No 17th century physician's medical desk could be complete without some mysterious tubs filled with strange and pungent ingredients. In the time of Dr Arnott, a real physician who once lived on Mary King's Close, it was essential to analyse and sample patients' internal fluids in order to concoct them an effective cure.
A tube of Buboes would certainly indicate that the Plague Doctor had been to visit. Cutting off infected lesions and cauterising the wound was a common method used to treat the bubonic plague. Fortunately, our buboes taste rather more like Strawberry Bon Bons...
Information
Weight: 180g
Ingredients: Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Fully Hydrogenated Vegetable Fat (Coconut), Dextrose, Humectant: Sorbitols, Maltodextrin, Stabiliser: Gum Arabic, Citric Acid, Starch, Flavouring, Emulsifier: Sucrose Esters of Fatty Acids, Colour: Anthocyanins.
Dietary and Allergy Advice: May contain traces of Milk.
Store in cool, dry conditions, out of direct sunlight.
Refrigerate after opening.
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Nutritional Information. Typical Values per 100g:
Energy kJ/kcal: 1641kJ/388kcal
Fat: 5.3g
- of which saturates: 5.3g
Carbohydrate: 85g
- of which sugars: 61g
Protein: 0g
Salt: 0.03g