Halls (cough drop)

Halls is the brand name of a popular mentholated cough drop. Halls cough drops (categorized as a cough suppressant/oral anaesthetic 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. When Pfizer acquired Warner-Lambert in 2000, the Halls brand came with the entire Adams portfolio (which included Trident gum, Dentyne, Freshen Up, among others). Two years later, Adams was bought by Cadbury Schweppes, the company that currently owns the Halls brand worldwide.

Halls, which have long been advertised as featuring "vapour action", are made in the following flavours:

* Canada Dry Ginger Ale
* Citrus Blend
* Cherry
* Coffee
* Honey-Lemon
* Ice Blue Peppermint
* “Mentho-Lyptus“ i.e. menthol and eucalyptus
* Spearmint
* Strawberry
* Tropical Fruit
* Piña Colada
*"Naturals" including Sweet Herbal MintGreen Tea flavour is also available in China.

Drug Information

*Wild Cherry:Active Ingredient: Menthol 2.5 mg:Inactive Ingredients: citric acid, elderberry juice, flavourings, ginger, glucose syrup, lemon grass, sage, sucrose, water, white thyme

*Sunshine Citrus:Active Ingredient: Menthol 2.5 mg:Inactive Ingredients: beta carotene, citric acid, flavourings, ginger, glucose syrup, lemon grass, :sage, sucrose, water, white thyme

*Honey-Lemon Chamomile:Active Ingredient: Menthol 2.5 mg:Inactive Ingredients: citric acid, flavourings, ginger, glucose syrup, honey, lemon grass, sage, :sucrose, tea extract, water, white thyme

*Sweet Herbal Mint:Active Ingredient: Menthol 2.5 mg:Inactive Ingredients: Caramel, flavourings, ginger, glucose syrup, lemon grass, sage, sucrose, water, white thyme

*Cherry:Active Ingredient: Menthol 7 mg and 12.8 mg of Eucalyptol combined:Inactive Ingredients: Blue 2, Flavourings, Glucose Syrup, Red 40

*Honey-Lemon:Active Ingredient: Menthol 8 mg:Inactive Ingredients: Beta Carotene, Flavourings, Glucose Syrup, Honey, Soy Lecithin, Sucrose

*Ice Blue Peppermint::Active Ingredient: Menthol 11.2 mg:Inactive Ingredients: Blue 1, Flavourings, Glucose Syrup, Sucrose

*Mentho-Lyptus::Active Ingredients: Menthol 6.5 mg:Inactive Ingredients: Flavourings, Glucose Syrup, Sucrose

*Spearmint::Active Ingredient: Menthol 5.6 mg:Inactive Ingredients: Beta Carotene, Blue 1, Flavourings, Glucose Syrup, Soy Lecithin, Sucrose

*Strawberry::Active Ingredient: Menthol 3.1 mg:Inactive Ingredients: Flavourings, Glucose Syrup, Red 40, Sucrose
*Tropical Fruit: :Active Ingredient: Menthol 3.1 mg:Inactive Ingredients: FD&C red no. 40, Flavourings, Glucose Syrup, Sucrose, Water

Additional Information

The Halls Defence Line consists of flavourings containing Vitamin C.

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

There is also a Sugar Free line of mentholated cough drops.

In some parts of the world, including Brazil, Halls is advertised as a mentholated hard candy, and is not recognized as a medicine for coughs.

External links

* [http://www.gethalls.com/ Halls (cough drop)]