Liquorice or licorice braids? Like all types of gummy licorice, licorice braids are sweets in which licorice is the main ingredient, but not the only ingredient as in the case of pure licorice.
Liquorice is the plant extract obtained from the root (actually the rhizome, i.e. a modified part of the stem that acts as a reserve of nutrients, not the root) of Glycyrrhiza glabra, a perennial herbaceous plant of the Fabaceae family. Liquorice has a very strong flavor, so in reality pure licorice, especially the unsweetened or flavored one, is a product for true enthusiasts, probably the various licorice-based sweets are more popular, especially among children. Let's be clear, licorice is in turn, just like sugars, a concentrate of carbohydrates and a sweetener with a sweetening power superior to that of sucrose, so much so that it is also used as a sweetener in the pharmaceutical industry, among other things the name licorice derives from two Greek words and means "sweet root". Yet pure licorice on the palate has a sour, almost bitter aftertaste, which is not for everyone.
These braids of licorice also contain molasses, sugar and glucose, so the taste of licorice is decidedly softened. For those who don't know, molasses (or molasses) is a by-product derived from the processing of sugar that appears as a viscous and very sticky liquid, it is obtained from both the processing of beetroot and cane and there are different qualities, but we will not go into it in depth, it is not easily found on the market to the public, but in the food industry it is widely used.

Liquorice braids, benefits and contraindications

Licorice, it should be remembered, is a plant with real beneficial properties, used by the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Assyrians and Chinese (since the first herbal even if the plant is native to the Mediterranean, not their lands) as a remedy for coughs, as a digestive and for other ailments.
Being a truly active plant it also has some contraindications, the main one being that its active ingredient glycyrrhizin raises blood pressure (obviously in some cases it can also be a positive thing, for example as a remedy to be administered in case of drops in blood pressure. pressure) if it is used extensively over a long period of time (at least two weeks), of course this will be especially true in the case of pure licorice, but it should be kept in mind, at least by those who already know they have problems with high blood pressure and especially if they take drugs to control it.

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