A Glasgow woman found a 26-year-old bottle of Lucozade hidden in her childhood wardrobe and decided to .
Paula Peacock was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 12 and decided to hide the bottle incase she had a diabetic hypo in 1993.
The 43-year-old was astonished to find the bottle inside her parents’ home in County Armagh in Northern Ireland .
She once relied on the size drink to help her manage her Type 1 diabetes.
Now living in Clarkston , East Renfrewshire, mum-of-two Paula cracked the bottle open and discovered that it pretty much tasted the same - only just a little bit flat.
The old bottle, which is no longer on sale, contained 19g of carbohydrate per 100g - much more than what the newer version contains due to the sugar tax.
It contained a best before date of February 1994 - which was the same year that Paula moved to Glasgow.
Paula even managed to rope her dad, Jim Martin, into giving the bottle of flat juice a taste test too.
Paula said: "We both agreed it tasted the same but a bit flat.
"When I found it, I was like 'oh my word' - they don't even do the glass bottles anymore.
"My room has been painted with a new floor put down, so somebody has obviously taken it out and put it back in again.
"I did feel nostalgic, I keep looking at it - it's quite dinky.
"It looks like a pot of gold."
Along with the once-fizzy drink, Paula discovered her prized Levis denim jacket and a lot of schoolwork in the wardrobe.
But she was so excited by the bottle of Lucozade that she carefully packaged it in a coolbox and took it in the ferry back to Scotland.
She had been visiting her family for a short break with husband Richard and their twins Sarah and Luke.
The 250ml bottle, with a bright pink metallic label, is now kept in her bedroom at home, for sentimental value.
Paula said: "My husband couldn't believe it.
"It's funny that it's vintage.
"My dad was surprised, I said 'come and look what I've found in the bedroom'.
"He had a little taste and we both agreed it tasted good, it was just like the original recipe but without the bubbles."
When she was first diagnosed with diabetes, aged 12, medics told Paula that a small bottle of Lucozade would help her if she had a hypo.
The bottle would have gone out of circulation around 1998.
In 2016, before the sugar tax was introduced, Lucozade halved it's sugar content.
Paula believes the introduction of the sugar tax was a 'nanny state' move, which restricts freedom to choose.
The community nurse said: "I think it's a bit nanny state, we're all adults and can make our own decisions."
A spokesperson for Lucozade said: "A drink this old has well surpassed its shelf life and so we wouldn't recommend drinking it."
