Black Jack (confectionery)
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| Product type | Confectionery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Owner | Barratt (Valeo) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Introduced | 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Related brands | Fruit Salad • Wham Bar • Flumps | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Markets | Europe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous owners | Trebor • Monkhill Confectionary (Cadbury Schweppes) • Tangerine Confectionary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | valeoconfectionery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Black Jack is a type of "aniseed flavour chew" according to its packaging. It is a chewy confectionery manufactured under Valeo Confectionery's Barratt brand in UK and Spain. Introduced in the 1920s by Trebor, the wrapper originally showed gollywogs on it.[1]
Ingredients
The recipe has varied over the years. In 2021 the ingredients were:
Glucose syrup, Sugar, Palm Oil, Colour (Vegetable Carbon), Hydrolysed Pea Protein, Citric Acid, Aniseed Oil, Acidity Regulator (Trisodium citrate).[2]
Each 250g pack contains 46 chews.
See also
References
- ^ "The Wrapper Gallery (1970s)". Retrieved 5 October 2023.
- ^ "Black Jack Chews". Retrieved 17 December 2021.