Author: R. Lees
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 146841495X
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
The authors had five objectives in preparing this book: (i) to bring together relevant information on many raw materials used in the manufacture of sweets and chocolate; (ii) to describe the principles involved and to relate them to production with maximum economy but maintaining high quality; (iii) to describe both traditional and modern production processes, in par ticular those continuous methods which are finding increasing application; (iv) to give basic recipes and methods, set out in a form for easy reference, for producing a large variety of sweets, and capable of easy modification to suit the raw materials and plant available; (v) to explain the elementary calculations most likely to be required. The various check lists and charts, showing the more likely faults and how to eliminate them, reflect the fact that art still plays no small part in this industry. To help users all over the world, whatever units they employ, most for mulations are given in parts by weight, but tables of conversion factors are provided at the end of the book. There also will be found a collection of other general reference data in tabular form; while the Glossary explains a number of technical terms, many of them peculiar to the industry.
Confectionery Science and Technology
Author: Richard W. Hartel
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319617427
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
This book examines both the primary ingredients and the processing technology for making candies. In the first section, the chemistry, structure, and physical properties of the primary ingredients are described, as are the characteristics of commercial ingredients. The second section explores the processing steps for each of the major sugar confectionery groups, while the third section covers chocolate and coatings. The manner in which ingredients function together to provide the desired texture and sensory properties of the product is analyzed, and chemical reactions and physical changes that occur during processing are examined. Trouble shooting and common problems are also discussed in each section. Designed as a complete reference and guide, Confectionery Science and Technology provides personnel in industry with solutions to the problems concerning the manufacture of high-quality confectionery products.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319617427
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
This book examines both the primary ingredients and the processing technology for making candies. In the first section, the chemistry, structure, and physical properties of the primary ingredients are described, as are the characteristics of commercial ingredients. The second section explores the processing steps for each of the major sugar confectionery groups, while the third section covers chocolate and coatings. The manner in which ingredients function together to provide the desired texture and sensory properties of the product is analyzed, and chemical reactions and physical changes that occur during processing are examined. Trouble shooting and common problems are also discussed in each section. Designed as a complete reference and guide, Confectionery Science and Technology provides personnel in industry with solutions to the problems concerning the manufacture of high-quality confectionery products.
Science and Technology of Enrobed and Filled Chocolate, Confectionery and Bakery Products
Author: Geoff Talbot
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1845696433
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Enrobed and filled confectionery and bakery products, such as praline-style chocolates, confectionery bars and chocolate-coated biscuits and ice-creams, are popular with consumers. The coating and filling can negatively affect product quality and shelf-life, but with the correct product design and manufacturing technology, the characteristics of the end-product can be much improved. This book provides a comprehensive overview of quality issues affecting enrobed and filled products and strategies to enhance product quality.Part one reviews the formulation of coatings and fillings, with chapters on key topics such as chocolate manufacture, confectionery fats, compound coatings and fat and sugar-based fillings. Product design issues, such as oil, moisture and ethanol migration and chocolate and filling rheology are the focus of Part two. Shelf-life prediction and testing are also discussed. Part three then covers the latest ingredient preparation and manufacturing technology for optimum product quality. Chapters examine tempering, enrobing, chocolate panning, production of chocolate shells and deposition technology.With its experienced team of authors, Science and technology of enrobed and filled chocolate, confectionery and bakery products is an essential purchase for professionals in the chocolate, confectionery and bakery industries. - Provides a comprehensive review of quality issues affecting enrobed and filled products - Reviews the formulation of coatings and fillings, addressing confectionery fats, compound coatings and sugar based fillings - Focuses on product design issues such as oil, moisture and chocolate filling rheology
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1845696433
