I hate soars throats and head colds but who does not. My husband brought me home these Chloraseptic Berry Cherry sore throat lozenges and I thought ok I will try anything about now. The taste was not too bad. You could taste the zinc (which is good for soar throats) but there was also a vicks, buckleys mentholiptis kind a taste which helped with the stuffy nose. They have a liquid center which is quite strong. They worked reasonably well until you take a drink which seemed to wash it all away.