📌 Basic information

• Product: Ricola Herbal Original

• Pack size: 40 g (assortment of hard sweets)

• Brand: Ricola

• Category: confectionery / herbal sweets 🍬

• Origin: Switzerland – a recipe containing more than 13 Alpine herbs.

These sweets are sugar-free, sweetened with polyols (isomalt, steviol glycosides) and are often recommended as a refreshing herbal snack with a mild minty flavour and menthol, which helps soothe the throat.

🍃🍬 Character and flavour

• Flavour: herbal with refreshing hints of mint and menthol

• Texture: hard sweets (drops) that dissolve slowly in the mouth

• Effect: thanks to the menthol, they pleasantly freshen the breath and can help soothe an irritated throat or vocal cords

• Suitable for: as a small, refreshing sweet treat; with a cold or hot drink; or after talking or coughing 🍵🍬

🧾🧪 Ingredients

• Sweeteners: isomalt and steviol glycosides (stevia)

• Extract from a blend of 13 herbs (e.g. peppermint, thyme, sage, speedwell, elderflower, etc.)

• Natural mint flavouring

• Menthol

• Colouring (caramel)
  This product is sugar-free and uses sweeteners that do not affect blood sugar levels.

⚠️ Allergens and warnings

• Gluten-free – also suitable for people with gluten intolerance

• Lactose-free – suitable for people with lactose intolerance

• Suitable for vegetarians/vegans 👩‍🌾👨‍🌾

• Warning: excessive consumption may have a laxative effect (contains polyols such as isomalt and sorbitol).

📊📈 Nutritional values (per 100 g)

🍽️📌 Summary

✔️ Product: Ricola Original sugar-free
Swiss herbal sweets ✔️ Flavour: herbal and menthol – refreshing
✔️ Texture: hard sweets
✔️ Suitable for: vegetarians, vegans, people with gluten and lactose
intolerance ✔️ Warning: excessive consumption may have a laxative effect
✔️ Nutritional profile: high in carbohydrates (polyols), no sugar

💡 Tip: Perfect as a refreshing sweet for your throat and vocal cords, for example whilst travelling, at work or after speaking.