However, some (like Trader Joe's Soft Black Licorice Twists) use a combination of glycyrrhizin and aniseed oil. And while molasses used to be the main secondary sweetener in this candy ...

he had switched the type of candy he was eating" to black licorice, the study found according to the Associated Press. The study also said that licorice's glycyrrhizic acid (usually found in the ...