Liquorice cany (licorice in American English) is flavored with the extract of the roots of the liquorice plant, and usually anise oil as well. A wide variety of liquorice candies are produced around the world. In the U.S., liquorice candy (excluding similar candy varieties that are not flavored with liquorice extract, see Red "liquorice" below) is known as black licorice and commonly consists of chewy ropes or tubes. In the Commonwealth a mixture of various liquorice candies is known as liquorice allsorts. In the Netherlands, Northern Germany and Nordic countries, salty liquorice contains ammonium chloride as an additional spicy ingredient.