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Black Gold - Candy History Licorice Part 4

Welcome to our fourth and last part of the Licorice Story - well at least for this particular history part. There isn’t only one item that is „the licorice“. A wide variety of Licorice sweets are produced around the world. And a lot of people love a particular kind of licorice, but not the other part. [...]

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Black Gold - Candy History Licorice Part 3

But what goes in a normal Licorice candy? Today licorice is a confection flavored with the extract of the roots of the Licorice plant. It is usually made out of the following ingredients: sugar, starch, glucose syrup, gelling agent, licorice extract, flour, salt, according to taste and ammonium chloride, flavorings, glazing agent: anise oil or [...]

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Black Gold - Candy History Licorice Part 2

Welcome to the second part of our short story of licorice...Todays knowledge confirms that Licorice has a calming effect on throat and the stomach. But there also is a warning, as with all medicine products (nature or manmade) there are side effects when you not use it probably: glycyrrhizin, the active ingredient of licorice, stimulates the circulation of the [...]

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Fancy Food Show 2016 a short review

Thanks a lot for visiting us at Moscone Center this year. With the first Booth on our own (but still together with our Partner Wurstkuchl) we had great fun and success.You guys just loved the new Additions to our Programm. So we will add Ingos original Wurst Soße - to make your very own CurryWurst [...]

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Black Gold - Candy History Licorice Part 1

In this small series I will try to get some light behind the history of the „black eatable gold“ of licorice.Wikipedia says the word licorice is derived (via the Old French licoresse) from a Greek word (glukurrhiza) and meaning "sweet root“. It is usually spelled liquorice in British usage, but licorice in the United States and Canada.Licorice is used and [...]

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MyGermanCandy Winter Fancy Food Show (WFFS) 2016, San Francisco

Yes, we are again attending at the WFFS 2016 (Winter Fancy Food Show) in San Francisco!We are so happy - this year we are having our own Booth in the Germany Special Area.Right beside our Friends from Wurstkuchl - the Makers of the Mustard that comes from the oldest tavern in the World!But theres more: a [...]

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Welcome to MyGermanCandy

Wow!We are so exited, after almost 4 Years we are leaving the old -and to be honest -mostly ugly Shop behind us.We started a complete refresh on our Website and we really hope you will like it. More OptionsWe are able to offer some new features to you like the LicoricePlanet Subscriptions. Or Subscription to most [...]

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