Apteekin Salmiakki (
trademark
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ed in English as Apothecary's Salmiac) is a
lozenge
Lozenge or losange may refer to:
* Lozenge (shape), a type of rhombus
*Throat lozenge, a tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to suppress throat ailments
*Lozenge (heraldry), a diamond-shaped object that can be placed on the field of ...
-shaped
hard candy
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brand of
salmiakki
Salty liquorice, salmiak liquorice or salmiac liquorice, is a variety of liquorice flavoured with the ingredient "salmiak salt" (sal ammoniac; ammonium chloride), and is a common confection found in the Nordic countries, Benelux, and norther ...
, or salty liquorice candy, made by the
Finnish
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* Something or someone from, or related to Finland
* Culture of Finland
* Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland
* Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people
* Finnish cuisine
See also ...
company
Haganol. "
Salmiac" is a term for
ammonium chloride, one of the principal flavourings in salty liquorice.
Apteekin Salmiakki was first sold in bulk as a
cough drop
A throat lozenge (also known as a cough drop, sore throat sweet, troche, cachou, pastille or cough sweet) is a small, typically medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to temporarily stop coughs, lubricate, and soothe irri ...
or throat lozenge to pharmacies, where the staff would package the lozenges for sale in white paper bags.
Currently the candy is mainly sold in prepacked small boxes. It has been manufactured with the same recipe since 1951.
See also
*
Tyrkisk Peber
*
Lakrisal
*
Fisherman's Friend
Fisherman's Friend is a brand of strong menthol lozenges manufactured by the Lofthouse company in Fleetwood, Lancashire, England.
History
Fisherman's Friend was originally developed by pharmacist James Lofthouse in 1865 to relieve various ...
*
Victory V
Victory V is a British brand of liquorice-flavoured cough medicine, lozenges. Originally manufactured in Nelson, Lancashire, Nelson, Lancashire, they were devised by Thomas Fryer and Edward Smith MD in 1864 and were initially made by hand to en ...
*
Salty liquorice
Salty liquorice, salmiak liquorice or salmiac liquorice, is a variety of liquorice flavoured with the ingredient "salmiak salt" ( sal ammoniac; ammonium chloride), and is a common confection found in the Nordic countries, Benelux, and northe ...
, a type of
liquorice confectionery
References
Finnish brands
Finnish confectionery
Brand name confectionery
Liquorice (confectionery)
Throat lozenges
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