Venco Honingdrop 235 g
Firm, sweet honey-flavoured liquorice drops in the traditional shape of a beehive or honeycomb. The product is flavoured with liquorice extract, salmiak and honey.
UK retail price
Not verified
No reliable current retail price was confirmed.
Estimated landed cost
£0.57
Modelled manufacturing and landed-cost estimate.
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Difference
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Not profit. Other costs sit between landed cost and retail.
Confidence
64%
Evidence and modelling confidence.
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Venco Honingdrop - Albert Heijn
Cost model
What makes up the estimated cost?
TrueCost models the major components, manufacturing, assembly, packaging and landed costs required to produce the product.
Base sugars, glucose syrup, molasses and modified starch
Raw materialsThese make up most of the product mass and are relatively low-cost bulk confectionery inputs.
£0.10
17.5%
Liquorice extract, salmiak salt, honey, flavouring, oils and carnauba wax
Raw materialsThe specialty ingredients are used at relatively low percentages, but liquorice extract and flavour components cost more per kilogram than the sugar base.
£0.05
8.8%
Cooking, mixing, moulding, drying and polishing energy/process consumption
Manufacturing processCovers thermal processing, tray moulding, drying and polishing operations allocated across a high-volume production run.
£0.08
14.0%
Direct production and packing labour
Assembly labourRepresents machine operation, quality checks, line handling and packing labour on an automated confectionery line.
£0.06
10.5%
Printed flexible primary bag and sealing materials
PackagingAllows for the 235 g printed bag, plant-content plastic construction, seal, ink and production wastage.
£0.09
15.8%
Packaging consumables, case packing and pallet allocation
PackagingIncludes outer cases, labels, coding, palletization and a share of packaging-line material losses.
£0.07
12.3%
Factory overhead, quality control and sanitation
Factory overheadAllocated share of food-factory utilities, equipment depreciation, maintenance, testing, cleaning and production supervision.
£0.08
14.0%
Netherlands-to-UK freight and logistics
FreightRepresents consolidated pallet or truck freight allocated to one 235 g unit, including routine cross-border logistics handling.
£0.04
7.0%
Import duty
Import dutiesAssumed zero under qualifying EU-origin preferential trade treatment; any non-preferential tariff exposure would increase the landed cost modestly.
£0.00
0.0%
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Estimated cost range
£0.40 – £0.78
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Estimated cost range
£0.40 – £0.78
The central TrueCost estimate is a modelled value. The plausible range reflects uncertainty in component pricing, manufacturing, assembly, freight and other landed-cost assumptions.
Analysis freshness
Fresh · Full analysis today
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Analysis freshness
Fresh · Full analysis today
7 Sept 2026 · today
7 Sept 2026 · today
Retail prices are rechecked after 30 days when the product is requested. The full manufacturing and landed-cost analysis is refreshed after 180 days.
Evidence quality
7 research sources · 64% confidence
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Evidence quality
7 research sources · 64% confidence
Research sources
7 sources used
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Research sources
7 sources used
Venco Honingdrop 235g - Cloetta Netherlands official product page
Official Cloetta Netherlands page for Venco Honingdrop 235g. Confirms the 235 g pack, EAN 8713800256127, product description, current manufacturer-listed recipe and nutrition.
Venco Productieproces - Cloetta Netherlands
Describes Venco liquorice production stages: liquorice extraction, dough preparation, moulding, drying, polishing, weighing and packaging.
Venco Honingdrop - Albert Heijn
Current Dutch supermarket listing for the same 235 g product and EAN. Lists a price of €2.69, 235 g contents, serving information, ingredients, nutrition and plant-pack information.
Venco Honingdrop Hard Zoet 235g - Jumbo
Lists the product as Venco Honingdrop Hard Zoet 235g, gives ingredients, nutrition, serving information, manufacturer details and Netherlands as country of origin.
Venco Honingdrop - DekaMarkt
Confirms the 235 g format, ingredients, nutritional values and Venco / Cloetta Holland BV supplier information.
Venco Honingdrop - Holland Supermarkt UK
Lists a Venco Honingdrop hard sweet pack at £3.97, but the listing describes it as 225 g rather than the exact 235 g EAN-identified product; therefore it was not used to verify the exact product's UK retail price.
Venco Honingdrop - Poiesz Supermarkets
Confirms EAN 8713800256127, 235 g pack size, supplier information and the older retailer-listed formulation.
Model assumptions
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Model assumptions
8 assumptions
- The cost estimate is for a normal large-scale confectionery production run rather than small-batch manufacture.
- Ingredient costs are based on commodity sugar and syrup inputs, with modest premiums for liquorice extract, salmiak, honey, flavouring, oils and glazing wax.
- The primary pack is assumed to be a printed flexible plant-content plastic bag with sealing and coding, consistent with the retailer packaging description.
- Manufacturing includes cooking, liquorice mass preparation, moulding, drying, polishing, weighing and bag filling.
- Freight is an allocated pallet-level Netherlands-to-UK shipment cost.
- No import duty is assumed because qualifying EU-origin confectionery may enter the UK duty-free under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement; customs administration is treated as included in freight overhead.
- VAT, retailer margin, marketing, sales costs, corporate overhead and profit are excluded.
- The cost range reflects variation in ingredient contracts, packaging specifications, production utilization, freight rates and exchange rates.