Halls is the brand name of a popular menthol

Menthol

Menthol is an organic compound made synthetically or obtained from peppermint or other mint oils. It is a waxy, crystalline substance, clear or white in color, which is solid at room temperature and melts slightly above. The main form of menthol occurring in nature is -menthol, which is assigned...

ated cough drop

Throat lozenge

A throat lozenge, cough drop, troche, or cough sweet is a small, medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to temporarily stop coughs and lubricate and soothe irritated tissues of the throat , possibly from the common cold or influenza...

. Halls cough drops (categorized as a cough suppressant/oral anaesthetic by the manufacturer) are sold by the Cadbury-Adams Division of Cadbury plc and have long been advertised as featuring "Vapor Action". Halls was first made in the 1930s in Britain by the Halls Brothers company (founded 1893). Halls Brothers was acquired by Warner-Lambert in 1964. When Pfizer

Pfizer

Pfizer, Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical corporation. The company is based in New York City, New York with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut, United States...

 acquired Warner-Lambert in 2000, the Halls brand came with the entire Adams portfolio (which included Trident gum, Dentyne

Dentyne

Dentyne is a series of brands of chewing gum available in several countries globally. It is owned by Cadbury Adams, a division of Cadbury.In 1899, a New York City druggist named Franklin V. Canning formulated a chewing gum which he promoted as an aid to oral hygiene. "To prevent decay, To sweeten...

, Chiclets

Chiclets

Chiclets is a brand of candy coated chewing gum made by Cadbury Adams. The colors of chiclets are: yellow, green, orange, red, white, and pink. The product's name is derived from Nahuatl word tziktli, in English chicle, the substance from which chewing gum was traditionally made...

 and Freshen Up, among others). Two years later, Adams was bought by Cadbury Schweppes, the company that currently owns the Halls brand worldwide.

Varieties

• Black Cherry (sugar free)
• Blackberry-lyptus (only available in South America)
• Canada Dry
  Canada Dry
  Canada Dry is a brand of soft drinks owned since 2008 by the Texas-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group. For over a century Canada Dry has been known for its ginger ale, though the company also manufactures a number of other soft drinks and mixers...
  
   Ginger Ale
• Cherry
• Citrus Blend
• Coffee
• Fresh Mint
• Green tea (only available in China)
• Harvest Peach with Soothing Honey Center (Halls Naturals)
• Honey-berry (sugar free)
• Honey-Lemon
• Ice Blue Peppermint
• Kiwi-Apple (sugar free)
• Lemon Pie (only available in South America)
• Lime
• Mentho-Lyptus (i.e. menthol
  Menthol
  Menthol is an organic compound made synthetically or obtained from peppermint or other mint oils. It is a waxy, crystalline substance, clear or white in color, which is solid at room temperature and melts slightly above. The main form of menthol occurring in nature is -menthol, which is assigned...
  
   and eucalyptus
  Eucalyptus
  Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...
  
  )
• Mountain Berry with Soothing Honey Center (Halls Naturals)
• Mountain Menthol (sugar free)
• "Naturals" including Sweet Herbal Mint
• Orange
• Paloma
• Peppermint with Vanilla Crystals (in Brazil)
• Piña Colada
• Pomegranate
• Refresh (Extra Moist)
• Spearmint
• Strawberry
• Strawberry Filled with Chocolate (in Brazil)
• Sunshine Citrus (Halls Naturals)
• Sweet Herbal Mint (Halls Naturals)
• Tropical Fruit
• Watermelon (in Brazil and Argentina)

In the UK

The following Halls varieties are listed on Cadbury's UK web site.

• Mentho-lyptus Blackcurrant
• Mentho-lyptus Extra strong
• Mentho-lyptus Honey & Lemon
• Mentho-lyptus Ice cool
• Mentho-lyptus Original
• Mentho-lyptus Sugar-Free Cherry
• Mentho-lyptus Sugar-Free Original
• Soothers Blackcurrant
• Soothers Cherry
• Soothers Peach And Raspberry
• Soothers Strawberry

Drug information

• Cherry

Active Ingredient: Menthol 7 mg

Inactive Ingredients: Eucalyptus Oil, FD&C Blue 2, FD&C Red 40, Flavors, Glucose Syrup, Soy Lecithin, Sucralose, Sucrose, Water

• Honey-Lemon

Active Ingredient: Menthol 9.1 mg

Inactive Ingredients: Beta Carotene, Flavorings, Glucose Syrup, Honey, Soy Lecithin, Sucrose

• Honey-Lemon Chamomile

Active Ingredient: Menthol 2.5 mg

Inactive Ingredients: citric acid, flavorings, ginger, glucose syrup, honey, lemon grass, sage, :sucrose, tea extract, water, white thyme

• Ice Blue Peppermint:

Active Ingredient: Menthol 10 mg

Inactive Ingredients: Blue 1, Flavorings, Glucose Syrup, Sucrose

• Mentho-Lyptus:

Active Ingredients: Menthol 6.5 mg

Inactive Ingredients: Flavorings, Glucose Syrup, Sucrose

• Mountain Menthol (Sugar Free):

Active Ingredients: Menthol 5.8 mg

Inactive Ingredients: Acesulfame Potassium, Aspartame, Eucalyptus Oil, FD&C Blue 1, FD&C Red 40, Flavors, Isomalt

Isomalt

Isomalt is a sugar substitute, a type of sugar alcohol, used primarily for its sugar-like physical properties. It has only a small impact on blood sugar levels and does not promote tooth decay. It has 2 kilocalories/g, half the calories of sugars...

, Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose, Soy Lecithin, Water

• Spearmint:

Active Ingredient: Menthol 5.6 mg

Inactive Ingredients: Beta Carotene, Blue 1, Flavorings, Glucose Syrup, Soy Lecithin, Sucrose

• Strawberry:

Active Ingredient: Menthol 3.1 mg

Inactive Ingredients: Flavorings, Glucose Syrup, Red 40, Sucrose

• Sunshine Citrus

Active Ingredient: Menthol 2.5 mg

Inactive Ingredients: beta carotene, citric acid, flavorings, ginger, glucose syrup, lemon grass, :sage, sucrose, water, white thyme

• Sweet Herbal Mint

Active Ingredient: Menthol 2.5 mg

Inactive Ingredients: Caramel, flavorings, ginger, glucose syrup, lemon grass, sage, sucrose, water, white thyme

• Tropical Fruit:

Active Ingredient: Menthol 3.1 mg

Inactive Ingredients: FD&C red no. 40, Flavorings, Glucose Syrup, Sucrose, Water

• Wild Cherry

Active Ingredient: Menthol 2.5 mg

Inactive Ingredients: citric acid, elderberry juice, flavorings, ginger, glucose syrup, lemon grass, sage, sucrose, water, white thyme

Additional information

The Halls Defense line consists of flavorings containing Vitamin C in addition to acting as cough suppressants.

Halls Fruit Breezers, launched as a non-mentholated lozenge, comes in many flavors such as:
Cool Berry,
Cool Creamy Orange,
Cool Creamy Strawberry,
Tropical Chill,
and Cool Citrus Blend.

Halls also produces a sugar free line of mentholated cough drops.

In some parts of the world, including Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Colombia and the Philippines, Halls is advertised as a mentholated hard candy and is not recognized as a medicine for coughs. In the UK, Halls Extra Strong has recently dropped all mention of an active ingredient (or of coughs) from the packaging, which now describes the contents as "Extra Strong Original flavour hard boiled sweets."

External links

• Halls main website