Haribo's licorice wheels

Liquorice candy (licorice in American English) is flavored with the extract of the roots of the licorice plant, and usually anise oil as well. A wide variety of liquorice candies are produced around the world. In the U.S., the most common form of liquorice candy is known as black licorice and normally consists of chewy ropes or tubes. In the Commonwealth a mixture of various liquorice candies is known as liquorice allsorts. In the Netherlands, Northern Germany and Nordic countries, salty liquorice contains ammonium chloride as an additional spicy ingredient. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1000x875, 172 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Licorice candy Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1000x875, 172 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Licorice candy Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it. ... HARIBO is a sweets producer, founded in 1920 in Bonn, Germany. ... For other uses, see American English (disambiguation). ... An extract consists of a certain percentage of true essence, or its chemical imitation, in an alcoholic solution. ... Species Glycyrrhiza acanthocarpa Glycyrrhiza aspera Glycyrrhiza astragalina Glycyrrhiza bucharica Glycyrrhiza echinata Glycyrrhiza eurycarpa Glycyrrhiza foetida Glycyrrhiza glabra Glycyrrhiza iconica Glycyrrhiza korshinskyi Glycyrrhiza lepidota Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora Glycyrrhiza triphylla Glycyrrhiza uralensis Glycyrrhiza yunnanensis Ref: ILDIS Version 6. ... Pimpinella species, but the name anise is frequently applied to Fennel. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Confectionery. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Liquorice allsorts Liquorice allsorts (also spelt Licorice allsorts) consist of a variety of liquorice candies sold as a mixture. ... Northern Germany is the the geographic area of the five German states Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen and Schleswig-Holstein in the German Lowlands known as the Northern German Plain with Low German as the historic language (see: Benrath line). ... Political map of the Nordic countries and associated territories. ... Two German brands of salmiak. ... Ammonium chloride or Sal Ammoniac (chemically ammonium chloride (NH4Cl); also nushadir salt, zalmiak, sal armagnac, sal armoniac, salmiakki, salmiak and salt armoniack) is, in its pure form, a clear white water-soluble crystalline salt with a biting taste. ...

Composition

The essential ingredients of liquorice candy are liquorice extract, sugar, and a binder. The binder is typically starch, gum arabic, or gelatin, or a combination thereof. Additional ingredients are extra flavoring, beeswax for a shiny surface, ammonium chloride for salty liquorice candy, and carbon black to give the end product the familiar black color. Without the latter ingredient, liquorice would be brown and semi-transparent.^[1] Starch (CAS# 9005-25-8) is a complex carbohydrate which is insoluble in water; it is used by plants as a way to store excess glucose. ... Acacia senegal plant from Koehlers Medicinal-Plants 1887 Gum arabic, a natural gum also called gum acacia, is a substance that is taken from two sub-Saharan species of the acacia tree, Acacia senegal and Acacia seyal. ... Gelatin (also gelatine, from French gélatine) is a translucent brittle solid substance, colorless or slightly yellow, nearly tasteless and odorless, extracted from the collagen inside animals connective tissue. ... Beeswax cake Fresh wax scales (in the middle of the lower row) Beeswax is a product from a bee hive, specifically the hive of any species of honey bee (the genus Apis). ... Two German brands of salmiak. ... Carbon black is a material, today usually produced by the incomplete combustion of petroleum products. ...

Production

During manufacturing, the ingredients are dissolved in water and heated to 135 °C. In order to obtain candies of the desired shapes, the liquid is poured into molds, that are created by impressing holes into a container filled with starch powder. The liquid is then dried and the resulting candies are sprayed with beeswax in order to give their surface a shiny appearance. Beeswax cake Fresh wax scales (in the middle of the lower row) Beeswax is a product from a bee hive, specifically the hive of any species of honey bee (the genus Apis). ...

