Farmers Union Iced Coffee

It is also sold in 1 litre cardboard cartons, 2 and 3 litre plastic bottles and 500 millilitre plastic bottles. In 2003, Australians consumed in excess of 22,000,000 litres of Farmers Union Iced coffee, making it Australia s best selling flavoured milk drink/milk shake at that time. Farmers Union Iced Coffee in Australia also enjoys a high profile for popular commercials featuring rough male workers acting out ballet with heavy machinery in order to take up their boss on his word that he would provide them with a truck load of Iced Coffee if all his workers took up ballet. These include: This TV advertisement struck a chord with the relaxed Australian attitude when compared to the glamour of advertisements such as Coca Cola. On Monday, 23 October 2006, two new flavours of Farmers Union Iced Coffee were released in South Australia.

Farmers Union Iced Coffee is a flavoured milk drink popular in Australia, primarily the state of South Australia, made by National Foods which is now a division of Japanese brewing company Kirin. First launched in 1977 when Farmers Union was a co-operative of South Australian dairy farmers, the brand has achieved iconic status in South Australia and is now also available in Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, Northern Territory and Queensland. Some young fans during the performance raced to the service station across the road and bought him one.

He was delighted and drank the Iced Coffee on stage. . The drink is made with coffee, glucose, and homogenised reduced fat milk and milk solids.

The product is available predominantly in 600 millilitre and smaller 375 millilitre cardboard cartons. Farmers Union Strong Iced Coffee which features a stronger coffee blend, now also sold in Tasmania, and Farmers Union Light Iced Coffee which has no added sugar and a taste similar to the original. According to the company, both the original variety and the Light flavours contain approximately 18 mg of caffeine per 100ml, while the Farmers Union Strong Iced Coffee contains 24 mg. Also sold under Farmers Union imprint are the Feel Good range of low-fat/sugar milk drinks, currently including coffee and chocolate flavors. Richard Marsland - would often comment on Get This about his love for Farmers Union Iced Coffee.

It was also once used in a comedy sketch. Adam Hills - The comedian spoke about his love of Farmers Union Iced Coffee during his live performance Inflatable at Thebarton Theatre. In the past Farmers Union Iced Coffee s labelling also made mention of iced confection as an ingredient.

The current advertisement features a dramatic voice-over detailing world headlines and issues, but shows relatively low-key average Australian equivalents on screen. The flavour of the product changed considerably when this ingredient was removed.