Candied fruit is also known as fruit preserves, the ancient name of honey fried. Chinese folk molasses system fruit food. Circulated in various places, has a long history. Peach, apricot, plum, jujube or winter melon, ginger and other fruits and vegetables as raw materials, sugar or honey pickled and processed food. In addition to being eaten directly as a snack or snack, candied fruit can also be used to put on cakes, cookies and other snacks as a garnish.

The Tang Dynasty, the tribute to the court of the fruit preserved in honey. To the Song Dynasty, the production of fine, diverse varieties, the development of honey for both dry cane sugar two categories. After selecting the fruit, washing, soaking, boiling and other processes made, color and taste are excellent.

Basic introduction Chinese name ：candied fruit Foreign name ：sweetmeat Main raw materials ： honey kumquat, sugar cinnamon Whether containing preservatives ： No Suitable for the crowd ： Popular candied fruit Brief introduction, history of development, varieties classified according to the traits and characteristics of the points, according to the local flavor points, the main brands, the main places of origin, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Zhejiang, the production process, the quality of the problem, problems, problems exposed to the national standard, the official stance, and the official position, the quality of the food is very important to the development of the food. Cautions, Candied Fruits and Vegetables Introduction "Candied Fruits and Vegetables" (mì jiàn) was originally made from fruits and vegetables and other raw materials, by the processing method of pickling with sugar or honey, has evolved into the name of a traditional food. Legend has it that candied fruit was invented by Guanglu Temple during the Ming Dynasty. The original meaning of "candied fruit" is to use fruits and vegetables as raw materials, and the processing method of pickling with sugar or honey is a big concept, and Beijing, Taiwan, Chaoshan and Zhaoqing are the main places of origin of candied fruit. History of Development Preserves are traditional foods with national characteristics, and have a history of more than 2000 years. The book "Wu-Yue Chunqiu" written by Zhao Hua of the Eastern Han Dynasty has a record of "the Yue to sweet honey pills (wood party) to report to Wu to increase the gift of sealing." This is an early record of candied fruit in China. This is China's earlier written records about candied fruit. Into the Tang and Song dynasties, due to the development of agricultural production, especially fruit and beekeeping, the development of sugar industry, so that the processing of candied fruit has been a significant development, the formation of "fried, brewing, exposure, grits" and so on - a whole set of processing technology, which makes the candied fruit products and varieties of food products and greatly increased, become a kind of food in the forest of the independent of the "honey fried" food. The "honey fried" refers to the people will be fresh fruit in the honey fried concentrated to remove a large amount of water in the fruit, enhance the flavor, in order to facilitate the long storage and get its name. To the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the processing of candied fruit in both processing technology and color varieties have further developed, its processing technology is increasingly perfect, tends to be mature, not only known in the country, but also enjoys a good reputation in the world. In the 1915 Panama World's Fair, China's production of candied fruit had won the gold medal, won a high evaluation. At this time, the level of processing technology can be said to have risen to the highest point in ancient times, its name was changed to "candied fruit". After the establishment of New China, the development of candied fruit industry was exceptionally rapid, and some factories with large scale and production capacity were formed, and the production capacity was greatly improved, which made the candied fruit industry enter a prosperous period. Variety classification According to the characteristics of traits points According to the characteristics of product traits, preserves are classified as follows: Sugar-stained class Sugar-stained preserves from the fruit pulp with sugar **** cooking, the finished product is generally impregnated in the thick sugar solution, the fruit pulp is meticulous, beautiful taste. Such as candied red fruit, candied begonias, candied quince and sugar plums, sugar cinnamon, sugar rose, etc. are such. Sugar-stained products, the surface slightly sugar liquid, color fresh meat crisp, sweet and refreshing, the original fruit flavor, color, aroma, taste, shape, 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, the golden silk kumquat and the Su style plums, the nine system of Chenpi, sugar plums, sugar cherries, and so on. Raw materials after the sugar impregnation sugar cooking, the surface of the finished product is dry, with white frosting, such as: sugar melon strips, jujube, kumquat cake. Return to the sand candied fruit after cooking by the sugar, fruit blanks hanging on the surface of a layer