Seasoning, coloring, and preservation.
According to the official website of Meishijie, brown sugar is added to Yunnan pickled chive flowers to increase enzymes and make the color more beautiful. It also neutralizes the salty taste, increases the texture and also acts as a preservative.
Chive flowers, also known as chive flowers, are white flower clusters that grow on the white leaves of chives in autumn. Chive flowers are also called chive flowers for short.