RJ's Natural Soft Eating Liquorice 300g bag * Gold Medal Winner 'Great Taste Awards'*

RJ's Natural Soft Eating Herbal Black Licorice - Gold Medal Winner 'Great Taste Awards' in London

Natural colours and flavours, no artificial additives or preservatives & 97% fat free!

RJ's in the only Liquorice to contain rice bran oil, which is high in Omega 3, Vitamin E and antioxidants.

Suitable for vegans/vegetarians

Ingredients:

Wheat flour, cane sugar, molasses, glucose syrup, water, liquorice extract, treacle, humectant (E422), rice bran oil, salt, aniseed.

Nutrition information:

Cautions and contraindications:

• Contains: Gluten, Liquorice extract
• There is a small possibility of effecting electrolyte balance with extended use of large doses of liquorice. It has an ACTH like effect causing retention of sodium thus raising BP. The whole herb has constituents that counter this but it is best to avoid liquorice if the patient has hypertension, kidney disease or during pregnancy.

Why RJ's liquorice?

RJ’s is proudly New Zealand owned and family operated. Being the only New Zealand manufacturer specialising soley in liquorice in New Zealand.

The main ingredients of liquorice are flour, sugar, glucose, molasses, treacle, liquorice and extract. As a branding concept, many of RJ’s traditional liquorice products are referred to as herbal. This is because RJ’s only uses authentic liquorice extract which comes from the root of the blue flowering snow pea plant (glyceriza glabra). This extract is 50 times sweeter than sugar – in fact strangely, it is so sweet that it is bitter. Liquorice extract also has a wealth of medicinal qualities and has been used for that purpose for centuries.

RJ’s are forever working towards lower fat content (approx 2%) coming from the rice bran oil which has many other health advantages along with low Salt and 0% cholesterol our confectionery is all about enjoyment and energy for life…in fact many sports people tell us they find the combination of the ingredients give them terrific energy to compete in their chosen sports.

Benefits

• Liquorice: Yashtimadhu, Mithi-lakdi, Mulathi, Sweetwood, Liquorice root
• Biological Name: Glycyzrrhiza glabra Leguminosae Known as the ‘Blue Flowering Snow Pea’ plant
• Parts used: Dried Root

Liquorice history:

• Liquorice is a traditional herbal remedy with an ancient history and world wide usage
• Nearly two-thirds of all traditional formulas in Chinese Medicine contain Liquorice
• Hippocrates in the 4th century BC recommended liquorice for the treatment of ulcers
• Diosciodes a famous herbalist and surgeon who traveled with Nero’s armies in the 1st century AD, found that liquorice could be used to treat wounds and skin disease
• Liquorice roots have been found in the tombs of the Pharaohs attesting to the great respect for it’s healing abilities
• One saying of an Arab Physician and philosopher, Avicenna is “the infused liquorice purifies the voice and the trachea, and is useful in disorders and diets”

Remedies for:

• The major active ingredient glycyrrhizin was isolated and shown to have a cortisone-like action which explains its remarkable ability to reduce inflammation and speed the healing of ulcerated tissue
• Glycyrrhizin contains a similar chemical structure to that of human steroid hormones
• Today, naturopaths prescribe liquorice for external ulcerous conditions such as burns, eczema and urticaria (which is swelling induced by poisonous plants or allergic reactions) and for internal ulcerous conditions such as bronchitis, sore throat and upper respiratory and gastro-intestinal tract infections
• Liquorice is currently being used in the research and treatment of hepatitis and HIV
• The use of liquorice for urinary tract irritations is helpful by reducing the irritation and to speed healing plus helping to prevent the recurrence of the infection
• Liquorice can be used to counteract the side effects of steroid treatments and to prevent joint degeneration

Description:

• This herb is found in many countries. It is believed to give contentment and harmony.

Supplied size: 300g 
 

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