whats wrong with salted licorice  why cant chinese woman enjoy salted licorice candy in finland? salted licorice or zalmiak, is made from finnish chemical industry waste product called ammonium-chloride. > solid ammonium chloride is used to make dry batteries and ammonia compounds. "suitable amounts" of ammonium chloride powder can be added to candy and then it has salty taste altough it does not contain sodium at all (it will not increase sodium salt levels in your body, sodium salt is also the same stuff that is in sea water) ammonium chloride chemical safety sheet says that if it gets in your eyes you should wash your eyes to get rid of it also > ammonium chloride reacts with hydrogen cyanide to form explosive nitrogen trichloride thats why you should never mix appricot kernels together with ammonium chlroide salt, it may explode
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