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Salmiakki is Finland's most polarising food — intensely salty liquorice flavoured with ammonium chloride (sal ammoniac), producing a sharp, astringent taste that Finns adore and visitors find challenging. Found in every supermarket in dozens of forms — sweets, chocolate, ice cream, vodka, and chewing gum. Fazer's Tyrkisk Peber and Pantteri brands are national icons. Salmiakki vodka (Salmiakkikossu) is a beloved Finnish party drink. Trying salmiakki is a rite of passage.