A dark, syrupy sweet aroma reminiscent of black licorice candy, with pronounced anise-like facets and a dry, earthy-woody undertone. Over time reveals faintly balsamic, root-like nuances with a bitter herbal edge.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin, page 233.
Licorice extract is black and brittle, usually marketed in cylindrical bars or large crude blocks.
Licorice preparations are water-soluble; they are not alcohol- or oil-soluble.
Licorice extract has a sweet, mild odor somewhat different from that of the botanical starting material.
Licorice extract has a very sweet taste, and a rich, rootlike, slightly spicy-caramellic body of flavor.
Licorice extract finds its major application in the candy industry, as a masking agent for bitter flavors, and in breweries where certain kinds of beer are colored and flavored with licorice extract.
Produced by extraction of the comminuted rhizomes and roots with boiling water, followed by evaporation of the aqueous extract, the well-known solid Licorice Extract is prepared.