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".