Word: dried fruit

Pinyin: guǒfǔ

English: [preserved fruit; candied fruit]

Interpretation: the collective name for foods made from peaches, apricots, pears, jujubes, and other fruits, with sugar or honey

Legend has it that the earliest was exclusively produced by the Imperial House of Cuisine of the Ming Dynasty, and then spread to the Folk, has a history of more than 300 years. Originally processed with honey, now use sugar instead of honey, but customarily still called candied fruit preserves. It was awarded a prize at the Panama International Exposition in 1913.

Beijing preserved fruit and candied fruit of many varieties, the distinction between preserved fruit and candied fruit, in accordance with the custom in Beijing, the moisture content of the low and not with juice called preserved fruit. For example: dried apples, dried pears, dried apricots, dried peaches, dried fruits, dried fruit, dried begonias, dried jujubes (also known as golden jujubes), dried plums, dried red fruits and so on. Because the above dried fruit is the raw material after processing, sugar boiling, and then dry and become, its color has brown, golden yellow or amber, bright and transparent, the surface is dry, slightly viscous, water content of 20% or less. This fruit products, also known as "northern fruit preserves" or "northern honey", is the northern form of preserved fruit means. And winter melon strips, sugar water chestnuts, sugar lotus root slices, sugar ginger slices and other surface hanging a layer of powdery white sugar coating known as sugar-coated preserved fruits, also known as "southern preserved fruits" or "southern honey", from Fujian, Guangdong, Shanghai and other southern preserved fruits and candied fruits mean, its texture is crisp, sugar content. Candied fruit is cooked by honey or sugar without drying process of fruit products, the surface of the wet and soft, moisture content of more than 30%, generally impregnated in sugar juice, such as candied begonias, candied hawthorn, etc., but in recent years, this product is only some of the front store after the factory of the self-service store production, because it is not easy to store and transport.

Nutrition of preserved fruitsPreserved fruits and candied fruits contain up to 35% or more sugar, and the content of converted sugar can account for about 10% of the total sugar, from the nutritional point of view, it is easy to be absorbed and utilized. In addition, it also contains fruit acids, minerals and vitamin C. Thus, it can be seen that dried fruit preserves are food with high nutritional value.