Cottee's: version 1
Saved 2026-09-25 00:38 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added Cottee's Lemon Cordial 2 l (9300614070019), identified from the archived Product Safety Australia recall notice of 21 April 2010 for all 2-litre Cottee's cordials, which lists this barcode as LE. This is the current version.
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# Cottee's <!--brand-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Cottee's
disambiguation: the Australian cordial brand
summary: Australian cordial brand dating from the Cottees Passiona company of 1927, owned for its cordials in Australia by Asahi Beverages (formerly Schweppes Australia).
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| -------- | ----------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ----------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/asahi-beverages | AU | 2009 | | | verified | ^ab-history | Cordials only: Asahi Beverages names Cottee's among its brands and says its cordials remain in the group; Wikipedia says Cottee's spreads, toppings and desserts went to H.J. Heinz in 2007. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| -------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Cottees | search | en | | |
| Cottee’s | search | en | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
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| recall | https://web.archive.org/web/20210411073520/https://www.productsafety.gov.au/recall/schweppes-australia-pty-ltd-all-2-litre-cottees-cordial-flavours | Product Safety Australia: Schweppes Australia Pty Ltd, All 2 Litre Cottee's Cordial Flavours (recall notice, archived 11 April 2021) | 2026-09-25 | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission | publication | 2010-04-21 | | Identifying features | | | https://www.productsafety.gov.au/recall/schweppes-australia-pty-ltd-all-2-litre-cottees-cordial-flavours |
| abr | https://abr.business.gov.au/AbnHistory/View?id=51004243994 | ABN Lookup: historical details for ABN 51 004 243 994 | 2026-09-25 | Australian Business Register | registry | | ABN 51 004 243 994 | Entity name | | | |
| wp-cottees | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottee%27s | Wikipedia: Cottee's | 2026-09-25 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | | | |
| ab-history | https://www.asahibeverages.com/about-us/history | Asahi Beverages: Our History, 1985 "Cottee's picks us and mixes in" | 2026-09-25 | Asahi Beverages Pty Ltd | manufacturer | | | 1985 | | | |
| ab-about | https://www.asahibeverages.com/about-us | Asahi Beverages: About Us, Cottee's named among its Australian brands | 2026-09-25 | Asahi Beverages Pty Ltd | manufacturer | | | | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
Cottee's is an Australian brand whose drinks business began with Passiona syrup and was spun off as Cottees Passiona in 1927; the company went on to cordials, jams, toppings and jellies.[^wp-cottees] Its cordials belong to Asahi Beverages, which lists Cottee's among its own Australian brands.[^ab-about] Asahi's history places Cottee's joining Cadbury Schweppes in 1985 and says that while the jams, toppings and jellies moved to other makers, the cordials remain in its range.[^ab-history] Wikipedia dates the Cadbury Schweppes purchase to 1984 and records that Asahi acquired Schweppes Australia from Cadbury with the Cottee's cordial and Passiona trademarks in Australia.[^wp-cottees] The 2010 recall of every 2-litre Cottee's cordial flavour was issued by Schweppes Australia, the company now named Asahi Beverages.[^recall][^abr]
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