Champion & Reeves Soft Nougat with Pistachio

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Altoids had enjoyed considerable success in the United States from the late 1980s. Altoids were the highest selling peppermint in the United States by 1997, with annual sales of 40 million tins. Callard & Bowser butterscotch consisted of 11.7 percent butter fat and 79.3 percent sugar, according to an analysis conducted for the British Medical Journal in 1907. United Biscuits integrated Callard & Bowser with their own Terry’s confectionery subsidiary, best known for the Chocolate Orange, to form the Terry’s Group. The merged business held three percent of the British sugar confectionery market. Smith Kendon, which produced Altoids Curiously Strong Mints at Bridgend in Wales, was absorbed into Callard & Bowser to create the eighth-largest confectionery manufacturer in Britain.

It is a resin secreted by the female lac beetle and used in things like nail varnish. We don’t use it,” explains Jacqueline who says their product is all about “quality over quantity” and catering for people who want to treat themselves in moderation.

Delicately flavoured truffles with cool centres are in favour, but the Adlers also maintain tradition with collections of soft-centred creams, a successful clone of the discontinued Callard and Bowser Dessert Nougat (rice-paper wrapping, rose jelly) and recipes from Miss Reid, the previous owner of the Camberwell shop, once called Smile Away Sweets. Callard & Bowser came about in 1837 formed by Daniel Callard and his brother-in-law, J. Bowser. They were most famous for their creamline toffees. They flourished and even acquired other manufacturers of dessert sweets such as William Nuttal of Doncaster and Smith - Kendon, and subsequently, became part of the Terrys-Suchard group. It was later folded into the Kraft Jacobs Suchard Group, which formed part of the Philip Morris Group until 2004. Callard & Bowser brand was later taken over by William Wrigley Junior’s Company. The company ceased all production of candy with the exception of 2 current brands - Altoids and Lifesaver - brands we know well today. Happily I have found an easy way of making my own and wonder if anyone wants the method which I have listed below: We do portion control-sized individually wrapped pieces of nougat. It’s confectionery but with an eye on portion control and quality over quantity.

Callard & Bowser brand was later taken over by William Wrigley Junior’s Company. The company ceased all production of candy with the exception of 2 current brands – Altoids and Lifesaver – brands we know well today. Callard & Bowser Dessert Nougats, I miss you so much. I salute you, may you rest in pieces, until we meet again! ITV Regional TV stations (Yorkshire, Granada, Central TV etc -remember when they made some great stuff as regional companies?) Callard & Bowser became loss-making, and the Nuttall factory in Doncaster was closed down with the loss of 125 jobs in 1981. Production was transferred to Halifax. We are not Callad & Bowser - we are Champion & Reeves, but we produce everything in the style that once was Callad & Bowser,” ​said Reeves. Crowdfunding investment​ Champion & Reeves has used the money to move to a new factory, while any excess funds will fuel international expansion. Factory opened by Prince Andrew​

The Age

I'll never forget Miss Reid's French Russian Toffee Fudge, more like a caramel fudge with burnt-toffee flavour. She'd bring it down from the shelf in a big tin, open it in front of you — strips of toffee on greaseproof paper — and cut it with a knife that was tied to the cash register. You'd be salivating well before!" Marion laughs. Daniel Callard bought out John Bowser’s stake in the business in 1872, but continued to trade under the established brand name of “Callard & Bowser”. The firm grew through strong branding and a dedication to product quality and purity, at a time when standards were often inconsistent. They pride themselves on only using ingredients of the highest quality with no artificial flavourings. All products are free from gluten, dairy, shellac and gelatine as well as palm oil. Callard & Bowser-Suchard Inc. is today a New York-based subsidiary of Mars-Wrigley. It produces Altoids, a brand created by the original Scottish firm. Champion & Reeves cofounders: Andrew Reeves, production and development director and Jacqueline Champion, managing director.

Speaking to ConfectioneryNews, Andrew Reeves, cofounder and production and development director of Champion & Reeves, said he sought to recreate the confectionery he loved as a child.

What happened to Callard and Bowser nougat?

Callard and Bowser, LLC Inc. is a Chicago, Illinois-based subsidiary of Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company responsible for Altoids mints, and other confections. Since the mints became prominent in the mid-1990s, Callard and Bowser has added a number of products under the Altoids name. Reeves and cofounder Jacqueline Champion – managing director of the company - registered available UK company name Callard & Bowser Ltd, but decided to do business as Champion & Reeves to avoid any trademark issues with Mars-Wrigley.