Halls (cough drop)

Halls is a British brand of a mentholated cough drop[a] 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.

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

[4] In some parts of the world, including Brazil,[5] Brunei, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia,[6] Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Pakistan, and Singapore, Halls is advertised as a mentholated hard candy and is not recognised as a medicine for coughs.

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".

Packages of Halls in a store
A pack of Mint and Eucalyptus flavoured Halls, as sold in Brazil