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Ricola, the Glossary

Ricola Ltd./Ricola AG is a Swiss manufacturer of cough drops, instant tea, tea bags, and breath mints.^[1]

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Breath mints
Companies based in Basel-Landschaft
Food and drink companies established in 1930
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Achillea millefolium

Achillea millefolium, commonly known as yarrow or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.

An active ingredient is any ingredient that provides biologically active or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease or to affect the structure or any function of the body of humans or animals.

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Aktiengesellschaft

Aktiengesellschaft (abbreviated AG) is a German word for a corporation limited by share ownership (i.e., one which is owned by its shareholders) whose shares may be traded on a stock market.

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Alchemilla

Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Rosaceae, with the common name lady's mantle applied generically as well as specifically to Alchemilla mollis when referred to as a garden plant.

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Alphorn

The alphorn or alpenhorn or alpine horn is a labrophone, consisting of a straight several-meter-long wooden natural horn of conical bore, with a wooden cup-shaped mouthpiece.

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Althaea officinalis

Althaea officinalis, the marsh mallow or marshmallow, is a species of flowering plant indigenous to Europe, Western Asia and North Africa, which is used in herbalism and as an ornamental plant.

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Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.

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Aspartame

Aspartame is an artificial non-saccharide sweetener 200 times sweeter than sucrose and is commonly used as a sugar substitute in foods and beverages.

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B Corporation (certification)

In business, a B Corporation (also B Corp) is a for-profit corporation certified by B Lab for its social impact.

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B Lab

B Lab is a non-profit organization that was founded in 2006 in Berwyn, Pennsylvania.

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Basel

Basel, also known as Basle,Bâle; Basilea; Basileia; other Basilea.

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Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft or Basel-Country, informally known as Baselland or Baselbiet (Kanton Basel-Landschaft; Chantun Basilea-Champagna; Canton de Bâle-Campagne; Canton Basilea Campagna), is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.

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Beckenried

Beckenried is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.

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Bernese Oberland

The Bernese Oberland (Berner Oberland; Bärner Oberland; Oberland bernois), sometimes also known as the Bernese Highlands, is the highest and southernmost part of the canton of Bern.

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Bio Suisse

Bio Suisse is the main organisation of organic agriculture in Switzerland.

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Blick

Blick (View) is a Swiss German-language daily newspaper and online news website covering current affairs, entertainment, sports and lifestyle.

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Canton of Solothurn

The canton of Solothurn or canton of Soleure (Kanton Solothurn; Chantun Soloturn; Canton de Soleure; Canton Soletta) is a canton of Switzerland.

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Chemistry of ascorbic acid

Ascorbic acid is an organic compound with formula, originally called hexuronic acid.

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Citric acid

Citric acid is an organic compound with the chemical formula.

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Emmental

The Emmental (Emme Valley) is a valley in west-central Switzerland, forming part of the canton of Bern.

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Essential oil

An essential oil is a concentrated hydrophobic liquid containing volatile (easily evaporated at normal temperatures) chemical compounds from plants.

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Flavoring

A flavoring (or flavouring), also known as flavor (or flavour) or flavorant, is a food additive used to improve the taste or smell of food.

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Gluten-free diet

A gluten-free diet (GFD) is a nutritional plan that strictly excludes gluten, which is a mixture of prolamin proteins found in wheat (and all of its species and hybrids, such as spelt, kamut, and triticale), as well as barley, rye, and oats.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Grisons

The Grisons or Graubünden,Names include.

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Halal

Halal (حلال) is an Arabic word that translates to in English.

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Heidi

Heidi is a work of children's fiction published between 1880 and 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning (Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre) and Heidi: How She Used What She Learned (Heidi kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat).

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Herb

In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal purposes, or for fragrances.

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Herbal tea

Herbal teas, also known as herbal infusions and less commonly called tisanes (UK and US, US also), are beverages made from the infusion or decoction of herbs, spices, or other plant material in hot water; they do not usually contain any true tea (Camellia sinensis).

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Herzog & de Meuron

Herzog & de Meuron Basel Ltd. is a Swiss architecture firm headquartered in Basel (Switzerland), founded by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.

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Hyssopus officinalis

Hyssopus officinalis or hyssop is a shrub in the Lamiaceae or mint family native to Southern Europe, the Middle East, and the region surrounding the Caspian Sea.

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Instant tea

Instant tea is a powdered mix in which water is added, in order to reconstitute it into a cup of tea.

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Isomalt

Isomalt is a sugar substitute, a mixture of the two disaccharide alcohols 1,6-GPS and 1,1-GPM.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

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Jingle

A jingle is a short song or tune used in advertising and for other commercial uses.

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Jura Mountains

The Jura Mountains are a sub-alpine mountain range a short distance north of the Western Alps and mainly demarcate a long part of the French–Swiss border.

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Kandersteg

Kandersteg is a municipality in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Kashrut

(also or, כַּשְׁרוּת) is a set of dietary laws dealing with the foods that Jewish people are permitted to eat and how those foods must be prepared according to Jewish law.

