Altoids are a brand of mints, sold primarily in distinctive metal tins. The brand was created by the London-based Smith & Company in the 1780s, and became part of the Callard & Bowser company in the 19th century. Their advertising slogan is "The Original Celebrated Curiously Strong Mints", referring to the high concentration of peppermint oil used in the original flavour lozenge. The mints were originally conceived as a lozenge intended to relieve intestinal discomfort.
Liquorice or licorice is the common name of Glycyrrhiza glabra, a flowering plant of the bean family Fabaceae, from the root of which a sweet, aromatic flavouring can be extracted.
Haribo is a German confectionery company founded by Hans Riegel Sr.. It began in Kessenich, Bonn, Germany. The name "Haribo" is a syllabic abbreviation formed from Hans Riegel Bonn. The company created the first gummy candy in 1960 in the form of little gummy bears called Gummibärchen. The current headquarters are in Grafschaft, Germany.
Gummy bears are small, fruit gum candies, similar to a jelly baby in some English-speaking countries. The candy is roughly 2 cm (0.8 in) long and shaped in the form of a bear. The gummy bear is one of many gummies, popular gelatin-based candies sold in a variety of shapes and colors.
Tyrkisk peber is a salty liquorice candy flavoured with salmiac, produced by the Finnish company Fazer and popular in Northern Europe. Tyrkisk peber was originally invented by Per Fjelsten in 1976 in Jutland, Denmark and was originally made by the Danish company Perelly, before the company was acquired by Fazer.
Salty liquorice, salmiak liquorice or salmiac liquorice, is a variety of liquorice flavoured with the ingredient "salmiak salt", and is a common confection found in the Nordic countries, Benelux, and northern Germany. Salmiak salt gives salty liquorice an astringent, salty taste, akin to that of tannins—a characteristic of red wines, which adds bitterness and astringency to the flavour. Consuming salmiak liquorice can stimulate either a savoury or non-savoury palate and response. Anise oil can also be an additional main ingredient in salty liquorice. Extra-salty liquorice is additionally coated with salmiak salt or salmiak powder, or sometimes table salt.
London drops are a type of liquorice candy sold in Finland and Sweden first by Chymos, later by Fazer.
Liquorice or licorice is a confection usually flavoured and coloured black with the extract of the roots of the liquorice plant Glycyrrhiza glabra. A wide variety of liquorice sweets are produced around the world. In North America, black liquorice is distinguished from similar confectionery varieties that are not flavoured and coloured black with liquorice extract but commonly manufactured in the form of similarly shaped chewy ropes or tubes and often called red liquorice. Black liquorice, together with anise extract, is also a common flavour in other forms of confectionery such as jellybeans. In addition to these, various other liquorice-based sweets are sold in the United Kingdom, such as liquorice allsorts. In addition to the sweet variations typically found in the United Kingdom and North America, Dutch, German and Nordic liquorice characteristically contains ammonium chloride instead of sodium chloride, prominently so in salty liquorice, which carries a strong salty rather than sweet flavor.
Pantteri, sold in Sweden as Katten, is a brand of Finnish salmiakki candy, made by Fazer.
Lakrisal is a Malaco brand of salty liquorice sold in the Nordic countries and the Netherlands.
Dracula Piller are a brand of salmiakki confectionery. They are very popular in Denmark and Finland.
Sherbet is a fizzy, sweet powder, usually eaten by dipping a lollipop or liquorice, using a small spoon, or licking it from a finger.
Dumle is a brand of chocolate-covered toffees marketed and manufactured by Fazer.
Plopp is a chocolate bar manufactured by the Swedish company Cloetta. Like Center, another Cloetta candy, it consists of milk chocolate with a soft caramel center, but the formula, texture and aroma are not the same. Over 95 percent of Plopp bars are sold in Sweden.
Spunk is a brand of Danish candy, launched in 1971 by Danish candy manufacturers Galle & Jessen and commonly sold in Denmark and Germany.
Sisu is a Finnish brand of candy, currently produced by Leaf International.
Marianne is a Finnish mint chocolate candy originally developed in 1949 by Chymos, now produced by Fazer. Marianne candies have a hard peppermint-flavoured shell and a chocolate filling.
Maoam is a brand of sweets produced by the German confectionery company Haribo. The product name is a century old. The product consists of chewy fruit-flavoured candy in various flavours. A packet of Maoam sweets usually includes five pieces of a particular flavour, and several of these packets are stacked into a stick which is then sold. The sweets are also available in larger packages. Maoams contain gelatine.
Hopeatoffee is a Finnish brand of candy bar, originally launched by Hellas, with a salty liquorice and toffee flavour. Production of Hopeatoffee started in the 1970s, and the candy was a new innovation at the time, as salty liquorice had not been combined with toffee before.
Aakkoset is a Finnish brand of candy sold in Finland since 1970, currently sold by Cloetta under the Malaco brand name. The name "Aakkoset" comes from the various capital letters of the alphabet decorating the lozenge-shaped candies.
