Licorice
Level 3 — ContestedIn Winter's Dictionary
Licorice is a flavoring — Sweet root flavoring for candies, beverages, tobacco
Also: Liquorice, Glycyrrhizin, Glycyrrhiza glabra
What it does
Sweet root flavoring for candies, beverages, tobacco
Where you'll see it
Candy (29,000 ppm), baked goods, chewing gum (3,200 ppm), tobacco
What the research says
Regular and generous consumption has caused raised blood pressure, headaches, muscle weakness. Can cause asthma, intestinal upsets, contact dermatitis.
Regulatory status
- US FDA: GRAS
Sources
- A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): some people known to have eaten licorice candy regularly and generously had raised blood pressure, headaches, and muscle weakness