Katjes Salzige Heringe (Salty Herrings Licorice)

Fish-shaped salty licorice · Katjes · Chocolate & candy

9/10must-try

Why it's worth it

These vegan salmiak-dusted licorice fish (about 6% licorice juice and 1.8% salmiak) are a German licorice classic and, per reviewers, a good gateway into salty licorice. Czech confectionery has almost no salty-licorice tradition, so this is a genuinely unfamiliar, love-it-or-hate-it German buy with no shelf twin at home.

Taste

Soft, chewy fish-shaped licorice dusted with salmiak salt; salty-savoury up front, real licorice-root depth, only lightly sweet

Score breakdown

Can't get it at home4/4

Review evidence3/3

Local icon status1/2

Everyday availability1/1

Nutrition

Nutri-Score EBad nutritional quality

Nutritional values per 100 g

Energy value1509 kJ · 355 kcal

Fats0.1 gincluding saturated fatty acids0.1 g

Carbohydrates88 gincluding sugars55 g

Protein0.3 g

Salt0.1 g

Source: Open Food Facts label data (may lag pack reformulations).

Where & what you'll pay

Edeka

Rewe

Kaufland

dm€EAN 4037400344874

If you know Czech shelves

No Czech analog; salty/salmiak licorice is essentially absent from Czech shelves

Sources

“a popular German brand of salmiak licorice candy shaped like herring, produced by Katjes, currently containing 1.8% salmiak salt and 6% liquorice root extract”
en.wikipedia.org (reference)
“if you like salmiak but sweet, you can't beat these”
licoriceinternational.com (retailer)

Curated 2026-07-06. Image: Open Food Facts contributors, CC-BY-SA.