Editing Vimto (section)

==Manufacture==
Vimto is currently produced by [[Refresco]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.refresco.com/en/about-us/our-history/|title=Our history &#124; Refresco|website=Refresco.com|access-date=20 November 2021|archive-date=20 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211120192814/https://www.refresco.com/en/about-us/our-history/|url-status=live}}</ref> (formerly Cott Corporation) in both [[Leicestershire]] and [[Yorkshire|Lancashire]] on behalf of Vimto Soft Drinks, a division of [[Nichols plc]].{{citation needed|date=October 2010}} Nichols moved out of manufacturing in 2003 when it closed its final production site in [[Golborne]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wigantoday.net/news/celebrating_a_hundred_years_in_the_life_of_1_186923 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222201508/http://www.wigantoday.net/news/celebrating_a_hundred_years_in_the_life_of_1_186923 |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 February 2013 |title=celebrating a hundred years in the life of... |work=Wigan Today |publisher=Johnston Publishing |date=2008-05-29 |access-date=2010-10-02 }}</ref> 

Vimto is also manufactured under licence in [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen]], [[The Gambia]], and [[Ghana]]. A ''[[The Sunday Times|Sunday Times]]'' article in 2007 claimed it to be the most popular drink during the holy month of [[Ramadan]] in some Arab countries.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/vimto-peps-up-ramadan-faithful-hf25f9zvbxc|newspaper=[[The Sunday Times]]|date=14 October 2007|title=Vimto peps up Ramadan faithful|last=Hashash|first=Sara|access-date=2009-08-05 | location=London}}</ref> The drink in its original incarnation is still maintained as a health tonic among West Africans and is marketed as such there.<ref name="BFM">{{cite interview|title=Vimto Makes a Spalsh in Malaysia|url=https://www.bfm.my/content/podcast/vimto-makes-a-splash-in-msia|publisher=[[BFM 89.9]]|date=6 Mar 2025|interviewer=Keith Kam|first=Matt|last=Nichols}}</ref>

The drink was also made under licence in the United Kingdom by [[A.G. Barr]] in 1996.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

In 2014, the recipe for Fizzy Vimto was changed to include artificial sweeteners, [[Acesulfame potassium|Acesulfame K]] and [[Sucralose]].{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

[[Ellis Wilkinson Mineral Water Manufacturer|Ellis Wilkinson Mineral Water]] facilitated the production of drinks for Vimto in their early days of trading.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}

===Company===
A subsidiary of Nichols plc, Cabana is the distribution arm of the company, and operates via a UK-wide network of distributors that are, in the main, independent. In [[Scotland]] and [[Sussex]], the distributor is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cabana (Scotland–Cariel, and Sussex–Beacon Drinks now closed). 

Vimto is currently available in 65 countries and the number of countries in which it is on sale is growing.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vimtointernational.com/map/ |title=competitions |access-date=3 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090819021229/http://www.vimtointernational.com/map/ |archive-date=19 August 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>