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Licorice Root

Licorice root is a sweet-tasting root used to flavor herbal infusions, confectionery, and some traditional medicines.

Licorice Root — illustrative ingredient image

About Licorice Root

Licorice root is the dried or fresh underground root of licorice plants, used primarily as a flavouring material. It flavours herbal teas, confectionery, syrups, liqueurs, some tobacco products and traditional medicinal preparations, rather than being eaten as a soft vegetable.

It has an intensely sweet, distinctive flavour with earthy, woody and faintly anise-like notes. Whole root is fibrous and woody; sliced or powdered forms release flavour during steeping, simmering or blending, while extracts provide a more concentrated ingredient.

Licorice root is sold as whole pieces, cut root, powder, extract or prepared infusion material. Drying, slicing, powdering, steeping and extracting change how quickly its flavour disperses and how concentrated the resulting ingredient is. The exact licorice species and degree of processing are unspecified.

Ingredient type
whole food

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English

licorice root

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Licorice Root nutrition & diet

Licorice Root nutritional value

Representative benchmark: Vegetables, not further specified

Representative nutrition benchmarkOfficial table values for a comparable food category, not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient.

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
37kcal
Protein
2.3g
Carbs
4.1g
Fat
0.4g

Representative benchmark from a comparable official food-composition category; it is not a laboratory measurement of this exact ingredient. The displayed reference form must be considered, and species, cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Establish whether the item is whole dried licorice root, cut root, powdered root, tea infusion, extract, or confectionery flavoring. The consumed material may be root itself or only an infused liquid. Record preparation strength and added sweeteners or blended botanicals rather than treating all licorice products as equivalent.

Compare the right form: Match the reference to identified licorice root in the exact form consumed—whole, cut, powdered, infusion, extract, or flavored product.

Diet considerations

Licorice root is plant-derived, but finished products may include gelatin, beeswax, dairy, egg, or other animal-derived ingredients. Confectionery commonly contains sugar, syrups, starches, or cereal-derived components, while herbal blends vary by recipe. Compatibility therefore depends on identity, processing, and accompanying ingredients.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
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  • Halal
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  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Pacific Nutrient Database 2020 — 01.1.7.4.9_99 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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