Oh I love the stuff! Especially the lakeland soft stuff, but I haven't had any for ages. I wonder if the old licquorice sticks are free? The woody ones.
I would err on the side of the sticks being free, for one thing they're a woody piece of vegetation, and for another you're not actually swallowing a lot of what comes out.
my mum used to give me pontefract cakes and home made sherbert when i was a kid lol. we've always joked that my junk food came from healthfood shops hahaha.