Halls (cough drop)

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A stick of Extra Strong Halls

Halls is the brand name of a popular mentholated cough drop. Halls cough drops (categorized as a cough suppressant/oral anesthetic 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 "vapor action", are made in the following flavors:

Canada Dry Ginger Ale
Citrus Blend
Cherry
Coffee
Honey-Lemon
Ice Blue Peppermint
Mentho-Lyptus
Spearmint
Strawberry
Tropical Fruit
Pina Colada
"Naturals" including Sweet Herbal Mint

Green Tea flavor is also available in China.

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Wild Cherry

Active Ingredient: Menthol 2.5 mg

Inactive Ingredients: citric acid, elderberry juice, flavors, ginger, glucose syrup, lemon grass, :sage, sucrose, water, white thyme

Sunshine Citrus

Active Ingredient: Menthol 2.5 mg

Inactive Ingredients: beta carotene, citric acid, flavors, ginger, glucose syrup, lemon grass, :sage, sucrose, water, white thyme

Honey-Lemon Chamomile

Active Ingredient: Menthol 2.5 mg

Inactive Ingredients: citric acid, flavors, 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, flavors, 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, Flavors, Glucose Syrup, Red 40

Honey-Lemon

Active Ingredient: Menthol 8 mg

Inactive Ingredients: Beta Carotene, Flavors, Glucose Syrup, Honey, Soy Lecithin, Sucrose

Ice Blue Peppermint:

Active Ingredient: Menthol 11.2 mg

Inactive Ingredients: Blue 1 Flavors, Glucose Syrup, Sucrose

Mentho-Lyptus:

Active Ingredients: Menthol 6.5 mg

Inactive Ingredients: Flavors, Glucose Syrup, Sucrose

Spearmint:

Active Ingredient: Menthol 5.6 mg

Inactive Ingredients: Beta Carotene, Blue 1, Flavors, Glucose Syrup, Soy Lecithin, Sucrose

Strawberry:

Active Ingredient: Menthol 3.1 mg

Inactive Ingredients: Flavors, Glucose Syrup, Red 40, Sucrose

Tropical Fruit:

Active Ingredient: Menthol 3.1 mg

Inactive Ingredients: FD&C red no. 40, Flavors, Glucose Syrup, Sucrose, Water

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The Halls Defense Line consists of flavors 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.