The Best Licorice Ever - Very Salty

Product description

A licorice with seaweed. That sounds so crazy that it might actually work. Moreover, seaweed not only has an umami taste, it also has a delicious, salty taste. Which is further enhanced by umami. If you put that in liquorice, Klepper Sr. reasoned, it could produce a very nice, spicy, salty liquorice.

Apart from the delicious spicy salty umami taste, seaweed also has other nice properties. It is a good source of iron and proteins. And it is packed with minerals such as phosphorus, calcium and iodine. Not that you notice anything when you eat a licorice (the quantities are too small for that), but the idea alone makes you feel healthier.

And seaweed is also good for the environment. Provided you harvest it responsibly. Because what trees do above the water, seaweed does underwater: remove CO2 from the water. And when seaweed removes CO2 from the water, the water can again absorb CO2 from the air. So that there is less CO2 in the atmosphere. By putting seaweed in the best licorice ever, we stimulate seaweed cultivation and therefore help to remove CO2 from the air.

We dare not say how many versions of the Best Spicy Salty Licorice Ever have passed through the Alkmaar market. But in the end we managed to make a licorice that exceeds every expectation. Klepper & Klepper have given the liquorice five corners as a shape. This is because of the umami taste of the seaweed: umami is sometimes called the fifth taste, hence five corners.

But enough chatter. The proof is in the eating of the licorice, they always say in England. In other words: time to put the Best Spicy Salty Licorice Ever in your mouth. Close your eyes. Let it rest on your tongue for a moment. Suck it. Put it in your cheek for a moment. Try to think about what you are tasting. Taste what's so special about it. And realize: this is that famous fifth taste. Hidden in seaweed hidden in a licorice. Umami added.