of powdered granulated 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, etc. are such. Dried fruits dried after cooking by sugar, its color has brown, golden yellow or amber, bright and clear, dry surface, slightly sticky dry products. Such as apple preserves, pear preserves, peach preserves, fruit preserves, date preserves, fruit preserves, plum preserves, hawthorn preserves, begonia preserves, etc. belong to this category. apple preserves raw materials to sugar sugar, after drying, the surface of the finished product is not sticky and not dry, transparent, no frosting precipitation, such as: apricot preserves, pineapple (slices, blocks, cores), ginger candies, papaya (strips, grains) and so on. cold fruit class is a variety of fresh fruit (billet) as the main raw material of licorice cold products, the appearance of its shape generally maintain the original fruit body, the surface of the dryer, some varieties of the surface of the salt frost, taste sweet, sweet and sour, slightly salty, with the original fruit flavor. Such as green plums, Chenpi plums, rock sugar prunes and so on belong to this kind, there are many varieties. Raw materials in the candied or sugar cooking process, add sweeteners, spices, etc., the surface of the finished product is dry, with a strong flavor, such as: clove plum snowflake should be son, eight precious plums, plum flavored kumquat and so on. 话化类 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. Candied fruit Fruit Dan class Fruits and vegetables as the main raw material, by sugar boiling, impregnation or salt pickling, drying and grinding, molding made of various forms of dry state products. Such as Bai Cao Dan, Chen Pi Dan, lemon Dan, ice plum Dan, sour plum Dan, fruit leather Dan, hawthorn Dan, Buddha's hand Dan and so on belong to this kind. Fruit cake The raw material is processed into sauce, concentrated and dried, and the finished product is in the shape of slices and pieces, such as sour horn cake, passion fruit cake, hawthorn cake, hawthorn strips, fruit tangerine peel, appetizing kumquat, and so on belong to this kind. Licorice products The raw material adopts the fruit blank, with sugar, licorice and other food additives maceration treatment, drying, the finished product has sweet, sour, salty and other flavors, such as plums, licorice olive, the nine system of Chenpi, talk about the plum. According to local flavor points According to local flavor points, candied fruits can be differentiated into several schools such as north, south and east, with the north school represented by Beijing preserved fruits, the south school represented by cold fruits, and the east school 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 at the junction of Hunan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, as well as the surrounding areas. Carved candied fruit is a unique national food, but also beautiful as jade, chic crafts, contains a wealth of national culture, is the perfect combination of food culture and national culture of folk art treasures. It originated in the last year of the Five Dynasties, and has been passed down from generation to generation, becoming the imperial product that Jingzhou folk have been paying tribute to the imperial court for generations. Carved candied fruit has formed a set of unique and complete process in selecting materials, carving and processing. Mainly take immature green pomelo as raw material, first cut the pomelo into round or fan-shaped even thin slices, and then on the pomelo slices to develop a rich imagination, through creativity, carving into exotic flowers and grasses, birds and animals, dragons and phoenixes, fish and shrimps, people and utensils, auspicious words and paintings and other lively, lifelike patterns. Then it is refined through a number of processes, such as rinsing in clean water, boiling in copper pots, curing in cane sugar and baking in the sun. The composition is full, the modeling is vivid, the craft is peculiar, and the patterns are numerous, which is pleasing to the eyes and refreshing to the mind when eaten. Carved candied fruit craft has been passed down for more than a thousand years, is the product of civil society, but also a reflection of the people's life, is the unique expression of the national cultural psychology and different times of cultural precipitation, with a unique form of art and rich connotations of the Miao and Dong culture, from the connotation of the external manifestations of the people of the Miao and Dong people's historical and cultural traditions, aesthetic pursuits and the unique spirit of the nation, and to achieve the work of the gods, elegance and popularity *** enjoyment! It has achieved the artistic effect of "exquisite", "elegant" and "popular". Fully demonstrated the creativity of the Miao and Dong people and the level of craftsmanship, the formation and development of Chinese multiculturalism has a positive witness significance. Beijing-style preserves , also known as Beijing preserved fruit, originated in Beijing, which is most famous for apple preserves, golden jujube, golden cake. Beijing-style preserves are characterized by transparent fruit 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. Hang