Pihlaja (

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * 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 ...

for " rowan"), also called ''kettukarkki'' ("fox candy") is a

marmalade Marmalade is a fruit preserve made from the juice and peel of citrus fruits boiled with sugar and water. The well-known version is made from bitter orange. It is also made from lemons, limes, grapefruits, mandarins, sweet oranges, bergamot ...

candy produced by the

food corporation

Fazer Fazer () is one of the largest corporations in the Finnish food industry. The company was founded by Karl Fazer in 1891, as a "French-Russian confectionery" in central Helsinki. Today, it employs over ten thousand people across Finland, Sweden, R ...

. Fazer started producing the candy in 1895 at the patisserie on Kluuvikatu,

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...

, making it the oldest candy produced by Fazer still on the market. The candy's recipe has changed over timeMakeiset
Fazer. Accessed on 16 August 2013. The candies are wrapped in a yellow-red paper with a red illustration of a

fox Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush''). Twelve sp ...

. Pihlaja is lactose free and mostly

gluten Gluten is a structural protein naturally found in certain cereal grains. Although "gluten" often only refers to wheat proteins, in medical literature it refers to the combination of prolamin and glutelin proteins naturally occurring in all grai ...

free (less than 0.02% gluten).Pihlaja
, Fazer. Accessed on 14 July 2013. The candy originally contained '' Sorbus aucuparia'' berries, but the recipe has since changed to contain palm oil and the candy is now called "Pihlaja". Until 1982 the candy was also known as "Pihlajanmarja" (rowan berry). The candy is produced in a factory in

Lappeenranta Lappeenranta (; sv, Villmanstrand) is a city and municipality in the region of South Karelia, about from the Russian border and from the town of Vyborg (''Viipuri''). It is situated on the shore of the Lake Saimaa in southeastern Finland, and ...

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