What is candied fruit? What are the benefits of eating candied fruit?

In daily life, there is a kind of food that can increase people's appetite, that is candied fruit. It tastes sour, sweet and salty, and has a strong flavor. For some people, it helps to increase appetite. For some people with poor appetite, candied fruit such as hawthorn and orange peel can also be good for digestion if eaten in small amounts before or after meals.

Contents of this article

1. What is candied fruit?

2. What are the benefits of eating candied fruit?

3. How are candied fruits made?

What is candied fruit?

Preserved fruit is also called preserved fruit, and was called honey fried in ancient times. It is a fruit food made from molasses by the Han people. It is spread all over the country and has a long history. It is a food made from fruits and vegetables such as peaches, apricots, plums, dates, winter melons, ginger, etc., pickled with sugar or honey. In addition to being eaten directly as a snack or treat, candied fruit can also be used as a garnish on cakes, biscuits and other desserts. In the Tang Dynasty, the fruits that were tributed to the court were preserved by soaking in honey. By the Song Dynasty, the production was fine and the varieties were diverse, and it developed from honey pickling to two categories of dried with cane sugar. It is made through the processes of selecting fruits, washing, soaking, and boiling, and has excellent color and taste.

What are the benefits of eating candied fruit?

Although candied fruits contain high levels of additives such as sugar, some, such as plums, are sour, sweet, and salty, and have a strong flavor, which helps to increase appetite for some people. For some people with poor appetite, candied fruits such as hawthorn and orange peel can also be good for digestion if eaten in small amounts before or after meals.

How are candied fruits made?

(1) Preserved Fruits

Candied fruit is made by boiling fruit pulp with sugar. The finished product is usually immersed in concentrated sugar liquid, and the fruit pulp is delicate and delicious. Examples include candied red fruit, candied crabapple, candied quince, candied green plum, candied osmanthus, candied rose, etc.

(2) Preserved Fruits

After the raw materials are candied and boiled, the surface of the finished product is dry and covered with white icing, such as: candied winter melon strips, candied golden dates, kumquat cakes, etc.

After the candied fruit is cooked in sugar, a layer of powdered sugar coating is applied to the surface of the fruit, making the product opaque, crisp and with a high sugar content. For example, various melon strips, candied orange cakes, candied lotus root slices, candied ginger slices, candied kumquats, candied lotus seeds, candied water chestnuts, green and red silk, etc. belong to this category.

(3) Preserved Fruits

After being candied, boiled and dried, it is brown, golden or amber in color, bright and translucent, with a dry surface and a slightly sticky dry product. Apple preserves, pear preserves, peach preserves, sand fruit preserves, jujube preserves, fragrant fruit preserves, green plum preserves, hawthorn preserves, crabapple preserves, etc. belong to this category.