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Story: Food and beverage manufacturing

Soft drink

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Soft drink

This soft drink was produced by the Western Bottling Company Limited in Taranaki and it features a crown seal. Crown seals were invented in the late 1800s, and made Hamilton and Codd design bottles obsolete.

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Puke Ariki - Taranaki Museum & Library

Reference: PA2007.85

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How to cite this page

Sarah Wilcox, Food and beverage manufacturing – Cold drinks, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/object/23002/soft-drink (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Sarah Wilcox, published 3 March 2010.