Talk:Victory V

The "other" lozenge
Victory V, Altoids, and Fisherman's Friend are all 200-year-old British lozenges with a robust flavour. However, Victory V has slipped into near-obscurity, which is a shame, because we need more info here about:


 * History of the product. It's long.
 * Why the name Victory-V? Which war was it? It was supplied to troops for a long time.
 * Varieties: regular, gums (no longer made), medicated (which is the only variety now made, unfortunately, but is no longer marketed as such), etc.
 * Chloroform. Why and when wsa it removed?
 * Pictures of the product, including historic containers. These are collectibles, there should be plenty out there.

- Pro hib it O ni o ns  (T) 13:34, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

I can tell you it still had chloroform or ether in until just a few years ago. I bought a packet today - for the first time in a while, since they are getting very hard to find - and they no longer have chloroform or ether in. The flavour is now very different because of that. The ether or chloroform used to give it a cool solventy aroma, and now it is the liquirice that is the dominant flavour. I don't think I will be buying them again, as they have now lost that unique property.

This site (http://www.reachpharmacy.com/shop/customer/product.php?productid=24854) lists the following ingredients: Sugar, Gum Acacia, Liquorice Extract, Glucose Syrup, Ether, Colour E150c, Linseed oil, Flavouring.

The ingredients today are: Sugar, Acacia Gum, Liquorice Extract, Glucose Syrup, Flavourings, Colour (Ammonia caramel), Linssed oil, Menthol. Contains sulphites. 82.39.210.203 (talk) 00:22, 24 December 2008 (UTC)

Inscription
They wre inscribed:

LINSEED

LIQUORICE &

-V-LOZENGE

"VICTORY"

It had to be read from the bottom up. I never found out why. (From my notes and playground memories, so I don't think it can be used in the article). DavidCh0 (talk) 15:04, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

The Independent Reference
I've added a link to an article in The Independent, but their server seems to be unavailable at the moment. It was cached by google only a few days ago, so this is hopefully a temporary situation. The google cache is at: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Qs7jXIk49hoJ:www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/minor-british-institutions-victory-v-lozenges-1642783.html+%22Minor+British+Institutions:+Victory+V+lozenges%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk

The article is also archived at: http://web.archive.org/web/20100807091642/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/minor-british-institutions-victory-v-lozenges-1642783.html

If The Independent's server doesn't come back in the next few days, maybe someone could substitute the archived URl (if I don't do it myself). 86.7.23.104 (talk) 13:37, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

The Independent's server did come back, so the reference is OK now. 86.7.23.104 (talk) 13:08, 19 September 2012 (UTC)