bru contained clear juice and not the distinctiv­e orange pop.

Jarvis Morrison Sweeney, from Dunfermlin­e, sat down to enjoy the famous soft drink on Sunday and was shocked at what was inside.

The 11- year- old said: “I thought to myself, ‘ What the hell is going on here?’

“I was surprised and confused.

“It looked like sparkling water. I still had a drink of it though because I wanted to see what it tasted like.”

Jarvis and his mum Alana Maxwell said the drink smelled like Irn- Bru, it tasted like Irn-Bru, but it certainly did not look like the popular drink.

Alana, who runs the Auld Mi l l House Hot el in Dunfermlin­e, said: “I had just bought the case of Sugar Free

Irn-Bru from Bookers Cash and Carry a few days before so I knew it was definitely still in date.

“We couldn’t believe it when we saw it.

“Jarvis was loving it. It gave us some much needed entertainm­ent.

“All these years I’ve thought Irn- Bru got it’s famous colouring from girders and now this has happened.

“Is it really just colouring they add? The mind boggles.”

Irn-Bru bosses said young Jarvis’s rare find was a one-ina-million can and have offered to send him some freebies to make up for his confusion.

A spokespers­on from Irn-Bru said: “It’s very rare to get a clear can of Irn-Bru.

“We’ll be sending Jarvis’s family a few cases of Irn-Bru Sugar Free to thank them for telling us.”

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