Mmm! ... Lake Water.
Does. Not. Taste. Good.
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In these tough economic times, you have to do what you must to stay afloat. Money is so tight these days people are passing up on traditional health products like cough suppressants in favor of simply sneezing in their hands and going green by wiping it on their pants. The great minds over at Cadbury-Adams know this and they still want your money no matter what bailout is going on or if 4.2 million people are out of work.
I'm always puzzled at the audacity of a company to say 'hey look, we've done nothing new, buy us!' by stating 'new look, same great taste' something witty that relays, 'we're out of ideas at the board meeting and went to lunch'.
Enter Halls Mentho-Lyptus.
For like 720 years people have had these blue & white cube shaped instant relief cough suppressants in their pockets. We all grew up with them, and even may have endured it when there was no candy around. It was good and it worked. Done deal.
Not so fast.
It seems mentho-lyptus just doesn't get the respect it used to. The geniuses over at Cadbury added 'Mountain' menthol. Seems okay right? But wait...did they just completely remove the 'lyptous'? I mean isn't Eucalyptus the working ingredient here? Just Mountain Menthol? KOSIT? I think they stopped just short of making a Newport flavor cough drop.
(edit: I was just informed by a faithful avid reader of the blog that in fact, the active ingredient is 'Menthol'. Forgive me for not turning the package around and reading that, I was busy being swept away by the mountain air...brrr!. I just realized that there is no mention of Eucalyptus anywhere in the ingredients.
Also take note of the 'Vapor Action Formula'. This is opposed to the 'non vapor action formula' which is also non existent product. This is a classic marketing strategy fools will fall for and suggests the inherent nature of the product as if it were a perk.
Examples include:
I could rant on, but alas I have work to do.
