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Hard boiled Blackcurrant & Liquorice - hard sweets with a chewy liquorice toffee centre

Contains E122, E142 & E153

Hard sweets with a chewy liquorice toffee centre. They contain palm oil, milk and soya, plus colours including E122, which carries a warning about children's activity and attention.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo phosphatesNo gums or thickenersNo gluten ingredientsContains dairyContains soy
$6.76 100g · lowest price at My Liquorice
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts
421caloriesPer 100 g
Protein
0.1g▼
Fiber
0g▼
Added sugar
—▼
Sodium
—
Saturated fat
1.2g▲
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Ingredients: Sugar, glucose syrup, vegetable fat (palm oil), citric acid, flavouring, full cream sweetened condensed milk, treacle (cane molasses, invert sugar syrup), salt, aniseed oil, emulsifier (soya), colours (E122, E142, E153)
Product details
OriginEngland
“Country of Origin: England” — the product page
40 / 100
Poor Scored automatically
Weighted as snacks, sweets, dessertsHigh confidence · Scored on 9 of 11 inputs, 1 claim verified
Nutrition · counts 30%32
Ingredients · counts 30%56
Processing · counts 25%25
Sourcing · counts 5%50
Transparency · counts 10%50
Why it scores 40
Nutrition 32 · Compared with other snacks and sweets: less saturated fat (1.2 g), less fiber (0 g); 81 g added sugar per 100 g
Ingredients 56 · Sugar, 1st ingredient (added sugar, −20); Glucose syrup, 2nd ingredient (added sugar, −20); Natural flavours (additive, −4)
Processing 25 · Hard sweets with refined sugar, glucose syrup, palm oil and added colours
Sourcing 50 · Country of origin is England; ingredient sourcing isn't stated
Transparency 50 · Full ingredient list, but flavouring is unspecified
81.3 g sugars per 100 g
Contains palm oil
Contains colours E122, E142 and E153
E122 warning for children's attention and activity
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−40 for sugar, glucose syrup
Varies by additive−4 for natural flavours
Scored Oct 21, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Sugar Glucose syrup Vegetable fat (palm oil) Citric acid Flavouring Full cream sweetened condensed milk Treacle (cane molasses, invert sugar syrup) Salt Aniseed oil Emulsifier (soya) Colours (E122, E142, E153)
11 ingredients 3 to watch1 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives4 additives · 3 limited risk
Palm oilFatLimited risk
High in saturated fat, and refining can form contaminants (glycidyl esters) that EFSA flagged in 2016.
Natural flavoursFlavouringLimited risk
An undisclosed mix of extracts and carriers; the label doesn’t say what’s in it or how it was made.
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
Citric acid (E330)AcidNo risk
Usually made by fermentation; considered safe.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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