Army and Navy
A sweet that started as medicine.
- CategoryHard Boiled
- First appeared1900s
- CountryBritain
- How it is madeBoiled
- DietaryVeganVegetarian
What it is
A small black hard sweet with a strong liquorice and aniseed flavour, faintly medicinal, that lasts a long time.
Taste
Where it comes from
Army and Navy sweets date from the era when confectioners and chemists were often the same trade. They were sold as a throat and chest remedy containing liquorice, and the name refers to their supply to servicemen. They belong with cough candy in the group of sweets that started as medicine and stayed on the shelf as a sweet.
What it's made of
Sugar and glucose syrup boiled hard with citric acid and liquorice and aniseed flavourings, coloured black with vegetable carbon.
Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients
Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Citric Acid, Flavourings, Colour: Vegetable Carbon.
Allergens
No allergens in the ingredients
