Sarsaparilla Tablets
A sweet that tastes like an old chemist shop.
- CategoryHard Boiled
- First appeared1800s
- CountryUnited States
- How it is madeCompressed
What it is
A hard boiled tablet with a deep root beer and liquorice flavour, dark red brown, slightly medicinal. Divisive and much loved by the people who love it.
Taste
Where it comes from
Sarsaparilla was a plant root used in nineteenth century tonics and drinks, sold as a blood purifier and a cure all. When the drinks faded, the flavour survived in sweets. Sarsaparilla tablets are one of the last traditional sweets carrying a Victorian patent medicine flavour.
What it's made of
Sugar and glucose syrup boiled hard with citric acid, flavoured with sarsaparilla and coloured with E122.
Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients
Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Acid: Citric Acid, Flavouring, Colours: E122
Warning: E122 may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.
Allergens
No allergens in the ingredients
