There is no uniform standard, but in the industry are common in the following kinds.

1. According to the snack temperature classification, can be divided into room temperature snacks, cold snacks and hot snacks.

2. According to the use of pastry classification, can be divided into retail snacks, banquet snacks, cocktail party snacks, buffet snacks and tea.

3. According to the kitchen division of labor classification, can be divided into bread, pastry, frozen products, chocolate, refined snacks and craft modeling category. This classification is generalized, basically contains all the contents of the production of pastry.

4. According to the product processing technology and the nature of the blank classification, can be divided into cake, mixed pastry class, crisp class, bread class, bubble class, cookie class, frozen sweets class, chocolate class.

Two, the origin of pastry:

Europe is the main birthplace of pastry. Pastry production in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Austria, Russia and other countries have a long history.

According to historical records, the earliest bread and cake making has been started in ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. According to statistics, there were as many as 16 varieties of bread and cakes in this ancient empire.

The earliest cake now known to have been made in Britain was a fruit cake known as simnel. It is said to have originated in ancient Greece, and the 12 almond balls adorning its surface represent the gods of Roman mythology, and it is still used in some parts of Europe today to celebrate Easter.

It is said that ancient Greece was on the first use of sweeteners in food is honey, honey cake was once popular in Europe, especially in the honey-producing regions. Ancient Greeks used flour, oil and honey to make a kind of panna cotta, and a tower filled with grapes and almonds, perhaps the earliest food tower.

The ancient Romans made the first cheesecakes. To this day, the best cheesecakes still come from Italy.