where does licorice come from
Much of the sweetness in liquorice comes from glycyrrhizin, which has a sweet taste, 30â50 times the sweetness of sugar. The sweetness is very different from sugar, being less instant, tart, and lasting longer. The isoflavene glabrene and the isoflavane glabridin, found in the roots of liquorice, are phytoestrogens.he word liquorice is derived (via the Old French licoresse) from the Greek Î³Î»ÏÎºÏÏÏÎ¹Î¶Î± (glukurrhiza), meaning sweet root, from Î³Î»ÏÎºÏÏ (glukus), sweet + á¿¥Î¯Î¶Î± (rhiza), root, the name provided by Dioscorides.