In fact, there is no essential difference between candied fruit and preserved fruit, but the origin, sugar content and production technology are slightly different. Preserved fruit mainly highlights the fruit material, and preserved fruit mainly highlights the syrup material. Beijingers are used to calling fruits without preserved fruits preserved, and those with preserved fruits called preserved fruits.

Preserved fruit: Preserved fruit is a kind of food made from fresh fruit by peeling, coring, boiling in sugar water, soaking, drying, sorting and packaging. Bright and transparent, dry surface, slightly sticky, water content below 20%. Fruit raw materials are dried by heating sugar stains (generally more than 65% sugar solution), and the appearance is crystal clear. Because of the antiseptic effect of sugar solution, preservatives are generally not added, and some low-sugar preserved fruits will be appropriately added with antiseptic products. But because of its heating process, nutrients are lost and a lot of sugar is added! Not suitable for long-term consumption in large quantities.

Candied fruit: Candied fruit is also called preserved fruit, which was called honey frying in ancient times. Fruit food made of molasses by Han people. It is spread all over the country with a long history. A food made from fruits and vegetables such as peach, apricot, plum, jujube, wax gourd and ginger is pickled with sugar or honey. Compared with candied fruit, today's candied fruit not only adds sugar, but also adds many sweeteners, flavors, acids, salts and preservatives to create a beautiful taste. Up to now, it is a hodgepodge of additives! For people who seldom eat processed food, the mixed taste of the words sweet, sour and salty is absolutely unbearable. Because of high salt and additives, the nutritional value is not as good as that of fresh fruit, but the sweet and sour taste of candied fruit can really make people appetite.

Can preserved fruits and preserves replace fruits?

Although preserved fruit and preserved fruit are delicious, they can't replace fruit. Compared with fresh fruits and vegetables, pickled vegetables and fruits have great loss of nutrients, high sugar content, high salt content and additives, so it is better to eat fresh vegetables and fruits directly from the perspective of nutrition and health.