Pane di Liquirizia | Licorice bread
Pane di Liquirizia | Licorice bread
Pure liquorice boiled from sweetwood
Pure liquorice boiled from sweetwood
Painted by Dorothea Böge

 

Why is liquorice black?

 

Sweetwood is light yellow in colour. Naturally tart liquorice, which kadó offers as pure liquorice, is black. How does it come about? The hours-long cooking process under pressure releases the vegetable carbon, which gives the liquorice its typical colour. Vegetable carbon is a natural colouring agent. Just pitch black.

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