Passiona
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History
Originally developed as a cordial by Lismore dairy farmer Spencer Cottee during the 1920s to avoid wasting excess passionfruit on his farm, when carbonated Passiona became a foundation product of the Cottee's range.[2] Passiona was first manufactured in 1924, and described in writing in an address to the Mullumbimby Chamber of Commerce by Spencer Cottee 1925.[3] In 1926, a factory was set up in Sydney, and in 1927 the drink was marketed to the public.[4]
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Cottee granted licences to produce the drink to a number of now defunct Australian bottlers, including Geo. Hall & Sons in South Australia and Bowral Bottlers in the NSW Southern Highlands.[5] The trademark has also been used by Cottee's jelly crystal range.
Ingredients
The passionfruit pulp was originally supplied from not only Australian mainland growers, but later also a Norfolk Island cooperative.[6] Cottee's then established plants in New Guinea in the highlands at Goroka and Mt. Hagen.[7]
References
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- ↑ 'Passion Fruit Culture', The Brisbane Courier newspaper, 17 September 1925
- ↑ 'A New Beverage. Advent of Passiona', the Brisbane Courier newspaper, 21 January 1927
- ↑ Bill Clarkson (1997) The Pioneers Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Chapter One, pg 4, Australian Soft Drink History, www.ozbevnet.com
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- ↑ Tariff Revision: Tariff Board's Report On PassionFruit Juice And Passionfruit Pulp, 13 March 1964, The Parliament Of The Commonwealth Of Australia [1]
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