On Food and Cooking

Here     are     examples    of  sweets  that    are

characteristic  of  some    nations and regions.

India

Reduced-milk    sweets, deep-fried

batters in  syrup,  halvah  (pastes of

sugar,  wheat,  or  chickpea    flour,  fruits,

vegetables)

Middle

East

Halvah  (pastes of  sugar   syrup   and

semolina,   sesame),    pastries    in  syrup

(baklava),  marzipan

Greece Spoon    fruits, pastries    in  syrup

France Caramel, nougat, dragées

England,    United  States Novelty  candies

Scandinavia Licorice

Mexico Dulce    de  leche   (reduced    milk),

penuche (brown-sugar    fudge)

Japan Agar  jelly   candies,    bean-paste  candies,

sweet-rice  mochi,  tea ceremony    sweets

Fructose Fructose, also called levulose, has
exactly the same chemical formula as glucose,