What it is
A small black chew flavoured with aniseed, sold as a penny sweet in a paper wrapper. Firm at first, softening as you chew, and it will colour your tongue for a good half hour.
Taste
Where it comes from
Black Jacks were made by Trebor Bassett and have been a British penny sweet since the 1920s. They sat beside Fruit Salads in every corner shop, four for a penny in the 1970s, and became one of the sweets people use to date their childhood. The wrapper artwork was changed in the 1980s after complaints about the original design.
What it's made of
Glucose syrup, sugar and palm oil worked into a chew, flavoured with aniseed oil and coloured with vegetable carbon, which is the black.
Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients
Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Palm Oil, Colour (Vegetable Carbon), Hydrolysed Pea Protein, Acid (Citric Acid), Aniseed Oil, Acidity Regulator (Trisodium Citrate)
Choking warning: not suitable for children under 36 months
Allergens
No allergens in the ingredients
