I. According to the product traits and characteristics, the classification is as follows:

Sugar-impregnated class

Sugar-impregnated preserves from the fruit pulp with sugar **** cooking, and its finished products are generally impregnated in a thick sugar solution, the pulp is meticulous, beautiful flavor. Such as candied red fruits, candied begonias, candied quince and sugar plums, sugar cinnamon, sugar roses are such.

Sugar-stained products, the surface of the sugar slightly liquid, color fresh meat crisp, sweet and refreshing, the original fruit flavor, color, aroma, taste, shape are excellent, its representative products are mainly plum series products, as well as sugar Buddha's hand, honey kumquat, figs and so on.

Return to the sand products, the surface is dry, slightly frosting, color and lustre is fresh, the shape is chic, the entrance is fluffy, the taste is sweet and moist, the representative products are jujube series products, as well as the Su orange cake, golden kumquat, and the Su style plums, the nine system of Chenpi, sugar plums, sugar cherries, and so on.

Return to the sand category

After the raw materials are boiled in sugar, the surface of the finished products is dry with white frosting, such as: sugar melon strips, jujube, kumquat cake and so on.

Return to the sand candied fruit after cooking by sugar, fruit blanks hanging on the surface of a layer of powdered sugar coat, so that the product was opaque, its texture is crisp, high sugar content. Such as a variety of melon strips, sugar orange cake, sugar lotus root slices, sugar ginger slices, sugar kumquats, sugar lotus seeds, sugar water chestnuts, green and red silk are such.

Dried fruits

By the sugared boiled and dried, its color has brown, golden yellow or amber, bright and clear, dry surface, slightly sticky dry products. Such as dried apples, dried pears, dried peaches, dried fruits, dried jujube, dried fruits, dried plums, dried hawthorn, dried begonias, etc. are of this kind.

The raw material is made of sugar, after drying, the surface of the finished product is not sticky and not dry, there is a sense of transparency, no frosting precipitation, such as: apricot, pineapple, pineapple (slices, chunks, cores), ginger candy, papaya (strips, grains), and so on.

Cool fruit class

It is a variety of fresh fruit (billet) as the main raw material of licorice cool products, the appearance of its shape generally maintains the original fruit body, the surface of the dryer, some varieties of the surface of the salt frost, sweet taste, sweet and sour, slightly salty, with the flavor of the original fruit. Such as plums, prunes, plums, rock sugar prunes, etc. are of this kind, there are many varieties.

Raw materials in the process of candying or sugar cooking, adding sweeteners, spices, etc., the finished product surface was dry, with a strong flavor, such as: clove plum snowflake should be son, eight treasures of plums, plum-flavored kumquat and so on.

Talking class

Raw materials to fruit as the main raw material, after pickling, adding food additives, with or without sugar, with or without licorice made of dry state products. The products have sweet, sour, salty and other flavors, such as plums, plums, apricots, nine system of peel, five spice hawthorn slices, licorice olive, licorice kumquat and so on belong to this kind.

Fruit Dan class

Taking fruits and vegetables as the main raw materials, boiled in sugar, impregnated or salted, dried and then ground, shaped into a variety of forms of dry products. Such as Bai Cao Dan, Chen Pi Dan, Lemon Dan, Ice Plum Dan, Sour Plum Dan, Fruit Peel Dan, Hawthorn Dan, Buddha's hand Dan, etc. belong to this category.

Fruit cake

Raw materials are processed into sauce, concentrated and dried, and the finished products are in the shape of slices and strips, such as sour horn cake, passion fruit cake, hawthorn cake, hawthorn strips, fructanskin, appetizing kumquat, etc. belong to this category.

Licorice products

Raw material adopts fruit blanks, with sugar, licorice and other food additives impregnation treatment, drying, finished products have sweet, sour, salty and other flavors, such as plums, licorice olive, nine system of Chenpi, talking plums.

Second, according to the local flavor

By local flavor, candied fruit can be differentiated into several schools such as north, south and east, the north school is represented by Beijing preserved fruits, the south school is represented by cold fruits, and the east school is represented by Hangzhou's sugar color.

Carved preserves

Carved preserves are distributed in the southwestern part of Hunan Province, the southern part of Huaihua City, and the Duiyang Town of Jingzhou Miao and Dong Autonomous County, which is on the border of Hunan, Guizhou and Guangxi, as well as the surrounding areas. Carved candied fruit is a unique ethnic food, but also the beauty of jade, chic crafts, contains a wealth of ethnic culture, is the perfect combination of food culture and ethnic culture of folk art treasures.

Beijing-style preserves

Also known as Beijing preserved fruits, they originated in Beijing, among which apple preserves, golden jujubes, and golden cake strips are the most famous. Beijing-style preserves are characterized by transparent body and dry surface. The ingredients are simple, but in large quantities. It is soft in the mouth and has a strong and sweet flavor.

Hangzhou-style candied fruit

Oldly known as sugar color, according to the process of two categories: sugar, honey dip. There are dozens of flavors such as plums in sugar water, loquats in sugar water, plums, kumquats and apricots, etc., and the "plums in sugar water" of Huichang of the Century is regarded as the first of the candied fruits in the south of the Yangtze River, which is sweet and pregnant with acidity and has a long-lasting aftertaste.

Cantonese preserves

Originally produced in Guangzhou and Chaozhou, the candied olives, sweetened lotus, candied orange cake, creamy plums, and Jiayingzi are famous. It is characterized by a dry surface and a strong sweet aroma or sweet and sour.

Su-Style Candied Fruits

Originated in Suzhou, it includes candied fruits produced in Suzhou, Shanghai and Wuxi. Among them, white sugar prunes are the most famous. The characteristics of Suzhou-style preserves are: many varieties of ingredients, mainly sweet and sour, salty and sweet flavors, and rich aftertaste.

Mainly to return to the sand-based products, is now all over Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Anhui and other places. Selection of materials, production of fine, chic form, bright color, flavor and elegance.

Min-style preserves

Originated in Quanzhou, Fujian, Zhangzhou area. Among them, the most famous are Dafu fruit, Jiayingzi, and Ten Fragrant Fruit. The characteristics of Min-style preserves are: many varieties of ingredients, large amount of ingredients, sweet and fragrant flavor, and rich aftertaste.

Expanded Information:

There are many kinds of preserved fruits and candied fruits, and in accordance with the custom in the north, the ones with low moisture content and without juice are called preserved fruits. Because of the above dried fruit is the raw material after processing, sugar boiling, and then dry and become, its color has brown, golden yellow or amber, bright and transparent, dry surface, slightly sticky, moisture content of 20% or less. This fruit products, also known as "northern fruit preserves" or "northern honey", is the northern form of preserved fruit means.

And winter melon strips, sugar water chestnuts, sugar lotus root slices, sugar ginger slices and other surfaces with a layer of powdered white sugar coating known as sugar-coated preserved fruits, also known as the "southern preserved fruits" or "southern honey", from Fujian, Guangdong, Shanghai and other southern preserved fruits and preserves mean, its texture, crisp, more sugar. The texture is crisp and contains a lot of sugar.

Candied fruit is cooked by honey or sugar without drying process of fruit products, the surface of the wet and soft, moisture content of more than 30%, generally impregnated in sugar juice, such as candied begonias, candied hawthorn, etc., but in recent years, this product is only some of the front store after the factory of the self-service store production, because it is not easy to store and transportation.

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