are cut and dried Candy Colors Many candies are intensely colored to strike the eye as strongly as the taste buds The pigments in such candies are generally synthesized from petroleum by-products, and are much more intense and stable than natural colorings Iridescent effects are produced with a combination of thin plates of mica (potassium aluminum silicate) and either titanium dioxide or ferric oxide (mineral pigments) Acids Many candies include an acid ingredient to balance the overwhelming sweetness Jelly beans, for example, have a tart surface These flavoring acids are added after the syrup has cooled down, so as to avoid excessive inversion of the sucrose into glucose and fructose Different acids are said to have different taste profiles Citric and tartaric acids give a rapid impression of acidity, while malic, lactic, and fumaric acids are slower to register on the tongue Kinds of Candies It’s convenient to divide sugar confections into three groups: noncrystalline candies, crystalline candies, and candies whose texture is modified with gums, gels, and pastes In practice these groups overlap: there are crystalline and noncrystalline versions of caramels, hard candies, nougat, sugar work, and so on Here are brief descriptions of the principal candies made today Noncrystalline Candies: Hard Candies, Brittles, Caramel and Taffy, Sugar Work Hard Candies Hard candies are the simplest noncrystalline candies; they include hard drops, clear mints, butterscotch, bonbons, ...acidity, while malic, lactic, and fumaric acids are slower to register on the tongue Kinds of Candies It’s convenient to divide sugar confections into three groups: noncrystalline candies, crystalline candies, and candies whose texture... is modified with gums, gels, and pastes In practice these groups overlap: there are crystalline and noncrystalline versions of caramels, hard candies, nougat, sugar work, and so on Here are brief descriptions of the. .. Here are brief descriptions of the principal candies made today Noncrystalline Candies: Hard Candies, Brittles, Caramel and Taffy, Sugar Work Hard Candies Hard candies are the simplest noncrystalline candies; they include hard