It seems that Lyle’s Golden Syrup has acquired the status of brand stardom since the Guiness Book of Records has officially recognized it as as Britain’s oldest brand !
Should you have suddenly acquired a craving for golden syrup just looking at the tin, then you’ll be happy to know that you can purchase some through Amazon.
As an article in the Daily Mail explains :
The Lyle’s story began in 1883, when Scottish businessman Abram Lyle built a sugar refinery in London.
A by-product of sugar was a treacly syrup, but it was canny Lyle who discovered it could make a tasty spread.
This syrup was poured into wooden casks and sold to his workers and local customers.
Word spread fast and, in a few short months, a tonne a week was being sold.
Wooden casks soon gave way to large Lyle’s Golden Syrup dispensers being displayed on store shelves.
Lyle’s Golden Syrup was first poured into tins in 1885.
Now nearly 1 million tins leave the Plaistow Wharf factory in East London each month.
I must add, that having loved Golden Syrup as soon as I first tasted it onwards, I will not be happy until I have bought myself a tin of it !
I think I might also look for some treacle pudding while I’m at it 🙂