Fun Sweet Facts♦A 970ml Victorian jar holds roughly 500 grams of pick & mix, give or take♦A traditional Pontefract liquorice cake was once worth more than its weight in silver♦The Egyptians invented the first sweets, around 1,500 BC, by mixing nuts and honey♦Kola Kubes are flavoured with the kola nut, the same plant that originally flavoured cola♦Pear drops get their flavour from amyl acetate, the same compound found in real pears♦The word "sweet" came from the Old English "swete", meaning pleasant to taste♦Flying saucers were invented in Belgium in the 1950s using rice paper♦The British eat about 7.5kg of sweets per person per year, more than half of Europe♦A 970ml Victorian jar holds roughly 500 grams of pick & mix, give or take♦A traditional Pontefract liquorice cake was once worth more than its weight in silver♦The Egyptians invented the first sweets, around 1,500 BC, by mixing nuts and honey♦Kola Kubes are flavoured with the kola nut, the same plant that originally flavoured cola♦Pear drops get their flavour from amyl acetate, the same compound found in real pears♦The word "sweet" came from the Old English "swete", meaning pleasant to taste♦Flying saucers were invented in Belgium in the 1950s using rice paper♦The British eat about 7.5kg of sweets per person per year, more than half of Europe
