Published: Wednesday, 17th February, 2010 2:00pm

Creamola is making a fizzing comeback

ALL GONE: Shop assistant Shafeek Samoo is waiting on another delivery

A childhood favourite drink - which is bound to bring back fond memories - is set to be sold in a Clydebank shop.

Creamola Foam was a popular sweet drink but was discontinued in 1998.

Now sweet maker Allan McCandlish has made his own version - Kramola Fizz.

The demand has been so high in stockist Drumry's Keystores that the first batch sold out within a week

Assistant at the Montrose Street shop, Shafeek Samoo, is awaiting another delivery of the Scottish favourite, which was discontinued in 1998.

He told the Post: "Most of the people who have been excited about Kramola Fizz are older people who remember the original from being a child.

"The younger ones don't seem so excited because I don't think they remember it.

"We sold out of Kramola Fizz three weeks ago so I think we might have to increase the order.

"It all sold within the first week the first time we got it in.

"It's very popular and Allan's Chelsea Whopper sweets also sell fast.

"Some customers have bought lots of Kramola Fizz - I think it's an addiction.

"When customers noticed it on the shelf for the first time quite a lot were excited.

"I hope it really pans out for Allan and I can see it becoming more and more popular."

Allan made it his quest to recreate one of the nation's favourites and it has taken him NINE years to perfect the recipe.

So far, the orange-flavoured Kramola Fizz is being sold in two shops in West Dunbartonshire - Drumry's Keystores and Swann's Sweet Shop in Main Street, Renton.

Allan, of Cardoss, has been making sweets for 50 years.

He said: "We are trying to bring it back and I'm just making it in small packages now to see what the reaction is.

"I make a lot of toffee apples but I want to stop making them now and focus on Kramola Fizz instead because there's not much of a market for toffee apples any more. I've been working on the recipe for nine years now and it has been trial and error."

Allan produces Kramola Fizz himself in a factory attached to his farm, along with Chelsea Whoppers and Tablet.

Creamola Foam, produced by Nestle before being sold off to Premier Foods, came in the form of colourful crystals which were dissolved in cold water to form a sweet drink.

After it was discontinued, some internet sites collected ingredient details of the drink in the hope it could be resurrected.

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