Liquorice

Liquorice (British English) or licorice (American English) is a confection usually flavored with the extract of the roots of the liquorice plant Glycyrrhiza glabra. A wide variety of liquorice sweets are produced around the world. In North America, black liquorice is distinguished from similar confectionery varieties that are not flavored with liquorice extract but commonly manufactured in the form of chewy ropes or tubes. So called "black liquorice" is also a widespread flavor in other forms of confectionery such as jellybeans. In addition to these, various other liquorice-based sweets are sold in the United Kingdom, such as liquorice allsorts. Dutch and Nordic liquorice characteristically contains ammonium chloride instead of sodium chloride, prominently so in salty liquorice.