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Liquorice candies: allergens and what’s inside

Of 276 packs of liquorice candies whose ingredients Open Food Facts reads in full, 43% list gluten and 8% list milk. Another 8% carry a “may contain” line for milk. Most list liquorice, sugar and glucose syrup.

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for a gluten-free profile, on 43% of these packs

Which allergens are in liquorice candies?

Of 276 packs of liquorice candies whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full, 43% list gluten, 8% list milk, 5% list sulphites and 2% list soy. Another 8% carry a “may contain” line for milk, 4% for tree nuts and 2% for soy. Recipes differ from pack to pack, so the label in your hand is the one that counts.

Coeliac or gluten-freeHeads up43% list gluten; 1% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Milk allergyHeads up8% list milk; 8% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Sulphite sensitivityHeads up5% list sulphites.
Soy allergyHeads up2% list soy; 2% more carry a “may contain” line for it.
Tree nut allergyHeads up4% carry a “may contain” line for tree nuts.
Peanut allergyHeads up1% carry a “may contain” line for peanuts.

Not for you when most of these packs list the allergen, Heads up when fewer do or only a “may contain” line names it. In the app, a profile gets Not for you on a pack that lists the allergen and Heads up on one whose “may contain” line names it: it reads the pack in your hand, not these counts.

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What are liquorice candies usually made of?

The ingredients most packs of liquorice candies list, with the share of packs that list each: liquorice (92%), sugar (83%), glucose syrup (66%) and modified starch (47%).

Packs in Open Food Facts, by country of sale: Netherlands 202 · France 130 · Germany 91 · Italy 55.

Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows what these packs list, not every recipe for liquorice candies.

Calories and nutrients

Not shown here. Open Food Facts records calories and nutrients per 100 g or per 100 ml without saying which, so a figure for all these packs together could mislead. The pack you buy prints its own, and that is the figure to log.

What kind of food are liquorice candies?

In the Open Food Facts categories, liquorice candies are one of the candies.

What else are liquorice candies called?

In EnglishLicorice candies
French
Bonbons au réglisse, Bonbons à la réglisse
Dutch
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Sources

Every share is counted over the packs whose ingredient list Open Food Facts reads in full. A pack lists an allergen when Open Food Facts’ allergen field names it, or when one of its ingredients stands for it by the same two-of-three checks as the ingredient dictionary (tahini is sesame, a cheese is milk). A “may contain” line counts only for an allergen the pack does not list.

  1. Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
  2. Open Food Facts: categories and ingredients taxonomies (names, kinds, allergens), ODbL
  3. Open Food Facts: Liquorice candies

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