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Liquorice, liquorice, liquorice!

sunspots

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Porthleven, Cornwall
Type of diabetes
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For all other liquorice lovers I contacted De Bron about carb content of their very large catalogue. This was the reply:

Thank you very much for getting back to me Junilla. I shall be ordering some liquorice from you soon!

I would like to pass your data onto the low carb forum at Diabetes.co.uk as there may well be other interested people, and hopefully more customers for you.

With best wishes
Tania Skye


Sent from my iPad

On 16 Nov 2015, at 09:40, Junilla van den Akker - VAN VLIET The Candy Company <junilla@van-vliet.com> wrote:
Dear Skye,


In our items 9387 sweet liquorice and 91056 Liquorice coins we do use starch. In our item 91715 Salt Liquorice we use Arabvic gum instead of starch so this item has the lowest net carb value.


Below I made a chart of our liquorice items with net carb value:


Carbohydrates

Polyols

Net carb

9387

Sweet Liquorice

82

66

16

91056

Liquorice Coins

72

50

22

91715

Salt Liquorice

50

49,7

0,3



Met vriendelijke groet / Kind regards / Mit freundlichen Grüssen,


Junilla van den Akker
 
@sunspots Thanks for that. Have you got any of that liquorice yet? What does it taste like? I like liquorice but hadn't bought any since I was diagnosed T2.
I did buy a pack of Red Vines sugar free Black Licorice online last week. According to the nutrition facts on the packet it has 25g of carbs per 40g serving (5 sticks - about 5" each),of which 17g is Maltitol and 8g is 'Other carb'. 0g Sugars.
The flavourings are Licorice Extract and Anise Flavor. The other ingredients are Maltitol Syrup, Wheat Flour, Vinegar and Artificial Colours.
It is a bit dry and tasted a bit more of aniseed than liquorice but better than nothing.

@catherinecherub Thanks for the warning. Like most things it seems to be better to eat in moderation. I only eat a couple of pieces in a day, occasionally.
 
Anything from the de bron range sends my sugar sky high and puts out of action for the whole day with flu like symptoms, the same for anything in the Atkins range so I think I must have a reaction to the sweeteners and additives they use, you may be ok but it helps to have any info. I avoid them like the plague, I can manage a couple of Sula or ricola sweets and they both do liquorice flavoured boiled sweets if anyone has the same problem
 
If you really love the flavour of liquorice some health food shops sell what I can only describe as liquorice flavoured woody twigs that can be nibbled/ chewed. Back in the day I used to use them to flavour sugar or infuse cream so my husband could make his favourite liquorice ice cream.
 

Yes! I remember those. I think they are actual pieces of liquorice root, and can be used as 'primitive' toothbrushes. In fact, I think they were, in medieval times...
 
Brunneria said:
Yes! I remember those. I think they are actual pieces of liquorice root, and can be used as 'primitive' toothbrushes. In fact, I think they were, in medieval times...
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I too remember the the Liquorice wood, from the dim and distant past of my childhood, You could chew and chew and chew, and it never seemed to get any smaller...........................Ive read that excess can lead to brain damage .......now at least I know where it came from, my family always said I was an idiot looking for a village
 
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Well I never knew there was so much to liquorice! I haven't bought any yet Prem51 (how do you do that tag thing and make it red??). I'm a bit cynical about there being any dangers to liquorice unless in real excess as all the Scandinavians, Icelanders and Dutch don't seem to be dropping like flies and yet their main sweets seem to be various forms of liquorice! The chocolate covered liquorice is GORGEOUS (OK, it was a slighly carby holiday...).

And hello Brunneria. You've been seriously busy! A legend! I'm OK; had a kidney stone and waiting for YAG laser for my post-cataract surgery complicatons but also raised some chicks this summer - well my broody hen did - and had a holiday in Iceland. Actually now I think of it I've been really busy too how are you now you are a rabbit?

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Totally Swedish and ScandiKitchen have salt licorice. I think Ocado has it now too.

You can buy mishwaak sewak sticks from Muslim shops, they're used as toothbrushes and taste just like wood to me. I was worried when I tried them, that I would end up with splinters in my gums, so they ended up as kindling.
 
You can find the liquorice twigs on Amazon.
I like the Sula liquorice sweets, I think they are better than the Ricola ones. You can also buy both of those online.
 
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