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Halls Cough Drops
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A pack of Extra Strong Halls
Owner Mondelēz International
Country England
Introduced 1930s
Markets Throat lozenges/cough drops
Previous owners
  • Hall Brothers (1930–1964)
  • Warner–Lambert (1964–2000)
  • Pfizer (2000–2002)
  • Cadbury (2002–2010)
  • Kraft (2010–2012)

Halls is a British brand of a mentholated cough drop owned by Mondelēz International since 2015. In 2016, it was one of the biggest selling brands of over-the-counter medications sold in Great Britain, with sales of £32.5 million.

The Hall Brothers company was founded in 1893 by Thomas Harold Hall and Norman Smith Hall. The cough drops were first made in the 1930s on Stanley Road, Whitefield, Lancashire. The company was acquired by Warner-Lambert in 1964 with production moved to Dumers Lane, Radcliffe in 1970. Pfizer acquired Warner-Lambert in June 2000. Two years later the brand was bought by Cadbury Schweppes, which was purchased by Kraft foods and later restructured.

Drug information

Halls cough drops contain menthol, which acts as local anesthetic and "creates a cooling sensation". It also acts as a cough suppressant.

RFID chips on products
Packages of Halls in a store

Additional information

Halls drops in Brazil
A pack of Mint and Eucalyptus flavoured Halls, as sold in Brazil

In some parts of the world, including Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, the Philippines, and Pakistan, Halls is advertised as a mentholated hard candy and is not recognised 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, and now describes the contents as "Extra Strong Original flavour hard boiled sweets".

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Halls (caramelo mentolado) para niños

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