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Ballantine's Finest Blended Scotch Whisky 70 cl 70 cl glass bottle
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2 / 2 BackBallantine's Finest blended Scotch whisky, 70 cl glass bottle at 40% vol, bottled in Scotland and labelled for France and Switzerland.
Size & format
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Market not established · unconfirmed
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Context, dates & evidence notes · Other observations
Other observations & source differences (5)
Different sources or national labels can coexist. Differences alone do not establish a change to the product.
- French label, Pernod Avenue du Maréchal Foch address supported · Compare evidence
Open Food Facts photos 1 (front) and 2 (back), uploaded 2015-11-03. Front: "Fully matured", "Finest quality", "Estd 1827", "Blended & bottled by George Ballantine and Son Ltd Distillers Dumbarton Scotland", "Bottled in Scotland", "Product of Scotland", "70cl e", "40% vol". Back: "Distillé et mis en bouteille en Ecosse. Distributeur exclusif pour la France: Pernod, 120 Avenue du Maréchal Foch 94015 Créteil Cedex.", Green Dot, pregnancy pictogram, "George Ballantine & Son Ltd, Dumbarton, G82 2SS, Scotland", code 2BFB9037. No ingredient list or nutrition panel.
- French label, Pernod Chemin des Mèches address supported · Compare evidence
Open Food Facts photo 7, uploaded 2017-12-24. English brand text plus "Distillé et mis en bouteille en Ecosse. Distributeur exclusif pour la France: Pernod, 51 Chemin des Mèches 94 000 Créteil"; www.wise-drinking.com; Green Dot; pregnancy pictogram; print code "LKCL 4127 2017/10/19 08:40" (a line code, not a formulation date). No ingredient list or nutrition panel.
- Swiss import label, Pernod Ricard Swiss supported · Compare evidence
Open Food Facts photos 8 to 10, uploaded 2019-04-03, taken in a shop. Front (redesigned V-shaped label): "Blended & bottled in Scotland, George Ballantine and Son Ltd., Dumbarton, G82 2SS, Scotland", "Product of Scotland". Back: "Importé par Pernod Ricard Swiss S.A. 1227 Carouge", print code "LKCK 1258 2016/04/11 14:24". No ingredient list or nutrition panel.
- Front label, V-shaped design, market not shown unconfirmed · Compare evidence
Open Food Facts photo 12, uploaded 2021-08-24: "Blended Scotch Whisky, Blended & bottled in Scotland, George Ballantine and Son, Dumbarton, G82 2SS, Scotland, Product of Scotland, 70cl e, 40% vol". The barcode and any distributor line are not visible; attached to this GTIN by an Open Food Facts contributor only.
- Evidence awaiting context review unconfirmed · selected
Product facts
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- Brand
- Ballantine's
- Family
- Ballantine's Finest
- Net content
- 70 cl
- Pack
- glass bottle
- Sold in
- 🇫🇷 France[1], 🇨🇭 Switzerland[2]
- Alcohol by volume (%)
- 40
- Last observed on sale
- 2026-09-13
- Last sale evidence
- Listed with this EAN at World of Whisky (Switzerland), CHF 25.00.
- Made in
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- GS1 prefix
- 501 · United Kingdom
- Status
- active
About this product
Ballantine's Finest is a blended Scotch whisky, and this barcode is its 70 cl glass bottle at 40% vol, labelled "Product of Scotland".[3] Ballantine's is produced by Chivas Brothers, the Pernod Ricard subsidiary in Dumbarton, and Finest is the oldest expression in its range.[4] The label states that the whisky is blended and bottled by George Ballantine and Son Ltd of Dumbarton.[3] Photographed back labels name Pernod as exclusive distributor for France[1] and Pernod Ricard Swiss S.A. of Carouge as importer for Switzerland.[2] A French wholesaler[5] and a Swiss whisky shop still listed the barcode in 2026.[6] Like other EU beverages above 1.2% alcohol, it carries no ingredient list or nutrition declaration.[7]
More about this product
George Ballantine opened a grocery in Edinburgh in 1827 and later blended his own whiskies in Glasgow. Hiram Walker acquired the business in 1937, it became part of Allied Domecq in 1987 and Pernod Ricard bought it in 2005.[4]
Where it's sold
🇫🇷 France
Back label, French market (photo 7, uploaded 2017-12-24)[1] printed
- Listing observed
- Condition
- new
- Made in
- United Kingdom
Back label: "Distributeur exclusif pour la France: Pernod, 51 Chemin des Mèches 94 000 Créteil" (print code LKCL 4127 2017/10/19); a 2015 photo carries the same statement with the Avenue du Maréchal Foch address.
🇫🇷 France
70cl Whisky 40 V Ballantines wholesaler[5] sourced
- Listing observed
- Condition
- new
Miamland, a French wholesaler, lists "70cl Whisky 40 V Ballantines" with EAN 5010106113127, 6 per box; price shown to logged-in customers only.
