How Licorice is Made in The World’s Oldest Factory in Italy

Licorice divides opinions. Some love the sweet, others hate it. What surprises many is that the oldest licorice factory in the world is located in Calabria, in the south of Italy. The "Amarelli Fabbrica di Liquirizia" has been producing licorice since 1731. The region is considered the most important growing area for licorice, the root of which is used to make licorice. Northern Europeans are generally considered to be licorice lovers, while southern Europeans tend to be licorice haters. The Dutch are world champions: per capita, they consume 2 kilograms of the "black gold" per year.



CHAPTERS:

0:00 The Tasting
0:47 Introducing Licorice
1:04 The Licorice Plant in Calabria
1:40 How to use the roots of the plant
2:22 Licorice Production
3:02 How Licorice has changed over the years
4:04 How Licorice divides opinions


CREDITS:
Report: Gönna Ketels
Camera: Andreas Haas, Marco Borowski
Edit: Andreas Hyronimus
Supervising Editor: Ruben Kalus


#sweets #licorice #food

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[SoberOKMoments]

Loved licorice even as a small child. At 80 now, I still do. Learned a lot here. Thanks for the video.

[ETBrenner]

I've always loved licorice - especially the licorice allsorts assortments, as long as they contain real, strong-flavored licorice.

[MelissaThompson]

Licorice's botanical name, Glycyrrhiza, comes from the Greek for "sweet root;" it contains 8-10% sweet glycosides, up to 50 times sweeter than sugar, but with a sweetness distinct from fructose/glucose. The main flavor in the flavor profile comes from anethole ("anise" flavor, ) hence all the confusion between anise-as-licorice and licorice-but-really-licorice.

[coffeecake]

Liquorice Lover ♥️ I can't get enough. Sweet, salty, strong, a bit sticky, phantastic. You find good liquorice in Finland, Denmark and in The Netherlands.

Vanilla ice with liquorice crumbles ... Phantastic 🤩

Liquorice can be very helpful against queasiness and against sorethroat (my personal experience).

Unfortunately I cannot eat so much and not the strong liquorice because of blood pressure. But the childrens' edition is o.k.

[Jan]

Sehr interessant. I love licorice. Even the sound of the word is pleasing. Melodious.

[johnnyj.]

nyc city opera had an old candy store nearby w/ shelf full of different licorice candies from all over Europe. nice lady said lots of students buy because helps their throats after singing. licorice roots is also known in Traditional Chinese Medicine as gancao, a very useful herb for many situations.

[Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

Anything with liquorice flavouring is right up my alley! Just the smell gets me wanting some. The Dutch make amazing liquorice! 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦

[june]

Love licorice, love any licorice based drink too. Good for your tummy. So good!

[nocturne]

I can still remember my first taste of it, I was 5 years old and I was hooked.

[Quaker]

Love it! Sweet, salty or chewing the root.

[amandel]

When I moved to the Netherlands I tried it and hated it but then somehow I grew to love it, my favorite is the honey drop. I don’t eat it often because When I do I just keep on eating and Eating hard to control myself. My black cat is also named licorice.

[Mary-fvbn]

It’s wonderful . I need to purchase some from this company.

[joanhenschel]

Here in South Africa we have delightful sweets called Liquorice Allsorts, a thin slice of liquorice nestled in between two layers of coconut Fondant. It's quite sweet, but I love these, also helping to up my low blood pressure.

[clairewright]

Love it especially double salted. Just bought 2 bags today.

[alxaf]

Liquorice liquor from Calabria in Italy is also very well know! To drink in a shot glass with 1 ice-cube.
I prefer salted liquorice from Finland, the ammoniac salt is a very specific taste.
Dille & Kamille and Sostrene Grene have a great choice of liquorice.

[BlackLevant]

Great video. My mouth was watering the whole video long so i had to order some from amarelli directly :D

[PLuMUK]

I'm currently in hospital, and liquorice is my saviour!

[Lisa_Isom]

I love licorice so much! Even my perfume, "Lolita Lempicka, " has licorice as a top note. And...In the past, I may have lost a few late nights to Sambuca ❤ Today, I spent time hunting for an licorice ice cream recipe. God bless Italy! The only country i ever wished to travel to ❤

[pggysu]

I have always loved licorice. The stronger the better. It's hard to not eat too much, but i have to watch it because of my blood pressure. Love love love it!

[lellab.]

You should try a saffron risotto with a sprinkle of powdered liquorice on top!