In British Pop Artist Stuart Semple's 'potion' paint line, Purple Haze is claimed to be Parma Violet Candy Scented. [19] a b c Larbi, Miranda (15 July 2016). "Someone's made a Parma Violet flavoured cheese and it's confusing AF". Metro.co.uk . Retrieved 9 July 2021. Insofar as is permitted by law, the Promoter, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of the Promoter, its agents or distributors or that of their employees. All entrants’ statutory rights are not affected.

Parma Violets were created in 1946 [8] by the Derbyshire company Swizzels Matlow. [1] [9] They are sweets that are hard, biconcave discs, based on similar aniseed confectionery traditionally consumed in India after a spicy meal. [10] Their flavour has been described as sweet with a soapy or floral taste. [8] [11] The current recipe includes sugar, stearic acid, modified starch, glucose syrup, and anthocyanin. [2] The promoter is: Swizzels Matlow Limited (company no 00562269) whose registered office is at Carlton House, Albion Road, New Mills, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK22 3HA.Any entry will be forfeited if the promoter cannot view the entry image due to the Social Media profile being set to private. Swizzels factory features in BBC Two's Inside the Factory series". Manchester Evening News. 23 August 2016. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019 . Retrieved 2 February 2019. A 2005 survey reported by The Guardian revealed Parma Violets to be the least popular sweet among the Millennial generation. [18]

a b c d Swizzels Matlow Limited Annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2019 (PDF) (Report). Companies House (published 7 January 2021). 31 December 2019 . Retrieved 16 May 2021. Ingredients include sugar, stearic acid, modified starch, glucose syrup, and anthocyanin. [2] Precursors [ edit ] Even on a cold late autumn day I’m stopped by the scent of a bed of Palma Violets planted along a path which leads from my study to the nursery. Palma violets “... possess a delightful fragrance reminiscent of ordinary sweet violet perfume mixed with that of wallflowers”.* Little wonder that in the 19th century around Grasse in the south of France there were large plantings being grown for the perfume industry. Sadly in the 1890s a synthetic violet fragrance was discovered and was soon manufactured cheaply putting an end to the production of the natural oil.

Parma Violets on Instagram

Font Quer, Pio (1995). Plantas Medicinales; el Dioscórides Renovado (in Spanish) (15thed.). Barcelona: Editorial Labor S.A. pp.288–289. ISBN 84-335-6151-0. This article is about the sweets. For the plant, see Parma violet. For the band, see Palma Violets.

The promoter’s decision in respect of all matters to do with the competition will be final and no correspondence will be entered into. Duke, Simon (26 March 2019). "Brothers launch Parma Violet cider and social media is going mad for it". ChronicleLive. By the end of the 19th century many millions of plants were grown for the cut flower trade in Europe, the USA and Australia. The breeding of larger and healthier clones of Viola odorata saw a decline in the popularity of Parma violets which were much more difficult to grow. After the Second World War very few were grown. Sadly now in Australia very few violets at all are grown. This decline has been fairly recent. When I first landed in Melbourne fifty years ago bunches of sweet violets could be had from every greengrocer.

Did you know...

The Promoter is not liable for any costs incurred by winners in the redemption of any of the Prizes. Parma Violets are disc-shaped sweets similar to Fizzers but all lilac coloured with an almost 'scenty' taste and no fizziness. Swizzels Matlow has also released a line of Giant Parma Violets. Parma Violets are a British violet-flavoured tablet confectionery manufactured by the Derbyshire company Swizzels Matlow, [1] named after the Parma violet variety of the flower. The sweets are hard, biconcave disc-shaped sweets, similar to the Fizzers product from the same company but without their fizziness. Swizzels Matlow have also released a line of Giant Parma Violets.