Drop is the Dutch national sweet with a consumption rate of 4kilos per person per year. This controversial typical black sweet is a combination of sugar, sal ammoniac, gum arabic and liquorice root extract.Unfortunately enough, the inventor of the drop is yet unknown.
In the past drop was a medicine in a form of syrup or pills to combat cold. There are many tastes and types of drop; sweet, salty or double salty, honey flavored and the list goes on but never enough!