candy

Also known as bonbon, 🍬, sweetie

Candy, also commonly called sweets, is a confection that features sugar as a principal ingredient. The category, also called sugar confectionery, encompasses any sweet confection, including chocolate, chewing gum, and sugar candy. Vegetables, fruit, or nuts which have been glazed and coated with sugar are said to be candied.

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Candy is a sweet confection made primarily from sugar, encompassing a wide range of products including chocolate, chewing gum, and sugar candies, as well as fruits, nuts, and vegetables coated with sugar. This category of treats matters as a significant part of global food culture and consumer habits, representing both a major food industry and a common source of enjoyment across many societies.

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Key facts

Food.name: Candy
Food.image: Candy in Damascus.jpg
Food.image_size: 250px
Food.caption: Candy at a bazaar in Damascus, Syria
Food.alternate_name: Sweets/sweeties, lollies
Food.type: Sugar confectionery
Food.main_ingredient: Sugar or honey

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Nutrition · Open Food Facts

Typical values per 100 g · averaged across 4,705 products

eNutri-Score

4NOVA · Ultra-processed food

Energy: 354 kcal
Fat: 3.3 g
— of which saturates: 2.1 g
Carbohydrates: 81.2 g
— of which sugars: 56.6 g
Fibre: 1.6 g
Protein: 2.3 g
Salt: 0.43 g

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Research

9,216 papers

Hyperactivity: is candy causal?ReviewCritical reviews in food science and nutrition · 1996Krummel DA, Seligson FH, Guthrie HADOI: 10.1080/10408399609527717
Endoscopic management of candy cane syndrome: A sweet and attractive solution?Gastrointestinal endoscopy · 2022Jaruvongvanich V, Law RDOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2022.02.032
Candy cigarettes.The New England journal of medicine · 1980Blum ADOI: 10.1056/nejm198004243021724
Sour candy.Journal - Oklahoma Dental Association · 2008
Effect of Casein Phosphopeptide-Amorphous Calcium Phosphate Added to Milk, Chewing Gum, and Candy on Dental Caries: A Systematic Review.Caries research · 2023Giacaman RA, Maturana CA, Molina J et al.DOI: 10.1159/000530638
Influence of candy particle size on oral behaviour.Physiology & behavior · 2020Rosenthal AJ, Philippe ODOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2020.113089
Lead Concentrations in Mexican Candy: A Follow-Up Report.Annals of global health · 2020Tamayo-Ortiz M, Sanders AP, Rosa MJ et al.DOI: 10.5334/aogh.2754
From the children's perspective: What are candy, snacks, and meals?Appetite · 2017Adams EL, Savage JSDOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2017.04.034

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Wikidata facts

Image: Candy in Damascus.jpg

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Unicode character: 🍬
Commons category: Candy
Commons gallery: Candy
P8168: Griffith
NCI Thesaurus ID: C180340
hashtag: candy

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Article

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Contents

History
Industrial Revolution
Classification
Production
Packaging
Purposes of packaging
History
Marketing and design
Shelf life
Nutrition
Meal replacements
Vegetarianism
Health effects
Cavities
Glycemic index
Contamination
Choking deaths
Sales
Cultural significance
Holidays
Association with Halloween
See also
Notes
References
External links

Physically, candy is characterized by the use of a significant amount of sugar or sugar substitutes. Unlike a cake or loaf of bread that would be shared among many people, candies are usually made in smaller pieces. However, the definition of candy also depends upon how people treat the food. Unlike sweet pastries served for a dessert course at the end of a meal, candies are normally eaten casually, often with the fingers, as a snack between meals. Each culture has its own ideas of what constitutes candy rather than dessert. The same food may be a candy in one culture and a dessert in another.