The telephone segment has always been silly.

I’m in the U.K. and I have a blackcurrant bush in my garden too.

Similarly in the UK, but most people think they're poison Berries.

@@asparadog do they? Considering how popular blackcurrant is here in the UK, I’m surprised. Saying that, they’re a definitely a waryness of trying wild berries that you’re not 100% sure of. At the end of summer I like to take my sons to pick blackberries (they grow all over the place where I live, you could live on them there’s that much), and when I grew up I used to go on walks with my step dad who would teach me about elderberries and things like that, so maybe I’m just one of the lucky few who know a tiny bit more.

My cats breath smells like cat food.

We had one in my childhood. Blackcurrant jam is the real taste of summer for me. Much more than strawberry jam or the other jams. But strawberry is the king of fresh summer fruits.

most useless helpline ever

Thank you for explaining that, I wondered why I have not had any blackcurrant since I moved to US from Germany

this was true once, but the ban was lifted in 2003

@@carpii good to know

We grow them in Washington state and New York! A lot of the bans are being lifted as resistant species are introduced 😊

high fructose corn syrup

Doesn't seem like much but a bottle of the cordial will contain over 300, try juicing 300 berries yourself and see how much you get

what do u expect, 100% blackcurrant ? 4:08 thats the face u will get when try to drink it..of course they need to add water, and probably sugar..

@@benjy6358 I expect a lot more. You are paying for mostly water and sugar.

@@grantadamson3478 like i said earlier, 4:08 is the face u get when it's high percentage of blackcurrant, it's not comsumable..u didnt pay to buy the extract, u're buying bottled drinkable blackcurrant drinks..of course it will be watered down, suitable to consume on the fly.. u drinks coffee/tea with just beans/leaf with just a littlte bit of water then ? or u watered it down and add sugar/milk ? not everything is a conspiracy theory u know..

i think youre mistaken they taste amazing

I don't want Ribena, in fact Ribena is second rate compared to fresh blackcurrants. I love them when I can find them and I haven't found any fresh blackcurrants for years now.

Because it's cheaper and easier to work with than sugar. (which makes it even cheaper overall)

​@@Kizron_Kizronsonnot to mention sweeter.

I wish I could but I’m in us

Couldn't agree more!!! Vive le Canada!!!

Also they don't use NZ blackcurrants anymore so effectively killed the industry

A whole bottle only contains 37 blackcurrants 🤣

@@BrendonHoppy yeah, what were u expecting ?

That's in a 500ml ready to drink bottle, right? Surely more in a concentrated squash bottle

I'm not one to think that just because something is synthetic means it's bad and just because something is natural means it's good, but i was pretty happy to hear they used purple grape skins to enhance the colour rather than something synthetic.

It used to be illegal across the entire US, but now it's per state, so commercial growers do exist in some places. But because the American palate isn't used to blackcurrant, there isn't much of a market.

We are a commercial grower in Washington state 😊 the bans are slowly being lifted as rust-resistant species are introduced. New York also has them. Very short seasons (like 10 days a year!). That is why they don’t go to many stores. All commercial or farmstands.

Add 50% water lol

@@z185284 Doesn't make it sugar free though, but i get your point.

Ribena light isn't sugar free, it's just no added sugar.

@@carpii I just checked and yes you are right. But what about other juices, many contain zero sugar.

Especially with juices it's generally zero added sugar since you can't exactly de-sugar the juices.

We have a few berries on our baby starts the first year after cutting. They produce steadily from there 😊 Maybe it’s 3 years to maturation?

Real veal is basically non existent. And what they call veal should be a crime.

Not close at all

Not sure about the commercial product, but if you actually juice (note: did it with a heat-based juicer) them they're very close, just not as refreshing as the berries. You'd just usually dilute them so they end up less intense than the berry, though the berries aren't so intense that you couldn't eat them on their own. The citric acid, sugar and grape skins may be changing it a bit, but other than making it a bit more sour and less intense it probably won't mess with it too much and since it only has the amount of concentrate (how concentrated? Who knows) it may be more or less strong, but if you try it on it's own and adjust until it's intense but pleasant it'd probably as close as you can get without finding yourself some fresh ones. Which, well, they're actually fairly easy to grow in the right climates.

Supermarket customer services, I think

I’ve heard it’s very easy, and incredible. Loads of natural pectin

Meanwhile. A litre of clean water costs less than 1 fifth of a penny to produce. Which big corporations don't do anything with except put it into a bottle and sell it for a 50000% mark-up or more.

No, people are just being idiots and do nolonger know how to make good use of natures gifts, preserving to jams and juices and eat fresh on yoghurt in the season etc.

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