Ricola is both candy and medicine depending on the Ricola you have.
Ricola makes hard candy as well as cough drops and herbal sweets.
The Ricola cough drops are medicine and not considered candy.
The Ricola candies are mainly just candies although they can help with a sore throat and other cold symptoms some.
Ricola is a Swiss company and makes herbal sweets flavored with natural oils, vitamin C and other ingredients as well as hard candies and cough drops.
Some of Ricolas flavors include honey herbs, cranberry, orange mint and lemon balm.
Ricola makes cough drops as well which can be used to temporarily relieve cough and sore throats.
The active ingredient in Ricola Cough Drops is menthol.
The recommended dose of Ricola cough drops is 1 Ricola cough drop in the amount every 1 to 2 hours with a maximum dosage of 4 Ricola cough drops per day.