Halls (cough drop)
Halls is the brand name of a popular mentholated cough drop. Halls cough drops (categorized as a cough suppressant/oral anesthetic by the manufacturer) are sold by the Cadbury-Adams Division of Cadbury-Schweppes. Halls were first made in the 1930s, in Britain, by the Halls Brothers company (founded 1893). Halls Brothers was acquired by Warner-Lambert in 1964, and the Halls brand by Cadbury-Schweppes in 1971. Halls is now a worldwide brand.
Halls, which have long been advertised as featuring "vapor action", are made in the following flavors:
- Canada_dry Ginger Ale
- Citrus Blend
- Cherry
- Honey-Lemon
- Ice Blue Peppermint
- Mentho-Lyptus
- Spearmint
- Strawberry
- Tropical Fruit
- Pina Colada
Green Tea flavor is also available in China.
Here are the list of ingredients (from the Cadbury-Adams website)
- Cherry
Active Ingredient: Menthol 7 mg Inactive Ingredients: Blue 2, Flavors, Glucose Syrup, Red 40
- Honey-Lemon
Active Ingredient: Menthol 8 mg Inactive Ingredients: Beta Carotene, Flavors, Glucose Syrup, Honey, Soy Lecithin, Sucrose
- Ice Blue Peppermint:
Active Ingredient: Menthol 11.2 mg Inactive Ingredients: Blue 1 Flavors, Glucose Syrup, Sucrose
- Mentho-Lyptus®:
Active Ingredients: Menthol 6.5 mg Inactive Ingredients: Flavors, Glucose Syrup, Sucrose
- Spearmint:
Active Ingredient: Menthol 5.6 mg Inactive Ingredients: Beta Carotene, Blue 1, Flavors, Glucose Syrup, Soy Lecithin, Sucrose
- Strawberry:
Active Ingredient: Menthol 3.1 mg Inactive Ingredients: Flavors, Glucose Syrup, Red 40, Sucrose
- Tropical Fruit:
Active Ingredient: Menthol 3.1 mg Inactive Ingredients: FD&C red no. 40, Flavors, Glucose Syrup, Sucrose, Water
The Halls Defense Line consists of flavors containing Vitamin C.
Halls Fruit Breezers, launched as a great tasting, non-mentholated lozenge comes in: Cool Berry Cool Creamy Orange Cool Creamy Strawberry Tropical Chill Cool Citrus Blend
There is also a Sugar Free line of mentholated cough drops.
Outside North America, Halls is more advertised as a mentholated hard candy, manufactured in hard candy shapes and is not recognized as cough drops.