Candied fruit, is a fruit and vegetables as the main raw materials, add (or not add) food additives and other auxiliary materials, by sugar or honey or salt pickling (or not pickled) and other products made of technology. Including candied fruit, cold fruit, fruit preserves, words of class, fruit cake and fruit Dan class.

Candied fruit, also known as fruit preserves, ancient name honey fried. Chinese folk molasses system fruit food. Circulated in various places, a long history. Peach, apricot, plum, jujube or winter melon, ginger and other fruits and vegetables as raw materials, sugar or honey pickled and processed food. In addition to being eaten directly as a snack or snack, candied fruit can also be used as a garnish on cakes, cookies and other confections.

During the Tang Dynasty, fruits brought to the court were preserved in honey. By the Song Dynasty, the production of fine, diverse varieties, from the honey impregnation developed into both dry cane sugar two categories. After the selection of fruit, washing, soaking, boiling and other processes made, color and taste are excellent.

History of the development of preserves:

Preserves is a traditional food with national characteristics, so far has a history of more than 2000 years. East Han people Zhao Hua compiled "Wu Yue Spring and Autumn Annals" book has "the Yue to sweet honey pills (wood party) to report to Wu to increase the gift of sealing." This is the earliest record of preserves in China. This is China's earlier written records about candied fruit.

In the Tang and Song dynasties, due to the development of agricultural production, especially fruit and beekeeping, the development of sugar industry, so that the processing of candied fruit has been a great development, the formation of the "frying, brewing, aeration, grits," and so on - a whole set of processing technology, which makes the candied fruit products and varieties of food has increased greatly, and has become a kind of independent in the forest of the food of the "honey fried" food.

The "honey fried" refers to the people will be fresh fruit in the honey decoction concentrated to remove a large amount of water in the fruit, enhance the flavor, in order to facilitate the long storage and get its name.

To the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the processing of candied fruit in both processing technology and color varieties have further development, the processing technology is increasingly perfect, tend to be mature, not only in the country, but also enjoy a good reputation in the world. In the 1915 Panama World's Fair, China's production of candied fruit has won the gold medal, won a high evaluation.

This time the level of processing technology can be said to have risen to the highest point in ancient times, its name was changed to "candied fruit". After the establishment of new China, the development of candied fruit industry was exceptionally rapid, and some factories with large scale and production capacity were formed, and the production capacity was greatly increased, which made the candied fruit industry enter a prosperous period.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Preserves