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Black Opal Confectionery is a market leader in the manufacture and supply of fresh soft eating all natural gourmet licorice & marshmallow. All of our products are produced at the state of the art brand new facility in Sydney, Australia and exported all over the world.
Our History
Black Opal Confectionery started as a family confectionery business in 1995. At the time we couldn’t find a licorice that we liked anywhere and realized that there was a good opportunity for someone who would offer a good quality licorice to the consumers. The decision has been taken to develop our own recipe and production. One year later we were supplying major supermarkets all over Australia and going from strength to strength.
In 1999 we have acquired a 70 year old traditional marshmallow manufacturing business that provided us with access to an unique old recipe for marshmallow manufacturing that no one seems to have retained anywhere in the world. That has proven to be a great success too.
Since then we added chocolate coating (enrobing) capabilities in 2000. This development allowed us to introduce several new product ranges such as chocolate coated licorice, marshmallows and rocky road.
A new Allsorts licorice production line was added in 2007.
A new purpose built production facility of more than 3000 square meters was commissioned late in 2007 and the entirety of our production transferred there in the first half of 2008.
This new factory allowed us to triple our production capacity with a room for more expansion in the future.
 Our Manufacturing
All of our products are being manufactured at the state of the art brand new facility on custom designed equipment. Our facilities are BRC Issue 5, HACCP, ISO 9001 certified.
Our production lines include:
- our gourmet licorice that appeals to those preferring a ribbed firmer licorice
- our premium gourmet licorice that is a soft eating licorice with a unique texture and packed with flavor
- our allsorts licorice that is made in a traditional way insuring that the quality, texture and taste are preserved in accordance with a long standing tradition
- our chocolate coated traditional & flavored licorice that combines the taste of our licorice with luscious richness of Belgian chocolate that envelopes it
- our light & airy marshmallows that are made using a 70 year old recipe giving them their unique texture & taste
- our chocolate coated marshmallows and rocky road that blend the best of both worlds: the finest marshmallows one can find anywhere & the finest Belgian chocolate money can buy.
State of the art extruders
Licorice Cookers
Stainless Mixing Tanks
 Our Products
Our licorice products are unique and unmatched by any other existing licorice product in the world. Our licorices are infused with real licorice extract from the root of the Licorice plant (glycyrrhiza glabra) harvested from Asia. We know that once a licorice lover tastes our product, no other licorice will measure up.
The Black Opal Confectionery Difference
What makes our products different from any other existing licorice sold
| Ours |
Theirs |
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Licorice
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| Manufactured using a batch process in a traditional way meaning that our licorice has time to develop the characteristic taste and texture so appreciated by everyone who ever tried it |
Manufactured using an industrial high speed high temperature continuous cooking resulting in a rubbery dull starchy product with inconsistent quality and appearance. |
| All natural product that doesn’t utilise any genetically modified materials, chemically treated ingredients, artificial colours, flavours or preservatives |
Full of genetically modified materials, preservatives, artificial colours & flavours. |
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Marshmallow
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| Manufactured using a batch process in a traditional way meaning that our marshmallow has time to develop the characteristic taste and texture so appreciated by everyone who ever tried it. |
Manufactured using an industrial high speed high temperature continuous cooking resulting in a rubbery, starchy product with inconsistent quality and appearance. |
| All natural product that doesn’t utilise any genetically modified materials, chemically treated ingredients, artificial colours, flavours or preservatives. |
Full of genetically modified materials, preservatives, artificial colours & flavours. |
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Chocolate Coated Range
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| Using the finest authentic Belgian chocolate |
Manufactured using a compounded cooking chocolate. |
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