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The "other" lozenge
Victory V, Altoids, and Fisherman's Friend are all 200-year-old British lozenges with a robust flavour. However, Victory V has slipped into near-obscurity, which is a shame, because we need more info here about:
History of the product. It's long.
Why the name Victory-V? Which war was it? It was supplied to troops for a long time.
Varieties: regular, gums (no longer made), medicated (which is the only variety now made, unfortunately, but is no longer marketed as such), etc.
Chloroform. Why and when wsa it removed?
Pictures of the product, including historic containers. These are collectibles, there should be plenty out there.
I can tell you it still had chloroform or ether in until just a few years ago. I bought a packet today - for the first time in a whole, since they are getting very hard to find - and they no longer have chloroform or ether in. The flavour is now very different because of that. The ether or chloroform used to give it a cool solventy aroma, and now it is the liquirice that is the dominant flavour. I don't think I will be buying them again, as they have now lost that unique property.
82.39.210.203 (talk) 00:22, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]