🇨🇭 Switzerland
Front, side and back labels, Swiss import (photos 8 to 10, u[2] printed
- Listing observed
- Condition
- new
- Made in
- United Kingdom
Back label: "Importé par Pernod Ricard Swiss S.A., 1227 Carouge" (print code LKCK 1258 2016/04/11).
🇨🇭 Switzerland
Ballantine's - Finest[6] sourced
- Listing observed
- Recorded price
- CHF 25.00
- Condition
- new
World of Whisky lists "Ballantine's - Finest", 70cl, 40%, EAN 5010106113127. The page was read with the agent's own web access; the server fetch returned an empty body.
A listing is evidence that this barcode is sold there, on that date; a price is what that listing showed, not a recommended price.
Other names for this product
Also known as
- Ballantine's Finest
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Sources & research
Evidence reviewed
Open Food Facts
Back label, French market (photo 7, uploaded 2017-12-24)
pack · Accessed 2026-09-13
Source & attribution [1] ↗Miamland
70cl Whisky 40 V Ballantines wholesaler
retailer · Accessed 2026-09-13
Source & attribution [5] ↗Coverage & research gaps (15)
Coverage measures the evidence recorded here. It does not rate the product.
- Identity: 3 / 3 · Name, brand and classification recorded
- Context: 4 / 5 · Evidence groups assigned to a researched label, edition or analysis
- Label photographs: 0 / 4 · Researched contexts with an assigned photograph
- nutrition · disputed: Open Food Facts carries typed values (220 kcal and 1161.7 kJ per 100 g, carbohydrate and sugars 0.1 g) that are internally inconsistent and match no photographed label; not transcribed here.
- markets · unknown: Open Food Facts countries_tags also list Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark and Germany; these are contributor claims with no retailer listing or printed mark found, so they are not in country_of_sale.
- markets · stale: Pernod SAS, the French distributor printed on the 2015 and 2017 labels, ceased on 2020-06-30; the distributor line on current French packs was not seen.
- relationships · unknown: No source names the GS1 licensee of prefix 5010106; the gs1_prefix_owner row is derived from the company printed on the pack.
- nutrition · not_researched: Swiss labelling rules exempting spirits from a nutrition declaration were not researched.
- evidence · stale: Evidence was observed over a year ago; check for newer labels. Historical evidence remains valid.
- evidence · stale: Evidence was observed over a year ago; check for newer labels. Historical evidence remains valid.
- evidence · stale: Evidence was observed over a year ago; check for newer labels. Historical evidence remains valid.
- evidence · stale: Evidence was observed over a year ago; check for newer labels. Historical evidence remains valid.
- schema · schema_gap: Review and assign legacy facts to coherent observations.
- ingredients · not_researched: Ingredient statement or sourced exemption not recorded.
- ingredients · not_researched: Ingredient statement or sourced exemption not recorded.
- nutrition · not_researched: Nutrition declaration or exemption not recorded.
- ingredients · not_researched: Ingredient statement or sourced exemption not recorded.
- nutrition · not_researched: Nutrition declaration or exemption not recorded.
All references & source details
References
- ↑ Back label, French market (photo 7, uploaded 2017-12-24) Open Food Facts. pack. Published 2017-12-24. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 5010106113127. photo 7. CC BY-SA 3.0. Open Food Facts contributors.
- ↑ Front, side and back labels, Swiss import (photos 8 to 10, uploaded 2019-04-03) Open Food Facts. pack. Published 2019-04-03. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 5010106113127. photos 8, 9, 10 (back). CC BY-SA 3.0. Open Food Facts contributors.
- ↑ Front and back labels, French market (photos 1 and 2, uploaded 2015-11-03) Open Food Facts. pack. Published 2015-11-03. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 5010106113127. photos 1 (front), 2 (back). CC BY-SA 3.0. Open Food Facts contributors.
- ↑ Ballantine's Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-13. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
- ↑ 70cl Whisky 40 V Ballantines wholesaler Miamland. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 698692. EAN code.
- ↑ Ballantine's - Finest World of Whisky. retailer. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 1681.
- ↑ Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, Article 16: Omission of certain mandatory particulars legislation.gov.uk. publication. Published 2011-10-25. Accessed 2026-09-13. Article 16(4).
Further sources
Additional sources recorded for this entry, including other observations and related pages.
- Ballantine's Finest 0.70l Open Food Facts. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 5010106113127. ODbL. Open Food Facts contributors.
- Front label (photo 12, uploaded 2021-08-24) Open Food Facts. pack. Published 2021-08-24. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 5010106113127. photo 12. CC BY-SA 3.0. Open Food Facts contributors.
- Chivas Brothers Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-13. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
- CHIVAS BROTHERS LIMITED company overview Companies House. registry. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: SC268758.
- GEORGE BALLANTINE & SON LIMITED company overview Companies House. registry. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: SC020024.
- PERNOD (SIREN 302208301) Annuaire des Entreprises (INSEE SIRENE). registry. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 302208301.
Barcode & identifiers
- GTIN-14
05010106113127- EAN-13 / GTIN-13
5010106113127
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