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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.
This is a list of brand name confectionery products.Sugar confectionery includes candies (sweets in British English), candied nuts, chocolates, chewing gum, bubble gum, pastillage, and other confections that are made primarily of sugar.
Vigroids (also Mighty Imps, formerly Nigroids) was a brand of liquorice sweet. The small black pellets were particularly marketed as an expectorant lozenge for singers, using the slogan "for clarity of voice". The Nigroids/Vigroids brand was acquired by Ernest Jackson & Company Ltd of Crediton, Devon, England in 1974.
Made of liquorice, sugar, coconut, aniseed jelly, fruit flavourings, and gelatine, they were first produced in Sheffield, England, by Geo. Bassett & Co Ltd. Allsorts are produced by many companies around the world, but are most popular in Europe, especially Britain and the Netherlands, where they are called Engelse drop, meaning English liquorice.
The Liquorice Allsorts variety was created by accident when Bassett salesman Charlie Thompson dropped the samples of several different products in front of a prospective client. The client was taken by the idea of selling the sweets all mixed up and in return for the success, the company allowed the client to name the new brand.
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As of 2008, American Licorice Company also manufactures the Sour Extinguishers brand of candy. [citation needed] 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]
The company primarily produced liquorice candy until the 1930s; in 1930 or 1931 Münster acquired a licence from abroad to produce a chewy fruity candy under the name "Maoam". The name of the product is an invention, and the abbreviation of " Mundet allen ohne Ausnahme " ( They taste good to everyone, without exception , in German).