Candy & confectionary

Candy & confectionary

A set of food items that are usually rich in sugar and calories but low in micronutrients. As well as candy (USA), they are also called sweets (UK) and lollies (Australia).

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couverture chocolate or coating chocolate

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

Couverture (COO-ver-tyoor, French for covering or coating, from couvrir, “to cover”) chocolate is professional-quality coating chocolate made with better beans, ground to a finer ...

criollo

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

Criollo is a flavor cacao, and one of the three primary varietals of cacao bean and the finest of the beans in terms of the flavor and aroma of the processed cacao. Criollo means ...

cru

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

Cru is a word borrowed from the wine world, meaning terroir or the physical environment in which the plant is grown. In the cacao world it is used to indicate single varietals ...

crumb or chocolate milk crumb

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

Crumb is the mixture of milk, sugar, and chocolate liquor created in the manufacture of milk chocolate. It is a liquid mixture, not a dry crumb as the name might indicate.

crushing

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

After roasting, the beans are crushed into small particles. It is at this stage that blending occurs (except for single origin chocolate): the chocolatier blends cacao of ...

Le Whif

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

A revolutionary new way of eating chocolate - by breathing it! Imagine, chocolate without the calories. With Le Whif, we inhale food, like chocolate, into your mouths and taste ...

The Hershey Company

Candy & confectionary; Chocolate

One of the oldest and largest chocolate companies in North America. It was founded by Milton S. Hershey in 1894 and it's headquarters are located in Hershey, Pennsylvania. In ...