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