style candied fruit used to be called sugar color, which is divided into two categories according to the process: sugar system and honey dip. There are dozens of flavors of candied plums, candied loquats, plums, kumquats, apricots, etc., and "candied plums" of Hundred Years of Huichang is regarded as the first candied fruit of Jiangnan, which is sweet and pregnant with acidity, with a long-lasting aftertaste. Cantaloupe originated from Guangzhou and Chaozhou, among which olives, sweetened lotus, sweetened orange cake, creamy plums, and jia yingzi are famous. It is characterized by dry surface, rich sweet aroma or sweet and sour. Suzhou Style Candied Fruits Originally from Suzhou, it includes candied fruits produced in Suzhou, Shanghai and Wuxi. Among them, white sugar plums are the most famous. The characteristics of Suzhou-style preserves are: many varieties of ingredients, mainly sweet and sour, salty and sweet flavors, rich aftertaste. Mainly to return to the sand-based products, now all over Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Anhui and other places. Selection of materials, production of fine, chic form, color and luster, flavor and elegance. Fujian-style candied fruit originated from Quanzhou and Zhangzhou in Fujian. Among them, the most famous ones are Dafu fruit, Kayoko, and Ten Fragrant Fruit. The characteristics of Fujian-style candied fruits are: many varieties of ingredients, large amount of ingredients, sweet and fragrant flavor, and rich aftertaste. Main Brands Main brands of preserved fruit in mainland China: Hunan specialty Jiu Dao Wan, Central Plains have Anhui's Top Crook, Hui Ke, North have Tian Wow, Mrs. Yao, Shang Hao Jia; South China have (Zhaoqing) Fusenyuan, (Hangzhou) Hundred Years Huichang, (Hangzhou) Huamei Heng, (Shantou) Bo Ying, (Shantou) Meifengyuan, (Shantou) Yingxiang, (Chaozhou) Jiabao, (Taicang) Jiamei, (Puning) Yeyuanfang, (Guangzhou) Zhenqiqi taste, (Chaozhou) Jigong, (Puzhou) Jigong, (Puzhou) Jiegong, (Shantou) Jiejie, (Shantou) Jiejie, (Shantou) Jiejie. (Chaozhou) Jigong, (Puning) Tongxiang, Yanjinpuzi, Xiangzhizhai, (Fujian) Plumfull, (Fujian) Jinlongfang, Xinhui Dayou are all famous fruit manufacturers in mainland China with guaranteed quality. Main Origins Jiangsu Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, located on the shore of Taihu Lake, enjoys the reputation of "the hometown of Chinese candied fruit". It is rich in plums, apricots, loquats, prunes, peaches, kumquats, red oranges and more than 40 kinds of fruits, which provide abundant raw materials for the manufacture of preserves, so Suzhou is one of the earliest regions in China to produce preserves. As early as in the Three Kingdoms era, there are candied fruit production, the development of sugar industry in Tang promoted the processing of candied fruit and candied fruit in Suzhou to form a gang style. In the Ming Dynasty, the development of painting, calligraphy, carving and other arts in Suzhou led to the emergence of plum carvings and other treasures in Suzhou preserves. During the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, there were many varieties of preserves in Suzhou, which flourished for a while and were sold in the towns of Jiangnan, and the preserved fruits were far away from Guanwai. Before the founding of the PRC, Suzhou *** more than 10 production of preserved fruit workshop, which "Zhang Xiangfeng" is the most famous, in Shanghai, Tianjin, Jiaxing and other places have branch factories, can be seen on a large scale, the production of the prosperous. Soviet-style preserves, sweet, sour, salty and suitable, fluffy and tasty, has been listed as "court food". In terms of varieties, there are more than 160 kinds of preserved plums, white sugar lotus hearts, Tian Xiang honey jujubes, etc., with golden jujubes, creamy plums, golden kumquats, white sugar plums, nine system of Chen Pi is the most famous. Among them, jinshi jujube is a traditional product in the preserves of Suzhou style, with Dongting Dongshan white bushy jujube as the raw material, with strong fruit flavor, amber-like color, sweet and glutinous texture, fluffy in the mouth, which is famous in the domestic and international markets. 1984, "honey" brand jinshi jujube produced by Suzhou Preserves Factory was awarded as the national silver medal for high-quality food. The processing of candied plums with fresh plums is also very unique in Suzhou. Candied plums with the same shape as the first harvest of fresh plums, green color, crisp texture, sweet and refreshing taste. The flavor of Suzhou-style plums is sweet with acid, the mouth with a grain, refreshing and refreshing, and a long aftertaste, the most popular with tourists. The Su orange cake and kumquat cake made of Dongting mandarin oranges are rich in orange flavor, sweet and refreshing, and have the function of appetizing and energizing. Sugar candied fruit, orange peel preserves, nine systems of Chenpi, sugar prunes, dried plums, water licorice plum skin, etc., sweet and fragrant, young and old alike, everyone loves. Plum Carving Neijiang City of Sichuan Province enjoys the name of "China Sweet City" and the reputation of "Hometown of Chinese