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licorice candy
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flavored with the extract of the roots of the licorice plant
Key facts
- Alternative names
- Black liquorice
- Type
- Confectionery
- Place of origin
- England
- Main ingredients
- Extract of the roots of the liquorice plant, sugar, binding agent ( starch , flour, gum arabic , or gelatine )
via Wikipedia infobox
Nutrition · Open Food Facts
Typical values per 100 g · averaged across 3 products
- Energy
- 333 kcal
- Fat
- 3.3 g
- — of which saturates
- 0 g
- Carbohydrates
- 73.3 g
- — of which sugars
- 33.3 g
- Protein
- 3.3 g
- Salt
- 0.17 g
via Open Food Facts · ODbL
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Liquorice wheels.jpg
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- Liquorice as food
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Article
Liquorice (British English) or licorice (American English; IPA: /ˈlɪkərɪʃ, -ɪs/ LIK-ər-ish, -iss) is a confection usually flavoured and coloured black with the extract of the roots of the liquorice plant Glycyrrhiza glabra.
A variety of liquorice sweets are produced around the world. In North America, black liquorice is distinguished from similar confectionery varieties that do not contain liquorice extract but are manufactured in the form of similarly shaped chewy ropes or tubes and often called red liquorice. Black liquorice, together with anise extract, is also a common flavour in other forms of confectionery such as jellybeans. Various liquorice sweets are sold in the United Kingdom, such as liquorice allsorts. Dutch, German and Nordic liquorice typically contains ammonium chloride instead of sodium chloride, prominently so in salty liquorice, which carries a salty rather than sweet flavour.