Halls is the brand name of a popular mentholated cough drop. Halls cough drops (categorized as a cough suppressant/oral anaesthetic by the manufacturer) are sold by the Cadbury-Adams Division of Cadbury, now owned by Mondelēz International, and have long been advertised as featuring "Vapor Action". Halls was first made in the 1930s in Stanley Road, Whitefield, Lancashire, United Kingdom by the Halls Brothers company (founded 1893). Halls Brothers was acquired by Warner-Lambert in 1964. Production in Whitefield ceased in the late 1980s. When Pfizer acquired Warner-Lambert in 2000, the Halls brand came with the entire Adams portfolio (which included Trident gum, Dentyne, Chiclets and Freshen Up, among others). Two years later, Adams was bought out by Cadbury, who were subsequently purchased by Kraft foods, which was later restructured and renamed Mondelēz International - as of 2015, Mondelēz International owns the Halls brand worldwide.
Air Mint (only available in Argentina)
Black Cherry (sugar free)
Blackcurrant
Blackberry-Lyptus (only available in South America)
Canada Dry Ginger Ale
Caribe (only available in Mexico)
Chela-Limón (Beer & Lemon) (only available in Mexico)
Cherry
Citrus Blend
Colours
Fresh Mint
Green Tea (only available in China and Japan)
Green Grapes (only available in South America)
Grape (only available in Mexico)
Harvest Peach with Soothing Honey Center (Halls Naturals)
Honey-berry (sugar free)
Honey-Lemon
Ice Blue Peppermint
K-fe (Coffee) (only available in Mexico)
Kiwi-Apple (sugar free)
Lemon Pie (only available in South America)
Licorice (sugar free available in Denmark)
Mentho-Lyptus (i.e. menthol and eucalyptus)
Mint & Chocolate (only available in Mexico)
Mountain Berry with Soothing Honey Center (Halls Naturals)
Mountain Menthol (sugar free)
"Naturals" including Sweet Herbal Mint
Orange
Paloma (only available in Mexico)
Peppermint with Vanilla Crystals (in Brazil)
Piña Colada
Peach (only available in Mexico & South America)
Pomegranate
Raspberry
Refresh (Extra Moist)
Spearmint
Strawberry
Strawberry Filled with Chocolate (in Brazil)
Sunshine Citrus (Halls Naturals)
Sweet Herbal Mint (Halls Naturals)
Tropical Fruit
Watermelon (in Brazil, Argentina And Thailand)
The following Halls varieties are listed on Cadbury's UK web site.
Mentho-lyptus Blackcurrant
Mentho-lyptus Extra strong
Mentho-lyptus Honey & Lemon
Mentho-lyptus Ice cool
Mentho-lyptus Original
Mentho-lyptus Sugar-Free Cherry
Mentho-lyptus Sugar-Free Original
Soothers Blackcurrant
Soothers Cherry
Soothers Peach And Raspberry
Soothers Strawberry
Fresh & Cool
Zingy Citrus
Strawberry Wave
The "Soothers" varieties do not list menthol on their ingredients and their packaging does not describe them as a medicine or specify any dosage instructions, but supermarkets frequently categorise them as common cold treatment.
The menthol ingredient acts as local anesthetic and "creates a cooling sensation". Also acts as a cough suppressant.
Cherry
Active Ingredient: Menthol 7 mg
Inactive Ingredients: Eucalyptus Oil, FD&C Blue 2, FD&C Red 40, Flavors, Glucose Syrup, Soy Lecithin, Sucralose, Sucrose, Water
Honey-Lemon
Active Ingredient: Menthol 7.5 mg
Inactive Ingredients: Beta Carotene, Flavorings, Glucose Syrup, Honey, Soy Lecithin, Sucrose
Honey-Lemon Chamomile
Active Ingredient: Menthol 2.5 mg
Inactive Ingredients: citric acid, flavorings, ginger, glucose syrup, honey, lemon grass, sage, :sucrose, tea extract, water, white thyme
Ice Blue Peppermint:
Active Ingredient: Menthol 10 mg
Inactive Ingredients: Blue 1, Flavorings, Glucose Syrup, Sucrose
Intense Cool:
Active Ingredient: Menthol 15 mg
Inactive Ingredients: citric acid, eucalyptus oil, FD&C blue 1, flavors, glucose syrup, potassium citrate, soy lecithin, sucrose, water
Mentho-Lyptus:
Active Ingredients: Menthol 5.4 mg
Inactive Ingredients: Flavorings, Glucose Syrup, Sucrose
Mentho-Lyptus Extra Strong Menthol:
Active Ingredients: Menthol 19.7 mg, Eucalyptus oil 9.8mg
Inactive Ingredients: Citric acid, FD&C Blue No.1, flavors, glucose syrup, gum arabic, potassium citrate, soy lecithin, sucrose
Mountain Menthol (Sugar Free):
Active Ingredients: Menthol 5.8 mg
Inactive Ingredients: Acesulfame Potassium, Aspartame, Eucalyptus Oil, FD&C Blue 1, FD&C Red 40, Flavors, Isomalt, Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose, Soy Lecithin, Water
Spearmint:
Active Ingredient: Menthol 5.6 mg
Inactive Ingredients: Beta Carotene, Blue 1, Flavorings, Glucose Syrup, Soy Lecithin, Sucrose
Strawberry:
Active Ingredient: Menthol 3.1 mg
Inactive Ingredients: Flavorings, Glucose Syrup, Red 40, Sucrose
Sunshine Citrus
Active Ingredient: Menthol 2.5 mg
Inactive Ingredients: beta carotene, citric acid, flavorings, ginger, glucose syrup, lemon grass, :sage, sucrose, water, white thyme
Sweet Herbal Mint
Active Ingredient: Menthol 2.5 mg
Inactive Ingredients: Caramel, flavorings, ginger, glucose syrup, lemon grass, sage, sucrose, water, white thyme
Tropical Fruit:
Active Ingredient: Menthol 3.1 mg
Inactive Ingredients: FD&C red no. 40, Flavorings, Glucose Syrup, Sucrose, Water
Wild Cherry
Active Ingredient: Menthol 2.5 mg
Inactive Ingredients: citric acid, elderberry juice, flavorings, ginger, glucose syrup, lemon grass, sage, sucrose, water, white thyme
XS Sugar Free Lemon
XS Sugar Free Mint
The Halls Defense line consists of flavorings containing Vitamin C but do not contain menthol and suppress coughs.
Halls Fruit Breezers, launched as a non-mentholated lozenge, comes in many flavors such as: Cool Berry, Cool Creamy Orange, Cool Creamy Strawberry, Tropical Chill, and Cool Citrus Blend.
Halls also produces a sugar free line of mentholated cough drops.
In some parts of the world, including Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Philippines, and Pakistan, Halls is advertised as a mentholated hard candy and is not recognized as a medicine for coughs. In the UK, Halls Extra Strong has recently dropped all mention of an active ingredient (or of coughs) from the packaging, which now describes the contents as "Extra Strong Original flavour hard boiled sweets."
