Liquorice & Lemon

Ran some errands today, pharmasy visit among other things. Ate this novelty ice cream by 3 Friends: liquorice & lemon tasted very good, but smaller portion would have been enough.

I do love salmiac liquorice pastils! Maybe I should blip my favourite pastils someday, there are several. 

Sal ammoniac (ammonium chloride) has a history of being used as a cough medicine, as it works as an expectorant. Salty liquorice has its origins in pharmacy stores that manufactured their own cough medicine. Where and when ammonium chloride and liquorice were first combined to produce salty liquorice is unclear, but by the 1930s it was produced in Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands as a pastille.

The strength of the confectionery depends on the amount of food grade ammonium chloride (salmiak salt) used, which varies by country and what's considered a safe amount. The most popular types of salty liquorices contain an average of 7% of ammonium chloride. In 2012, there was a European Union proposal to limit the amount to 0.3%, which was met with wide opposition. Although the European Union now regulates the use of ammonium chloride to 0.3% in most foodstuffs, there is no specific restriction for it in liquorice or ice cream. At a level of up to 7.99% ammonium chloride, salmiak pastilles are considered a traditionally-applied medicine to assist expectoration in the airways.


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