Pastille
Alternative names | Troche, medicated lozenge |
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Type | Confectionery |
Main ingredients | Thick liquid |
A pastille is a type of
A pastille is also known as a troche, which is a medicated lozenge that dissolves like sweets.
Origins
The word pastille comes from the same origin as pastry, from the Latin word pastillus, for a lump of meal or grain, which was from panis, "bread".[citation needed]
A pastille was originally a pill-shaped lump of compressed
Production
Pastilles are made by pouring a thick liquid into a powdered, sugared, or waxed mold and then allowing the liquid to set and dry. The substances contained in the dried liquid are slowly released when chewed and allowed to dissolve in the mouth. The substances are then absorbed by the mucous membranes of the oral cavity or in the lower gastro-intestinal tracts. Various substances, be they of medicinal nature or for flavour, can be put into pastille forms.
Due to the oily nature of these active substances (
Types
Well known pastille type candies include:
- Fisherman's Friend medicinal sweets
- Läkerol
- Violets
- Mason Dots
- Mentos
- Mint (candy)
- Pine Bros. throat drops
- Vocalzone Throat Pastilles, natural throat pastilles for voice overuse
- Jujube
- Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles, small round sweets
- Vichy Pastilles, octagonal candy pastilles
- Wine gum
- Grether's Pastilles
- Pastiglie Leone, Herbal digestives and candy pastilles
See also
- Gum drops
- Throat lozenge
References
- ^ "Landrynki w laboratorium". Landrynki (in Polish). Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "Jak zrobić landrynki?". Portal Kulinarny Gotujmy.pl - Przepisy kulinarne, Książki kucharskie, Przepisy ze zdjęciami, Porady, Forum, Video (in Polish). 28 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2017.