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Ingredients:
Syrup made by Roberts in Örebro
– Sold to soft drink manufacturers for final product
– Taste varies among companies using the same syrup
– Must ingredients: carbonated water, sugar, hop extract, malt extract, spices, caramel colouring, citric acid, preservatives
– Must can be aged in glass bottles

Julmust and Coca-Cola:
– Julmust outsells Coca-Cola in Sweden during Christmas
Coca-Cola consumption drops by 50% during the holiday
The Coca-Cola Company broke contract with local brewer Pripps over julmust
Coca-Cola Drycker Sverige AB produced its own julmust
– Bjäre julmust sold at McDonalds, disappeared from Coca-Cola’s range, returned in 2011

See also:
Malt drink
– Kvass
– Dandelion and burdock
List of soft drinks by country
– Svagdricka

References:
– Wikimedia Commons has media related to Julmust
– Aftonbladet: Julmust eller Coca-Cola? (in Swedish)
– SvD: Bästa musten 2009 (in Swedish)
– Expressen: Hot mot julmusten efter EU-direktiv (in Swedish)
– Julmust eller Coca-Cola? Aftonbladet. 20 December 1999. Retrieved 9 March 2017.

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