There are many varieties of mooncakes. According to the new mooncakes produced by the combination of Chinese local mooncakes and Chinese and Western food culture, mooncakes are divided into two categories: traditional mooncakes and non-traditional mooncakes.

Traditional mooncakes are mooncakes in the traditional Chinese sense. There are four main categories according to origin, sales volume and characteristics: Cantonese-style mooncakes, Beijing-style mooncakes, Soviet-style mooncakes and Chaozhou-style mooncakes.

Another reporter once combined Chaozhou-style mooncakes and Hong Kong-style mooncakes into Cantonese-style mooncakes, and then came up with another term for the four styles of mooncakes: Cantonese style, Soviet style, Beijing style and Yunnan style.

This simple classification based on region and then dividing east, west, north and south is unscientific. It is reasonable to say that Hong Kong-style mooncakes are similar to Cantonese-style mooncakes, but Chaozhou-style mooncakes are different from Cantonese-style mooncakes in terms of materials, cooking methods, styles and tastes.

Style mooncakes are very different.

Current mooncakes ignore the core characteristics and are divided according to their origin: Beijing-style mooncakes, Shanxi-style mooncakes, Cantonese-style mooncakes, Yunnan-style mooncakes, Chaozhou-style mooncakes, Soviet-style mooncakes, Taiwanese-style mooncakes, Hong Kong-style mooncakes, Anhui-style mooncakes, and Qu-style mooncakes.

, Qin-style mooncakes and even Japanese-style mooncakes; in terms of taste, there are sweet, salty, salty-sweet, spicy; in terms of fillings, there are osmanthus mooncakes, prune mooncakes, five kernels, bean paste, rose, lotus paste,

Rock sugar, ginkgo, meat floss, black sesame, ham moon cake, egg yolk moon cake, etc.; according to the cake skin, there are pulp skin, mixed sugar skin, meringue, cream skin, etc.; in terms of shape, there are glossy and lace.

Cantonese-style mooncakes: thin, soft, sweet, and full of fillings.

Jin-style mooncakes: sweet and mellow.

The form is simple, the taste is mellow, crispy and refreshing, sweet but not greasy.

Chaozhou-style mooncakes: Crispy skin with fine fillings, oily but not fat on the tongue, sweet but not greasy, and soft texture.

Soviet-style mooncakes: crispy, crispy, with overlapping layers of cake, heavy in oil but not greasy, sweet and salty.

Yunnan-style mooncakes: Crispy skin and beautiful fillings, moderately sweet and salty, bright yellow in color, oily but not greasy.

Beijing-style mooncakes: exquisite appearance, thin and soft skin, distinct layers, and attractive flavor.

Hui-style mooncakes: small and exquisite, as white as jade, with crispy skin and full filling.

Qu-style mooncakes: crispy and delicious, sesame-based.

Qin-style mooncakes: rock sugar, suet, crispy skin, sweet filling, sweet but not greasy.

Fengzhen mooncakes: sweet in taste, rich in mellow taste, and endless aftertaste.

Bridge-style mooncakes: crispy skin and sweet fillings. They are famous for being produced in Qiaodun Town, Cangnan County. They are an evolved version of Chaozhou-style mooncakes. Non-traditional mooncakes are a new category of mooncakes that are different from traditional mooncakes.

Compared with traditional mooncakes, non-traditional mooncakes have lower fat and sugar content, and focus on the nutrition of mooncake ingredients and the innovation of mooncake production processes.

The emergence of non-traditional mooncakes has subverted people's views on mooncakes.

Non-traditional mooncakes are keen on novelty in appearance, pursuing novelty and uniqueness, and are constantly innovating in taste. Compared with the unchanging taste of traditional mooncakes, non-traditional mooncakes are more fragrant and delicious in taste, and are also more in line with modern people's taste for food and fashion.

The pursuit of progress.

Tired of eating traditional mooncakes, contemporary people, especially young people, have given high praise to the taste and craftsmanship of non-traditional mooncakes.

French mooncake: It is a non-traditional mooncake made by combining Chinese mooncake culture and French pastry craftsmanship. It has various flavors such as cheese, chocolate hazelnut, strawberry, blueberry, cranberry, cherry, etc. It has a mellow and delicious taste, soft and delicate taste, and has a unique taste.

Similar to French pastries such as petit fours.

Snow skin mooncakes: The characteristic is that the crust does not need to be baked and can be eaten after freezing.

It mainly has a transparent milky white skin, but also has purple, green, red, yellow and other colors.

The taste is very different and the appearance is very harmonious and interesting.

Ice cream mooncakes: completely made of ice cream, just using mooncake molds. August 15th is already the Mid-Autumn Festival but the heat has not completely gone away. It is delicious and refreshing, and it is also a favorite choice of many consumers.

Fruit and vegetable mooncakes: The fillings are mainly fruits and vegetables, with soft fillings and different flavors. The fillings include cantaloupe, pineapple, lychee, strawberry, winter melon, taro, black plum, orange, etc., and are paired with juice or jam, so they are more delicious.

Fresh and sweet flavor.

Seafood mooncakes: These are relatively expensive mooncakes, including abalone, shark's fin, seaweed, stingray sticks, etc. The taste is slightly salty and famous for its sweet aroma.

Cool Mooncake: It is made by blending lily, mung bean and tea into the mooncake filling. It is the latest innovation and has the effect of refreshing and beautifying.

Coconut milk mooncake: The filling is made of freshly squeezed coconut juice, evaporated milk and fruits. It has low sugar and oil content. It has a sweet taste, rich coconut flavor and leaves a fragrant aroma in the mouth.

It has the functions of refreshing, nourishing the stomach and beautifying the skin.

Tea Mooncake: Also known as the New Tea Ceremony Mooncake, it uses new green tea as the main filling and has a light and slightly fragrant taste.

There is a kind of tea paste mooncake, which is made of oolong tea juice mixed with lotus paste, which is more fresh.

Health-care mooncakes: These are functional mooncakes that only appeared a year ago, including ginseng mooncakes, calcium mooncakes, medicated mooncakes, iodine-containing mooncakes, etc.

Pictographic mooncakes: In the past, they were called piglet cakes. They have hard fillings and are mostly eaten by children. They have a vivid appearance and are children’s new favorite.

Golden Cream Mooncake: The crust is full of cream, golden in color and has an excellent taste.

Mini mooncakes: The main shape is small and exquisite, and the production method is exquisite.

Multigrain mooncakes: Made from whole grains, they are delicious, healthy and fashionable.

Mustard mooncake: It is a special food in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, made of mustard, fresh meat, etc.

Rich in carbohydrates, fiber and vitamin E.

Eating whole grain foods is a new trend in health and weight loss.