Preserves" because of the abundance of sugarcane, sugar and candied fruits. Neijiang Candied Fruit is known for its unique style of "transparent color, full of sugar and water, moist and dregs, beautiful and sweet taste", which is very popular among people. As early as in the Tang Dynasty, Neijiang candied fruit was listed as the royal tribute fruit, and has long been famous and enduring! The main varieties are: money tangerine, pear preserves, apricot, shouxing tangerine, jujube, tangerine red, asparagus, peaches, apples, cherries, winter melon, etc. The products are of various forms and flavors. Product form of diverse, different flavors, keep sugar and juice, moist slag, sweet and tasty, the entrance to the mouth. Neijiang candied fruit Zhejiang Hangzhou, unique natural resource conditions, more water, fewer fields, everywhere suitable for fruit, fruit tree cultivation has a long history. In the Ming Dynasty, Hangzhou people Lv need to bring back to their hometown the craft of processing preserves, and gradually formed the Hangzhou characteristics of handmade preserves - sugar color, mainly orange cake, Buddha's hand, kumquat, green plum, etc.. It is recorded in Volume 2 of Suli Scenery by Zhang Zhinai during the Kangxi period: "The method began with Lv's." After the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Hangzhou candied fruit has been "popular in the two capitals" seasonal snacks (leisure food), with the help of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal transportation, exported to Suzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing and other places, up to the capital. Candied fruit has been famous, "its products are partners, can not be enumerated", according to the early Qing Dynasty local records: the sugar color at that time is mainly divided into two categories: sugar system, honey dip. In recent times, the sugar-colored food handed down sugar water plums, sugar water loquat, plums, kumquats, apricots and other dozens of flavors, and "sugar water plums" is known as the first of the candied fruit, as early as in the famous "with the garden food list", "Taoan Mengyi" and "Hangzhou Prefectural Records," all have records. "Hundred Years Hui Chang" is a representative of the many firms that have been making sugar colors in Hangzhou for hundreds of years. During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, the candied fruits produced by the firm were selected as tribute, and during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, "Hundred Years Hui Chang" had become the designated supplier of the Ministry of the Interior. By the 34th year of the Republic of China, it had developed into a large firm with 18,000 silver dollars of capital, nearly 100 employees, and four production workshops, including preserves, tea, and lotus root powder. The products were exported to various provinces and the brand was famous at home. In order to let the precious traditional skills be effectively inherited, Zhejiang's long-established "Hundred Years Huichang", with the support of *** at all levels, restored the traditional sugar-color production by visiting the old masters and collecting the old recipes, preserved and inherited the folk handcrafts with strong local characteristics and declared it as "Intangible Cultural Heritage List". Production process The production process combines the characteristics of preserves in the north and south: fresh fruits and vegetables → picking and grading → shape treatment → salting and drying → hardening → rinsing → rinsing → blanching → sugaring → sugar-boiling → cooling Cantonese-style cold fruits: originated in Guangzhou, Shantou, Chaozhou area, mainly with licorice-flavored products and sugar-coated products, with more than 1,000 years' history of production, the beginning of the main cold fruits, and then gradually developed the sugar-coated products. The production history is more than 1,000 years. Cold fruit products, the surface of semi-dry or dry, dry fragrance, taste more sweet and sour or sour, salty, sweet taste, the mouth aftertaste long, its representative products are Chenpi plum, cream plums, licorice popcorn and so on. Sugar-coated candied fruit, pure texture, the surface of a layer of white frosting, as if pouring a layer of sugar, also known as "pouring sugar candied fruit". The surface of its products is dry, with frosting, sweet and glutinous in the mouth, strong flavor of the original fruit, the product has many colors and unique flavor, and its representative products are winter melon sugar, sugar lotus root slices, sugar water chestnuts, sugar orange cake and so on. Production process: Rose prunes salt pickled licorice, cane sugar, sweeteners, preservatives, coloring agents, flavors ↓ ↓ Fresh fruit → fruit embryo → rinsing and desalting → drying → dosage solution cooking → dosage solution marinade → drying → packaging → products Fujian-style candied fruits: originated in Fujian, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou area, where olives abound, as the main raw material and made of preserved fruits. Therefore, Min Style Candied Fruit is a kind of candied fruit represented by olive products. Min-style candied fruits, dry or semi-dry