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Klosterfrau Melissengeist

Klosterfrau Melissengeist, also referred to as Klostermelissen or Melissengeist, is a German variation of Carmelite Water currently sold by Klosterfrau Healthcare Group as an alternative remedy for the improvement of general health and wellbeing.

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Laufen, Switzerland

Laufen (French: Laufon; High Alemannic: Laufe) is a municipality and the capital of the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

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Malic acid

Malic acid is an organic compound with the molecular formula.

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Malva

Malva is a genus of herbaceous annual, biennial, and perennial plants in the family Malvaceae.

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Marrubium vulgare

Marrubium vulgare (white horehound or common horehound) is a flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae), native to Europe, northern Africa, and southwestern and central Asia.

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Menthol

Menthol is an organic compound, more specifically a monoterpenoid, made synthetically or obtained from the oils of corn mint, peppermint, or other mints.

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Mint (candy)

A mint or breath mint is a food item often consumed as an after-meal refreshment or before business and social engagements to improve breath odor. Ricola and mint (candy) are breath mints.

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Nenzlingen

Nenzlingen is a municipality in the district of Laufen in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.

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Othmarsingen

Othmarsingen is a municipality in the district of Lenzburg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Peppermint

Peppermint (Mentha × piperita) is a hybrid species of mint, a cross between watermint and spearmint.

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Pimpinella saxifraga

Pimpinella saxifraga, known as burnet-saxifrage, solidstem burnet saxifrage, lesser burnet is a plant species in the family Apiaceae, a native of the British Isles and temperate Europe and Western Asia.

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Plantago lanceolata

Plantago lanceolata is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae.

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Pontresina

Pontresina (Puntraschigna) is a municipality in the Maloja Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

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Primula veris

Primula veris, the cowslip, common cowslip, or cowslip primrose (syn. Primula officinalis Hill), is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the primrose family Primulaceae.

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Ramona Pringle

Ramona Pringle is a Canadian digital journalist, television host, multiplatform media producer, actress and professor.

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Salvia officinalis

Salvia officinalis, the common sage or sage, is a perennial, evergreen subshrub, with woody stems, grayish leaves, and blue to purplish flowers.

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Sambucus nigra

Sambucus nigra is a species complex of flowering plants in the family Adoxaceae native to most of Europe.

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Singapore

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

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Sodium ascorbate

Sodium ascorbate is one of a number of mineral salts of ascorbic acid (vitamin C).

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Sorbitol

Sorbitol, less commonly known as glucitol, is a sugar alcohol with a sweet taste which the human body metabolizes slowly.

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Stevia

Stevia is a sweet sugar substitute that is about 50 to 300 times sweeter than sugar.

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Steviol glycoside

Steviol glycosides are the chemical compounds responsible for the sweet taste of the leaves of the South American plant Stevia rebaudiana (Asteraceae) and the main ingredients (or precursors) of many sweeteners marketed under the generic name stevia and several trade names.

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Swiss franc

The Swiss franc, or simply the franc (Swiss German; franc; franco; franc), is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

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Swiss German

Swiss German (Standard German: Schweizerdeutsch, Schwiizerdütsch, Schwyzerdütsch, Schwiizertüütsch, Schwizertitsch Mundart,Because of the many different dialects, and because there is no defined orthography for any of them, many different spellings can be found. and others) is any of the Alemannic dialects spoken in the German-speaking part of Switzerland, and in some Alpine communities in Northern Italy bordering Switzerland.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.

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Throat lozenge

A throat lozenge (also known as a cough drop, sore throat sweet, troche, cachou, pastille or cough sweet) is a small, typically medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to temporarily stop coughs, lubricate, and soothe irritated tissues of the throat (usually due to a sore throat or strep throat), possibly from the common cold or influenza. Ricola and throat lozenge are throat lozenges.

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Thyme

Thyme is a culinary herb consisting of the dried aerial parts of some members of the genus Thymus of flowering plants in the mint family Lamiaceae.

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Thymus serpyllum

Thymus serpyllum, known by the common names of Breckland thyme, Breckland wild thyme, wild thyme, creeping thyme, or elfin thyme, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae, native to most of Europe and North Africa.

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Ticino

Ticino, sometimes Tessin, officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation.

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Tilia

Tilia is a genus of about 30 species of trees or bushes, native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Val Poschiavo

Val Poschiavo (Pus'ciaf, Puschlav) is a valley in the southern, Italian-speaking part of the Swiss canton of the Grisons.

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Valais

Valais, more formally, the Canton of Valais, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of thirteen districts and its capital and largest city is Sion. Valais is situated in the southwestern part of the country. It borders the cantons of Vaud and Bern to the north, the cantons of Uri and Ticino to the east, as well as Italy to the south and France to the west.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricola

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Ricola, the Glossary

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See also

Breath mints

Companies based in Basel-Landschaft

Food and drink companies established in 1930

Food and drink companies of Switzerland

Swiss companies established in 1930

Swiss confectionery

Throat lozenges

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