Apteekin Salmiakki (trademarked in English as Apothecary's Salmiac) is a lozenge-shaped hard candy brand of salmiakki, or salty liquorice candy, made by the Finnish company Haganol. "Salmiac" is a term for ammonium chloride, one of the principal flavourings in salty liquorice.
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| Product type | cough drop, confectionery |
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| Owner | Haganol |
| Country | Finland |
| Introduced | 1951 |
| Markets | Nordic countries |
| Website | haganol |
Apteekin Salmiakki was first sold in bulk as a cough drop or throat lozenge to pharmacies, where the staff would package the lozenges for sale in white paper bags.[1] Currently the candy is mainly sold in prepacked small boxes. It has been manufactured with the same recipe since 1951.[2]
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edit- ^ "Apteekin Salmiakki® Black Magic". Haganol. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "Apteekin Salmiakki®". Haganol. 20 November 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
Mr and Mrs Colliander, both of whom were chemists, founded a salty liquorice company in Helsinki's Haaga in 1951. The Collianders had developed a unique recipe that excluded the use of gum arabic and gelatine, which are common in most candy brands. Ever since – that is, over fifty years – Apothecary's Salmiac® has been manufactured using the same recipe.
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