Lakrisal

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Lakrisal is a brand of salmiakki (ammonium chloride) flavored candy sold in the Nordic countries and the Netherlands.

Unlike most salmiakki candies, Lakrisal does not contain any starch or gum arabic. Instead, it is made almost entirely of sugar, liquorice and salmiakki. Because of this, Lakrisal drops are powdery, and have been pressed to stay in one piece like tablets.

Lakrisal is also unlike most salmiakki candies by not being black. Instead, it is a very light brownish gray colour. Lakrisal drops are disk-shaped, about 18 mm in diameter and about 4 mm thick. They are sold in tubes of about 20 drops each.

In the 1980s, a new lemon-flavoured variety of Lakrisal was introduced. It proved quite unpopular and was soon discontinued. Another flavour was the "hot" Lakrisal that included chili pepper powder and pepper oil.