The morning newsletter arrives every day before 9am and the evening newsletter, manually curated by the team, is sent between 4pm and 5pm, giving you a round up of the most important stories we've covered that day. The strongman logo - known as the iconic “Highland athlete” - which features on the cans was originally portrayed by popular Highland Games athlete Adam Brown, with Scottish strongman Donald Dinnie also reportedly approached by Robert Barr to endorse the drinks in adverts.

Wrong. No one farms animals to make gelatine. Gelatine is a by-product of meat production – the leftover skin and bones, after the meaty bits have been sent to the butcher, are boiled up until a gel forms. In a world where pigs and cattle are reared for steaks and sausages, using this gel reduces food waste, and increases the amount of land that can be used to farm food for a hungry world, rather than growing peas to process into protein to set gummy sweets. Synonymous with Scottish culture, most Scots claim they couldn't live without it - while others claim it is the best hangover cure around.

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The tagline ‘Made in Scotland from girders’ was used to sell Irn-Bru for several years in the 1980s. In 2005, rumours circulated in the Scottish Muslim community that Irn Bru contained alcohol, meaning that many of them feared they would no longer be able to continue to drink the beloved soft drink. In January 2021, The Golden Casket Group launched a brand new addition to the Millions brand – Iron Brew Jelly Babies! After having great success with the award winning Vimto Jelly Babies in 2019, it was only logical to create more to add to the growing product range. The Golden Casket Group launched the Iron Brew Jelly Babies with Aldi Scottish stores as part of their Next Top Product Search in partnership with Scotland’s Food and Drink. The launch was a huge hit due to the unique Iron Brew flavour – famous for being traditionally Scottish! Working in partnership with Scotland Food & Drink, Aldi’s search to uncover exciting new products was relaunched early last year as part of the supermarket’s support of local suppliers and their commitment to increase the range of Scottish products sold in store.

Irn-Bru was born and the rest they say, is history. 2. Barr's sells around 20 cans of Irn Bru every second A time line of Barr's Irn-Bru designs starting in 1901. Picture: Contributed The`fleet' was a common sight around the region, with many of the animals going on to become famous in their own right, and the giant Clydesdale Carnera (named after boxing champion Primo Carnera) becoming the most famous of all. Known for their smart and often hilarious adverts both on TV and on billboards, sometimes their marketing has pushed the boat out a little too far.Designed in 1969 as the Barr tartan, by Howe design, it was updated in 1996/97 and redesigned by Kinloch Anderson with the name changed to Irn-Bru tartan. Regularly voted the best Scottish Christmas ad, Barr's now push the idea that "it's not Christmas time until you've seen the Irn-Bru Snowman ad". 14. Irn Bru contains alcohol (well really tiny amounts of alcohol) Designer Chris Mitchell went on to develop the stylised Strong man character brand icon which replaced the older label and is still in use today.

Some claim the trio will never travel on the same plane, just in case. 9. Irn-Bru is made not just in Scotland but also in Russia and is exported to countries all around the world Picture: Irn-Bru Huge and very strong, the Clydesdale horses were able to carry around 60 to 70 dozen bottles which weighed about three tons. Benny Lynch, a Glaswegian, who became World Flyweight Champion in 1935 also endorsed drinking Irn-Bru in his heyday. 11. Most people prefer to drink Irn-Bru from a glass bottle rather than a can The Glass bottle still comes out on top. Picture: Irn-Bru Previous winners and now long-term suppliers of Aldi include Inverness-based Cobbs Bakery and Orkney’s Argo’s bakery.

Donald, according to the BBCproclaimed: "I can recommend BARR's IRN BRU to all who wish to aspire to athletic fame, signed Donald Dinnie, All-round Champion Athlete of the World."