What Are Jargonelle Pear Drops?

A big part of our Vintage Sweets range, these Pear Drops are hard boiled sugar sweets with a zingy fruit flavour. A big part of our Vintage Sweets range, these Pear Drops are hard boiled sugar sweets with a zingy fruit flavour.

What are Jargonelle pears?

History and description of Jargonelle

It is one of the earliest summer pears to ripen. Medium sized, long conical fruit. Fairly smooth, greenish yellow skin with some brownish red flush and many small russet patches. ... Like all early ripening varieties the fruit must be picked and used as soon as ready.

What do pear drops do?

A pear drop is a British boiled sweet made from sugar and flavourings. ... The artificial flavours isoamyl acetate and ethyl acetate are responsible for the characteristic flavour of pear drops: the former confers a banana flavour, the latter a pear flavour. Both esters are used in many pear- and banana-flavoured sweets.

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