Fun Sweet Facts♦The signature taupe ribbon used by Vivid Delights matches our jar label perfectly♦Brentwood, Essex, has been a sweet town since the railway arrived in 1840♦Hard-boiled sweets are 80% sugar, 19% glucose syrup, and 1% magic♦The world record for the most sweets eaten in one minute is 88♦Sugared almonds at weddings represent five wishes: health, wealth, happiness, fertility, long life♦The British eat about 7.5kg of sweets per person per year, more than half of Europe♦The original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shape♦Sweet jars in glass became popular in Victorian sweet shops in the 1840s♦The signature taupe ribbon used by Vivid Delights matches our jar label perfectly♦Brentwood, Essex, has been a sweet town since the railway arrived in 1840♦Hard-boiled sweets are 80% sugar, 19% glucose syrup, and 1% magic♦The world record for the most sweets eaten in one minute is 88♦Sugared almonds at weddings represent five wishes: health, wealth, happiness, fertility, long life♦The British eat about 7.5kg of sweets per person per year, more than half of Europe♦The original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shape♦Sweet jars in glass became popular in Victorian sweet shops in the 1840s