Black Jack (confectionery)

This article is about the confectionery. For other uses, see Black Jack.

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][2]

Black Jack

Product type	Confectionery
Owner	Barratt (Valeo)
Introduced	1920; 105 years ago (1920)
Related brands	Fruit Salad • Wham Bar • Flumps
Markets	Europe
Previous owners	Trebor • Monkhill Confectionary (Cadbury Schweppes) • Tangerine Confectionary
Website	valeoconfectionery.com/barratt
Nutritional value per Energy 327 kcal (1,370 kJ) Carbohydrates 74.2g Sugars 41.0g Dietary fiber 0.0g Fat 3.2g Saturated 1.6g Protein 0.4g Vitamins and minerals Minerals Quantity %DV† Sodium 0% 0.79 mg

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).^[3]

Each 250 g pack contains 46 chews.

See also

• Fruit Salad