Juice drink Um Bongo has created a limited edition of its tropical flavour juice drink in support of the Movember fundraising campaign.

All the Um Bongo characters who appear on pack feature Movember moustaches and there will also be information about the charity and a call to get involved with the month-long Um Bongo activities online.

The Um Bongo Movember packs are available in 1 litre and 1.75 litre formats. 12p from every special edition Movember Um Bongo pack will be donated to the Movember Foundation as well as all sales of Um Bongo Movember drinks sold at the BBC Good Food Show.

The ambient 1 litre packs will be available on promotion from Tesco for £1 during November and the 1.75 litre for £1.20. They will be in-store from 15th October 2016.

James Logan, commercial director of Refresco, which licenses the product, said: “The Um Bongo brand is synonymous with fun and humour.  Most of the purchasers of the brand along with the 40,000 Facebook and twitter fans are ‘first generation’ Um Bongo consumers from the 80’s and 90’s, who are passionate about the brand and have a great sense of humour.  This partnership with the Movember Foundation raises money for the cause in an engaging and fun way which perfectly suits the Um Bongo consumer.”

Refresco is also encouraging its workforce to get behind the Movember initiative, providing Um Bongo Movember t-shirts and promoting staff’s moustache growing progress on social media.  Refresco suppliers SIG Combi Block and Smurfit Kappa have between them donated £6,000 to the Um Bongo Movember fund to kick off the campaign.

The Movember Foundation is a global men’s health charity which raises funds to deliver innovative, breakthrough research and support programmes, mainly around prostate cancer, testicular cancer and suicide prevention, that enable men to live happier, healthier and longer lives.

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Carlsberg has launched a limited edition ‘Beer’d Beauty’ range with profits going to the Movember Foundation.

To celebrate the launch the Beer’d Beauty series and to kick off Movember, Carlsberg teamed up with Ted’s Grooming Room to throw shave-off events across London on Saturday October 31st. Members of the public could visit one of Ted’s nine Grooming Room locations across the capital between 10.00am and 6.00pm, pay 99p for a professional shave worth £22.50 and receive a complimentary Carlsberg.

The range consists of shaving gel, aftershave cream and moustache cream and was developed by a team of scientists from the Carlsberg Laboratories in Denmark. Each of the products in the range contains 200ml of freeze-dried powdered beer, which apparently contains antioxidants, natural oils and antibacterial acids which Carlsberg claims are the perfect ingredients for keeping facial hair in great condition throughout the winter months.

The range is being sold globally through a number of retail partners.

Dharmesh Rana, Carlsberg senior brand manager, says: “Based on the success of our first range of male grooming products, we were keen to bring our new-found expertise to the market once again. This time, we’re doing it for a good cause – Movember is a charity which aligns closely to the values of the Carlsberg brand – and we’re all focused on ensuring this new range is Probably the Best range of male grooming products on the market.”

The Beer’d Beauty range has an RRP of £40.00 for the full set of shaving gel, aftershave cream and moustache cream.

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