Fruit Drops
The tin of boiled sweets, in a bag.
- CategoryHard Boiled
- First appeared1800s
- CountryBritain
- How it is madeBoiledExtruded
What it is
Clear hard boiled sweets in fruit flavours and jewel colours, dusted so they do not stick. Simple, long lasting and the sweet most people picture when they hear the words boiled sweet.
Taste
Where it comes from
Fruit drops are the basic form of the boiled sweet, made in Britain since the early nineteenth century once refined sugar became cheap. They were sold in tins for travel and in jars for the sweet shop, and the clarity was a mark of quality because a badly boiled sweet goes cloudy.
What it's made of
Sugar and glucose syrup boiled to around 150 degrees, coloured and flavoured, then cut and dusted. Cloudiness is a fault, caused by sugar crystallising, so a clear drop means it was boiled properly.
Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients
Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Acid: Citric Acid, Fruit Juice Concentrate (0.2%) From Blueberry, Apple, Apricot, Peach, Kiwi, Cherry, Blackberry, Raspberry, Blackcurrant, Lemon, Strawberry, Lime; Flavourings, Paprika Extract, Turmeric Root Extract
Allergens
No allergens in the ingredients
