Rock sugar

Large pieces of sucrose crystals made by special crystallization method are translucent, with less impurities, converted sugar and water content, good quality, easy storage, sweet rock sugar, flat nature, and have the effects of invigorating the middle warmer, benefiting qi and moistening the stomach. Good sugar can be divided into white sugar, brown sugar and yellow sugar according to color for treating dry cough, sore throat, dry mouth, weak stomach, and hypertension. The different shades of color are due to the different degree of impurity removal in sugar making. White sugar is refined sugar, and its purity is generally above 99%. Yellow sugar contains a small amount of minerals and organic matter, so it is colored; Brown sugar is unrefined coarse sugar with a deep color.

According to the particle size, sugar can be divided into white sugar, soft sugar, cube sugar, rock sugar and so on. White sugar and soft sugar are both called white sugar, and the sucrose content is generally above 95%. White sugar is uniform and neat, hard, loose and dry, and free of impurities. It is the most sucrose-containing and purest variety in sugar, and it is also a kind of sugar that is easy to store. Compared with sugar, soft white sugar has fine crystal particles, more water content, soft and moist appearance, and fast melting in the mouth. It is suitable for direct sprinkling and dipping in food and snacks, and it is not easy to keep because of its high water content, so it is best to process it into small packages. Crystal sugar is made from white sugar by dissolving in water, removing impurities, clearing juice, evaporating, concentrating, cooling and crystallizing.

The sweetness of white sugar is relatively pure. Generally speaking, white sugar and yellow sugar are suitable for flavoring in coffee or black tea, and yellow sugar is often used to flavor dishes. Brown sugar has a special molasses flavor and is suitable for cooking red bean soup, making bean paste and steaming sweet rice cakes. The taste of rock sugar is sweeter, and it is mostly used to make burning and simmering dishes and soups, such as rock sugar tremella, rock sugar elbow, rock sugar rabbit pieces and so on. Rock sugar can not only make dishes have special flavor, but also increase the luster of dishes. Rock sugar is mild, has the effect of relieving cough and resolving phlegm, and is widely used in high-grade tonics and health products produced in food and pharmaceutical industries. Old people can also relieve thirst by containing crystal sugar.