Glycyrrhizic acid comes from the roots and rhizomes of licorice, a leguminous plant, and is the most important active ingredient in licorice, with an content of about 10%.
Glycyrrhizic acid, also known as glycyrrhizin and glycyrrhizin, is a glycoside composed of glycyrrhetinic acid and 2 molecules of glucuronic acid.White to yellowish crystalline powder, odorless, with a specific sweet taste, about 200 times as sweet as sucrose.Its sweetness is different from that of other sweeteners such as sucrose. It takes a little while to taste the sweetener, but its retention time is long.A small amount of glycyrrhiza and sucrose can be used less than 20% sucrose and the sweetness remains the same.

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Function

1. Glycyrrhizic Acid has a synergistic effect on chemical flavoring agents.
2. Glycyrrhizic Acid has strong antibacterial and anti-inflammatory functions.
3. Glycyrrhizic Acid can prevent sunscreen, whiten, relieve itching, recuperate, heal scars, and so on.
4. Glycyrrhizic Acid is used as a highly effective antiperspirant.
5. Glycyrrhizic Acid can be widely used as a sweetener in various foods.