by Alfonso Lázaro / on June 12, 2018 / in Preserved fruit features
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These 6 curiosities about candied fruits have surprised us, and they will also call you attention. Some of them, like the calorie count for glace cherries, may evenserve you as a sales argument. Candied cherries are not as loaded with kilocalories asit may seem and even have a healthy substance that resists processing …
More curiosities: the green candied fruitsgarnishing the Roscón de Reyes (the famous Spanish Christmas cake)are not made with green plums… And it was Churchill who prevented the production of candied cherries in French Provence from disappearing after World War II, because – guess what! – he loved fruitcakes. 🙂
In this post, you will find some anecdotes and historicalfacts about candied fruits thatyou probably didn’t know… Keep on reading!
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✅Acandied cherry has only 15 calories
Candied cherries do not have so many calories as it might seem. 100 grams provide 291 calories, but who on eartheats 100 grams of candiedcherriesat one sitting…? If we count the calories by unit, a candied cherry has only 15 calories, so… Why should you remove the glace cherry from the co*cktail you take from time to time or from the cake you occasionally indulge with…?
✅ The green candied fruits topping the Spanish ‘roscón de Reyes’ are not green plums…
If you have ever wondered which fresh fruit gives rise to the green candied fruittopping the Spanish typical Christmas typical‘roscón de Reyes’, you might be surprised to find out that it is made of pumpkin or melon. Both fruits are candied and dyed with natural dyes (from spinach, sodium chlorifillin and copper) or other artificial dyes.
✅ Candied cherries “on board” of co*cktails crossed the Atlantic from New York
The most famous co*cktails in the world, from Old Fashioned to Manhattan or the old-style Dry Martini, have among their 
ingredients a single glace cherry, as you may know … But what is more unknown is when the co*cktails crossed the Atlantic with their glace cherryinside. The co*cktails could be born as a drink in the early nineteenth century in a bar in the French quarter of New Orleans, or in a hotel in San Francisco during the ‘gold rush’ in the middle of the same century. The origins are uncertain…
What is known is that in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, these “urban” drinks of vibrant colors, made by mixing “expensive” alcoholic drinks, were already served in New York city. The Universal Exhibitions that took place in Paris and New York in the 19th century (with wealthyand sophisticated people crossing the Atlantic) made co*cktails (with their glace cherry included) spread all over the world.
✅Vibrant coloured candied fruitstopping the famousSpansih ‘roscón de Reyes’ has a meaning
These striking candied fruits of the ‘roscón de Reyes’ represent the colours of the gems their Majesties, The Three Wise Men, worn in their tunics (greenfor emeralds,red forrubies …).
✅ Churchill evitó que desapareciera la producción de cerezas confitadas de La Provenza…
Churchill prevented the production of candied cherries from La Provence (France) from dissapearing … In the late nineteenth century, a British merchant named Matthew Wood began importing candied cherries to supply the well off in the United Kingdom. The idyll of the British with candied cherries(akey ingredientof their famous fruitcake) started those days. The business continued to operateuntil the food rationing system was established in Great Britain after the Second World War. Only stapledfood imports were allowed since then…
Thewealthy cherry producers of Apt in France, knowing that Churchill was very “fan” of their product, sent a representative to see him. Theappointed representative explained to the British Prime Minister the situation: the British ban could make cherry production dissapear, as it was alreadyin dire straits. And… if that happened, they would be compelled to cut down all the cherrytrees to grow an alternative crop. He mentioned that Churchill himself was very found of candied cherries in his fruitcake, so in that case he shouldstop having them… It is said that Churchill discreetly gave the necessary indications to allow French cherries to land inthe British ports again…
✅ El proceso de confitadopotenciaría un antioxidante enel que son ricas las cerezas
The process of candied cherries would enhance an antioxidant cherries are rich in… As it is known, the fruit is preserved in brinefor some time beforeglucose is added. It was widely thought that in the processing the healthy properties of fresh cherries were lost. Butthe opposite occurs with an anticarcinogenicsubstance. In a recent report (2017) from the United States National Cherry Growers and Producers Foundation, food and nutrition expert Roberta L. Duyff assures that one of the antioxidant substances contained in the cherry (a flavonoid known as quercetin) could increase its presence in the fruitwhen processed. This couldmake some healthy diet-centered people eat candied cherries withno regret.
We produce and sell whole candied fruits for overwhelming co*cktails and cakes
We are not surprisedby Churchill’s decision about lifting the ban on candied fruits… And we are sure co*cktails would not be the same without a cherry inside. In Lazaya we are the third generation of a family dedicated to the production, wholesale and export of candied fruitsfor all types of sectors, from co*cktails to chocolate industry, bakeries, ice cream makers and restaurants and hotels. The quality of our products is kept under control fromthe cultivation in our own plantations in Aragon. We have a factory in Calatayud, which complies with the highest European safety standards that we accredit withthe main certificates. If you need wholesale quality candied fruitswith a certified origin, do not hesitateto contact us.
