Our Company

With a heritage dating back to 1817, Ernest Jackson has 200 years experience and expertise in developing, manufacturing and marketing medicated confectionery and vitamin pastilles.

Ernest Jackson offers a wide range of well-known branded products, as well as a comprehensive contract manufacturing service.

At the factory site in Devon, Ernest Jackson has the capability to manufacture pastilles, sugar boilings and paste lozenges, made to exacting standards, some to formulae handed down by generations and others to meet the ever evolving market requirements.

Based in the South West of England, Ernest Jackson currently employs over 150 people across two sites and is a member of the Mondelēz International family of companies.

Our Vision

Drawing on our unique experience of the healthcare and confectionery markets, our company vision is to deliver the best tasting healthcare products to consumers.

Our History

In 1817, a Crediton based pharmacist, William Searle, was asked to prescribe ‘something effective but soothing’ for a troublesome sore throat. As a result, he developed a range of medicated lozenges which he manufactured and sold from his Pharmacy on Crediton High Street. In 1891, William Searle sold the company to Edward Ernest Jackson.

Today, Ernest Jackson employs over 150 people and Ernest Jackson's brands and products are available throughout the UK and many countries worldwide. Through years of experience in developing, manufacturing and marketing a vast array of medicated confectionery products, Ernest Jackson has become one of the biggest players in the UK medicated confectionery market.