Fun Sweet Facts♦Wedding favours have been a tradition since the 16th century, originally five sugared almonds♦In Victorian England, a pennyworth of sweets bought you a small jar full♦The original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shape♦Liquorice has been chewed in England since the 13th century, originally as medicine♦The world record for the most sweets eaten in one minute is 88♦Strawberry bonbons rarely contain real strawberry, but the smell molecule is identical♦Pear drops get their flavour from amyl acetate, the same compound found in real pears♦The largest sweet jar ever filled held over 1.6 million sweets and weighed half a ton♦Wedding favours have been a tradition since the 16th century, originally five sugared almonds♦In Victorian England, a pennyworth of sweets bought you a small jar full♦The original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shape♦Liquorice has been chewed in England since the 13th century, originally as medicine♦The world record for the most sweets eaten in one minute is 88♦Strawberry bonbons rarely contain real strawberry, but the smell molecule is identical♦Pear drops get their flavour from amyl acetate, the same compound found in real pears♦The largest sweet jar ever filled held over 1.6 million sweets and weighed half a ton
