The wonders of modern science could be about to unveil the secrets of one of Scotland's favourite, but currently extinct, drinks.
Creamola Foam, said by the Sunday Times to bring about "sticky, fizzy puddles of swooning nostalgia" in any Scot over the age of 25, was created in the mid-1960s and subsequently withdrawn in 1998, reportedly due to high production costs.
Available in a tin, the drink was made by adding cold water to a sherbet-like powder, creating a foaming, frothy liquid.
However, after the Creamola range was taken over by Leeds-based conglomerate Brand Partnership, the recipe for the powder was lost.
Now David Paton, proprietor of website Retrosweets.co.uk, has tracked down three unopened tins of Creamola Foam and, according to the Sunday Times, plans to determine the product's formula.
"I don't think there's any precedent for this in the world of sweets," he told the newspaper.
"The company hasn't shown much interest in the Creamola brand and the formula could be too costly to reproduce, but the brand is sitting there doing nothing while people are crying out for it."
Mr Paton said that, of all the confectionery he receives enquiries about, Creamola Foam is the most common.
"It's our holy grail at the moment," he revealed.
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