surface, low sugar content, slightly glossy, delicate and dense flesh, adding a prominent flavor, crisp and aftertaste. Its representative varieties are Dafu fruit, chemical nucleus Jiayingzi, ten fragrant fruit, Liangyou olive, rose yangmei, Qingjin fruit, clove olive, chemical skin olive and so on. Quality Problems The main problem of candied fruits: due to the candied fruits by the traditional process, by the cool sun, drying and other reasons, can not be produced industrially, the quality and safety of candied fruits has been the main obstacle for the industry to become bigger and stronger, mainly in the excessive use of food additives, sweeteners, drying environment does not meet the standards, etc., but with the gradual improvement of the industry standards, the implementation of quality and safety certification, more and more companies have realized that only the However, with the gradual improvement of industry standards and the implementation of quality and safety certification, more and more enterprises have realized that only high-quality products and honest brands can be invincible. 2008 adopted the "General Rules for Candied Fruits" for enterprises to provide a more detailed standard basis for the modernization of the production of candied fruits standards has laid the foundation. Problems Exposed On April 24, 2012, CCTV financial channel "Consumer Advocate" broadcast an unannounced program, saying that some of the domestic production process of preserves using a large number of additives, the production environment is poor. The program showed that most of the candied fruits from the factory were pickled, and the pickling place was the cement pool by the roadside, and even a large cement pool by the roadside was soaked with about 50,000 pounds of peach meat. These cement pools next to the garbage everywhere, dirty, lift the plastic film, a lot of peach meat rotting and deterioration, in the cement pool, there are a lot of printed sodium metabisulfite white woven bags, the processor said, "pickling process must be used in the sodium metabisulfite, to play the role of bleaching and antiseptic". National standards According to the "hygienic standards for the use of food additives", the maximum use of carmine in preserves is 0.05g/kg, and the content of carmine in American Chelsea produced by Chaoda is 0.17g/kg. The maximum use of amaranthine in preserves is 0.05g/kg, and the maximum use of bright blue is 0.0255g/kg, and the content of amaranthine in blackcurrant produced by Chaoda is 0.145g/kg, and the content of amaranthine in blackcurrant produced by Chaoda is 0.145g/kg, and the content of amaranthine in blackcurrant is 0.145g/kg. 0.145g/kg, bright blue content of 0.0855g/kg. Sodium metabisulfite, a white powdery substance, has a good anticorrosive and antioxidant effect, in accordance with the national standards, the production of preserves can *** add sodium metabisulfite as a bleaching agent, the provisions of the maximum amount of use in terms of sulfur dioxide residue, control in 0.05g/kg, but the violation of the factory is in accordance with the geographic area to add. Officials AQSIQ demands severe punishment of illegal manufacturers China's AQSIQ held a video scheduling meeting on April 25, 2012, for China's Zhejiang, Shandong, Shanghai and other places in the production process of some of the candied fruit manufacturers in the production process of illegal production behavior, specifically to listen to the above areas of the quality supervision department of some of the candied fruit manufacturers illegal production of the problem of the initial The AQSIQ also requested the local quality supervision departments to further investigate and rectify the problems of the enterprises and the problems in the supervisory work. AQSIQ also asked the local quality supervision departments to go deep into the candied fruit production and processing enterprises on site, the problems found, to be dealt with seriously. Candied fruit production and processing of concentrated areas, to carry out regional special rectification, the implementation of outstanding problems in the region of the listed rectification. Criminal behavior in the field of food production should be cracked down on according to the law, and will not be lenient. Health TV comprehensive report Note: Candied fruit, canned fruit and other processed products are often used by some people as a substitute for fruit, in fact, this idea is not right, especially the candied fruit with its sweet taste is loved by many children, but here to remind you that the candied fruit in the production process, the fruit contains vitamin C is basically completely destroyed, and the processing of the sugar used in the purity of up to 99.9 percent of the sugar, so the pure sugar in the sugar. Above, so pure sugar in addition to a large number of calories, almost no other nutrients, and consume a lot of sugar, but also lead to vitamin B and the lack of certain trace elements. Some candied fruit products also contain a large number of preservatives and additives, long-term consumption of potential harm to the body. Therefore, in our daily life must not take the candied fruit instead of fruit.