Sherbet originally came from the Arabic word "sharab", meaning a chilled drinkThe first jelly bean is thought to have been made in Boston in the 1860sThe largest sweet jar ever filled held over 1.6 million sweets and weighed half a tonThe British eat about 7.5kg of sweets per person per year, more than half of EuropePink jazzies were originally an Edwardian sweet sold by chemistsFizzy sweets get their pop from citric acid mixed with bicarbonate of sodaA jar of pick & mix from Vivid Delights weighs almost the same as a hardback bookThe word "sweet" came from the Old English "swete", meaning pleasant to taste
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