I bought a bottle of ribena yesterday. Hadn't had any in aaaaages and I really fancied some for a change.
OMG, it was sooooooooooooooo sweet, way sweeter than I remember. At the recommended dilution, it was undrinkable. That'll be the sweeteners in it, then. Annoying that you can't find any squashes without sweeteners - every one I looked at in Tesco had them in. They just totally ruin products that were nice before they swapped the sugar out.
Think I'll be making my own fruit squash / syrup when this bottle is used up. I'd rather have sugar than artificial sweeteners. The latter taste bloody vile.
That said, once I *did* water the ribena right down, it was quite nice.