Created in 1927 as "Glucozade" by a Newcastle pharmacist, William Owen, as an energy source for the sick, it was renamed Lucozade in 1929 and acquired by Beecham's in 1938.
Created in 1927 as "Glucozade" by a Newcastle pharmacist, William Walker Hunter who hailed from Dunfermline, Scotland. He created the drink "Glucozade" as an energy source for the sick, it was renamed Lucozade in 1929 and acquired by Beecham's in 1938.