Object in Focus - Ovaltine Tablets

In 1910, the British Company was founded to sell and later manufacture Ovaltine and Kings Langley was chosen as the site for the UK manufacturing facility.

Opening only a few short years before the start of World War One.

With Ovaltine a nourishing food drink, they then looked to products that could support the troops.

Ovaltine travelled to the front line of both world wars. It was supplied in tablet form as an emergency ration in the Second World War. ‘Always carry a supply with you,’ the advertising stated.