Choose glass-bottle cola for festival food only if the organiser permits glass in the setting where you will serve it. Leeds Festival and Latitude Festival prohibit glass on site, while Taste of London restricts outside soft drinks regardless of packaging. If personal drinks are allowed, check the exact container and size rules before choosing a cola; a can is not automatically permitted just because it is not glass.
Check whether your event admits soft drinks at all, then look at its container, sealing and size rules. Leeds Festival and Latitude Festival prohibit glass, but their policies should not be taken as the rules for every event.
Confirm that the organiser permits glass in your serving area. If you supply prepacked food alongside drinks at a community or charity event, GOV.UK recommends keeping its packaging available so people can check ingredients they avoid.
Once you know which packaging is permitted, compare the exact drink labels. Coca-Cola GB and Pepsi UK list different sugars-per-100ml figures and ingredient declarations for their named regular and zero-sugar products.
Start with the named event’s current entry rules: a suitable cola is of little use at the gate if its container or outside drinks are prohibited.
Consider it when: the organiser explicitly permits glass in your serving setting.
Check first: Leeds Festival and Latitude Festival prohibit glass anywhere on site, so a preferred bottle format can still be refused.
Consider them when: the event allows personal soft drinks and your exact container meets its rules.
Check first: Leeds Festival specifies sealed plastic bottles of 500ml or less for soft drinks taken into its arena; do not assume a can qualifies.
Consider it when: the event does not admit outside soft drinks.
Check first: Taste of London restricts outside soft drinks, with an access or medical exception at security’s discretion; confirm any exception with the organiser before travelling.
| Priority | What to check | Your needs |
|---|---|---|
| Container rules | Check whether glass, cans or plastic bottles are permitted in the area you will enter. Leeds Festival and Latitude Festival prohibit glass on site. | I want a container I can take through the named event’s entry checks, not just one that suits serving food. |
| Outside drinks | Check whether you may bring soft drinks, and any sealing or volume limits. Leeds Festival permits personal arena soft drinks in sealed plastic bottles of 500ml or less; Taste of London restricts outside soft drinks. | If I plan to bring cola, I need to know whether drinks are admitted at all before choosing a pack. |
| Sugars and ingredients | Compare sugars per 100ml and read the sweetener and phenylalanine statements on the exact label. Coca-Cola GB lists 10.6g sugars per 100ml for Original Taste and 0g for Zero Sugar; Pepsi UK lists 4.5g for Pepsi and 0g for Pepsi Max. | I may prefer regular or zero-sugar cola, and I want to know what the particular drink contains rather than deciding by bottle or can alone. |
| Serving information | Keep original packaging accessible for prepacked food supplied at a community or charity event. GOV.UK recommends this so people can check ingredients they avoid. | When I serve prepacked food alongside drinks, guests should be able to consult its original ingredient information. |
Leeds Festival and Latitude Festival prohibit glass on site, even if a glass bottle is the format you would prefer for serving.
Check the named organiser’s current prohibited-items rules before buying and again before travelling.
Packaging rules are event-specific. Leeds Festival specifies sealed plastic bottles of 500ml or less for personal soft drinks in its arena, while Taste of London restricts outside soft drinks themselves.
Match both the drink and its container to the event policy; plan to buy on site if outside drinks are not permitted.
Named cola variants have different declared sugars and ingredients. Coca-Cola GB lists 10.6g sugars per 100ml for Original Taste and 0g for Zero Sugar; its Zero Sugar label also declares sweeteners and a source of phenylalanine.
Compare the exact product’s per-100ml information and ingredient list when choosing between regular and zero-sugar cola.
At community or charity events, original prepacked food packaging gives people a way to check ingredients they avoid.
Keep that packaging accessible when supplying prepacked food alongside drinks, as GOV.UK recommends.
These brand and retailer references help with the drink choice; none establishes whether a particular package is admitted to your event.
Coca-Cola GB provides product information for Original Taste and Zero Sugar, allowing a comparison of these named variants after you have checked the permitted packaging.
Pepsi UK provides information for Pepsi and Pepsi Max for shoppers comparing these named regular and no-sugar drinks.
Tesco Groceries lists own-label and branded cola-can options, a format to consider only where the event permits cans.
These Joybuy selections are cola multipacks to consider if your event explicitly permits cans, or if you are serving drinks in a setting where cans are allowed. They are not glass-bottle options. Check the named event’s rules before choosing a pack: Leeds Festival, for example, specifies sealed plastic bottles rather than cans for personal soft drinks in its arena.
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A 24 × 330ml can pack for a setting that permits cans. Check the exact label if sugars, sweeteners or the phenylalanine statement matter to your choice.
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A 24 × 330ml can pack to consider where cans are permitted. Pepsi UK lists 0g sugars per 100ml for Pepsi Max and declares sweeteners and a source of phenylalanine; check the pack label before serving.
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A 24 × 330ml can pack for a setting that permits cans. Coca-Cola GB lists 10.6g sugars per 100ml for Original Taste; consult the pack label when choosing drinks to serve.
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A 24 × 330ml can pack to consider if cans are admitted. Coca-Cola GB lists 0g sugars per 100ml for Zero Sugar and declares sweeteners and a source of phenylalanine; read the exact pack label.
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An 18 × 330ml can pack for a setting that permits cans, if you want the Cherry variant. Check this variant’s own label for its sugars, sweeteners and ingredient declarations rather than relying on information for standard Pepsi Max.
Check the named festival’s current policy before taking it. Leeds Festival and Latitude Festival both state that glass is not allowed anywhere on site; their rules do not establish what another event permits.
Only if the event permits both outside soft drinks and that container. Leeds Festival allows personal soft drinks in its arena in sealed plastic bottles of 500ml or less, while Taste of London restricts outside soft drinks except for access or medical requirements at security’s discretion. A glass ban alone does not establish that cans are allowed.
No. Coca-Cola GB lists 10.6g sugars per 100ml for Original Taste and 0g for Zero Sugar, which declares sweeteners and a source of phenylalanine. Pepsi UK likewise lists 0g sugars per 100ml for Pepsi Max and declares sweeteners and a source of phenylalanine. Read the label of the exact variant you choose.
Keep the original packaging accessible for prepacked food you supply alongside drinks. GOV.UK recommends this at community and charity events so people with food hypersensitivities can check ingredients they avoid.