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Liquorice (Commonwealth English) or licorice (American English; see spelling differences; IPA: / ˈ l ɪ k ər ɪ ʃ,-ɪ s / LIK-ər-ish, -iss) [1] 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.
Choo Choo Bar Wrapper A Choo Choo Bar. A Choo Choo Bar is a brittle toffee liquorice-flavoured confectionery bar popular [1] in Australia.. Available in a 20 g (0.71 oz) bar, packaged in a blue wrapper depicting an old steam train, ("The Choo Choo Funtime Express"), Choo Choo Bars were originally a Plaistowe product, acquired by Nestlé.
The Pontefract cake "was almost certainly a black cake, the portable lozenge used to make 'liquorish water', stamped with the castle lodge emblem of Pontefract to signify quality. This trade mark had been employed on Pontefract cakes since 1612, when the initials 'GS' were used, and are thought to be those of Sir George Savile , major local ...
In 2011, workers at the American Licorice Company went on strike to maintain their healthcare benefits. [6] On 22 August 2012 the company recalled one pound bags of Red Vines Black Licorice Twists due to traces of lead. [7] [8] On June 28, 2023, it was announced that American Licorice would merge with Seattle-based Theo Chocolate. [9]
Liquorice allsorts are assorted liquorice confectionery sold as a mixture. Made of liquorice, sugar, coconut, aniseed jelly, fruit flavourings, and gelatine, they were first produced in Sheffield, England, by Geo. Bassett & Co Ltd.
Glycyrrhiza is a genus of about 20 accepted species in the legume family , with a subcosmopolitan distribution in Asia, Australia, Europe, and the Americas. [ 1 ] The genus is best known for liquorice ( British English ; licorice in American English ), G. glabra , a species native to Eurasia and North Africa, [ 3 ] from which most confectionery ...
In the US, or at least the parts I've been in, red licorice is generally a great deal more popular than black, to the point where, contrary to the article, most people call red licorice "licorice" and black licorice "black licorice".--209.243.31.233 00:24, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Liquorice (Commonwealth English) or licorice (American English; see spelling differences; IPA: / ˈ l ɪ k ər ɪ ʃ,-ɪ s / LIK-ər-ish, -iss) [6] [7] is the common name of Glycyrrhiza glabra, a flowering plant of the bean family Fabaceae, from the root of which a sweet, aromatic flavouring is extracted.