Britvic

Britvic Limited is a British producer of soft drinks based in Hemel Hempstead, England. It produces soft drinks under the Britvic name, including the famous Britvic Orange, as well as several other brands. The original Britvic Company was founded during the 1930s as the British Vitamin Products Company, but had initially been started in a chemists in Chelmsford during 1850. In 1968 it became part of Allied Breweries, before being merged into Britannia Soft Drinks, a company jointly owned by Allied, Bass and Whitbread in 1986. The company has been the UK license holder for Pepsi and 7 Up since 1987. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) from 2005 and expanded into non-UK markets from 2007, until it was acquired by the Carlsberg Group in July 2024. Carlsberg's UK operations were merged with Britvic plc, becoming Carlsberg Britvic in January 2025, with Britvic Ltd being a wholly owned subsidiary of the new business.