Hard Solo to be renamed Hard Rated after regulator finds alcoholic drink had ‘evident appeal to minors’

Drink itself will not change but must be rebranded after consumer complaints and backlash from health bodies

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The alcoholic drink Hard Solo will change its name to Hard Rated after Australia's beverages advertising code regulator found the brand would have a strong or evident appeal to minors".

The drink itself will not change - just the name and packaging, with the word Solo removed.