Health effects

The liquorice-root extract contains the natural sweetener glycyrrhizin that is over 50 times sweeter than sucrose. This ingredient has various pharmaceutical properties, the most important ones being that it acts as an expectorant (facilitating removal of mucus from the lungs by coughing) and that it increases the blood pressure. The latter effect can become significant with a daily consumption of 50 g or more of liquorice candy.^[2] Glycyrrhizin, glycyrrhizinic acid or glycyrrhizic acid, is the active principle of liquorice root. ... Sucrose (common name: table sugar, also called saccharose) is a disaccharide (glucose + fructose) with the molecular formula C12H22O11. ... A cough medicine or antitussive is a medication given to people to help them stop coughing. ...

Red 'liquorice'

Red liquorice wheels

In North America, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, there is also a product known as red liquorice, which is extruded in a way to resemble licorice, but is made with strawberry or cherry flavorings rather than liquorice. More recently similar products have been introduced in a wider variety of flavors including apple, mango, blackcurrant, watermelon and strawberry, among others. Twizzlers (by Hersheys) and Red Vines are the most well known product brands of this type in the United States, in Australia these are produced by Darrell Lea and several other companies. However, it should be noted that while the common name for this candy has now become "red liquorice", or often simply "liquorice", this candy has little connection to actual liquorice in composition or flavor. Consequently, the term "black liquorice" (or "black licorice") has become a retronym. - Species 20+ species; see text The strawberry (Fragaria) is a genus of plants in the family Rosaceae, and the fruit of these plants. ... “Cherry tree” redirects here. ... Flavor or flavour (see spelling differences) is the sensory impression of a food or other substance, and is determined mainly by the chemical senses of taste and smell. ... Binomial name Borkh. ... Species About 35 species, including: Mangifera altissima Mangifera applanata Mangifera caesia Mangifera camptosperma Mangifera casturi Mangifera decandra Mangifera foetida Mangifera gedebe Mangifera griffithii Mangifera indica Mangifera kemanga Mangifera laurina Mangifera longipes Mangifera macrocarpa Mangifera mekongensis Mangifera odorata Mangifera pajang Mangifera pentandra Mangifera persiciformis Mangifera quadrifida Mangifera siamensis Mangifera similis Mangifera... It is a myth that people either go crazy for the flavor or they totally dislike it. ... Binomial name (Thunb. ... Twizzlers are a popular brand of licorice candy in the United States. ... The Hershey Company (NYSE: HSY), until April 2005 Hershey Foods Corporation[5], commonly called Hersheys, is Americas largest chocolate company. ... Red Vines featured in the Saturday Night Live skit Lazy Sunday. ... Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops is an Australian company making and selling chocolate. ... A retronym is a type of neologism coined for an old object or concept whose original name has come to be used for something else, is no longer unique, or is otherwise inappropriate or misleading. ...

Specific varieties of liquorice candy

• Black Jack
• Crows
• Dutch Liquorice
• Good & Plenty
• liquorice comfits
• Liquorette
• Liquorice root
• Liquorice Torpedos
• London drops
• Nigroids
• Panda licorice
• Pontefract Cakes
• Poor Bens
• Twizzlers
• Turkish Pepper
• Liquorice Bullets

Black Jack is a liquorice flavored chewing gum made by Warner-Lambert Co. ... Crows are a licorice candy similar in shape and texture to Dots. ... Two German brands of salmiak. ... Good & Plenty is an American brand of licorice candy, with a capsule shape similar to Good & Fruity jelly beans. ... Liquorice root is a specific variety of licorice candy that is actually the root of the liquorice plant. ... London drops are a type of liquorice candy sold in Finland first by Chymos, later by Fazer. ... Plastic dispenser containing Nigroids liquorice pellets. ... The Pontefract cake is a type of sweet, made of liquorice, originally made in the Yorkshire town of Pontefract. ... Twizzlers are a popular brand of licorice candy in the United States. ... Turkish Pepper, Tyrkisk Peber or Turkinpippuri is a strong liquorice candy flavored with ammonium chloride (salmiakki), made by the Finnish company Fazer and popular in the country. ...

References

1. ^ Information on Venco liquorice candy (In Dutch, MS-Word format)
2. ^ Sigurjónsdóttir, H.A., et al. Liquorice-induced rise in blood pressure: a linear dose-response relationship. Journal of Human Hypertension (2001) 15, 549-552.

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