Japanese firm buys Lucozade and Ribena for £1.3bn

Soft drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena are to be bought by the Japanese group Suntory Beverage & Food. Credit: PA Wire

GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to sell soft drinks brands Lucozade and Ribena to the Japanese firm Suntory for £1.35 billion.

Last year, the two brands together made a quarter of a billion pounds for Glaxo Smith Klein last year but the new owners Suntory believe they can make even more.

ITV News' Rageh Omaar looks at the drinks' history and their future.