2. Confectionery families

2.1 Cooked sugars

For many years, baked sugars have been the traditional confectionery product. Their vitreous texture is very hard and brittle, and they disintegrate very slowly in the mouth. The appearance can be transparent or opaque if the cooked sugar is stretched or opacifying ingredients (milk, for example) are added. Translucent fruit-flavored candies and lollipops on sticks account for the bulk of sales. There are also filled variants (incorporating effervescent powder, jam, praline,...