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Enrobed and filled confectionery and bakery products, such as praline-style chocolates, confectionery bars and chocolate-coated biscuits and ice-creams, are popular with consumers. The coating and filling can negatively affect product quality and shelf-life, but with the correct product design and manufacturing technology, the characteristics of the end-product can be much improved. This book provides a comprehensive overview of quality issues affecting enrobed and filled products and strategies to enhance product quality.Part one reviews the formulation of coatings and fillings, with chapters on key topics such as chocolate manufacture, confectionery fats, compound coatings and fat and sugar-based fillings. Product design issues, such as oil, moisture and ethanol migration and chocolate and filling rheology are the focus of Part two. Shelf-life prediction and testing are also discussed. Part three then covers the latest ingredient preparation and manufacturing technology for optimum product quality. Chapters examine tempering, enrobing, chocolate panning, production of chocolate shells and deposition technology.With its experienced team of authors, Science and technology of enrobed and filled chocolate, confectionery and bakery products is an essential purchase for professionals in the chocolate, confectionery and bakery industries. - Provides a comprehensive review of quality issues affecting enrobed and filled products - Reviews the formulation of coatings and fillings, addressing confectionery fats, compound coatings and sugar based fillings - Focuses on product design issues such as oil, moisture and chocolate filling rheology
Beckett's Industrial Chocolate Manufacture and Use
Author: Steve T. Beckett
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118780140
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
Since the publication of the first edition of Industrial Chocolate Manufacture and Use in 1988, it has become the leading technical book for the industry. From the beginning it was recognised that the complexity of the chocolate industry means that no single person can be an expert in every aspect of it. For example, the academic view of a process such as crystallisation can be very different from that of a tempering machine operator, so some topics have more than one chapter to take this into account. It is also known that the biggest selling chocolate, in say the USA, tastes very different from that in the UK, so the authors in the book were chosen from a wide variety of countries making the book truly international. Each new edition is a mixture of updates, rewrites and new topics. In this book the new subjects include artisan or craft scale production, compound chocolates and sensory. This book is an essential purchase for all those involved in the manufacture, use and sale of chocolate containing products, especially for confectionery and chocolate scientists, engineers and technologists working both in industry and academia. The new edition also boasts two new co-editors, Mark Fowler and Greg Ziegler, both of whom have contributed chapters to previous editions of the book. Mark Fowler has had a long career at Nestle UK, working in Cocoa and Chocolate research and development – he is retiring in 2013. Greg Ziegler is a professor in the food science department at Penn State University in the USA.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118780140
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
Since the publication of the first edition of Industrial Chocolate Manufacture and Use in 1988, it has become the leading technical book for the industry. From the beginning it was recognised that the complexity of the chocolate industry means that no single person can be an expert in every aspect of it. For example, the academic view of a process such as crystallisation can be very different from that of a tempering machine operator, so some topics have more than one chapter to take this into account. It is also known that the biggest selling chocolate, in say the USA, tastes very different from that in the UK, so the authors in the book were chosen from a wide variety of countries making the book truly international. Each new edition is a mixture of updates, rewrites and new topics. In this book the new subjects include artisan or craft scale production, compound chocolates and sensory. This book is an essential purchase for all those involved in the manufacture, use and sale of chocolate containing products, especially for confectionery and chocolate scientists, engineers and technologists working both in industry and academia. The new edition also boasts two new co-editors, Mark Fowler and Greg Ziegler, both of whom have contributed chapters to previous editions of the book. Mark Fowler has had a long career at Nestle UK, working in Cocoa and Chocolate research and development – he is retiring in 2013. Greg Ziegler is a professor in the food science department at Penn State University in the USA.
Fats in Food Technology
Author: Kanes K. Rajah
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118788761
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Fats are present in some form in the vast majority of processed foods we consume, as well as in many ‘natural’ products. Changes in consumer behaviour, centered around an increased emphasis on healthy food consumption, mean that it is more important than ever for food scientists to understand the properties, roles and behaviours that fats play in food and in diets. Fats in Food Technology, Second Edition is an in-depth examination of the roles and behaviours of fats in food technology and the benefits that they impart to consumers. It considers both fats that are naturally present in foods (such as milk fat in cheese) and fats that have been added to improve physical, chemical and organoleptic properties (like cocoa butter in chocolate). Newly revised and updated, the book contains useful information on the market issues that have driven change and the disciplines that have helped to regulate the trade and use of fats and oils in food technology. Drawing on the recent literature as well as the personal R&D experiences of the authors, the book highlights those areas where potential efficiencies in processing and economy in the cost of raw materials can be made. Issues concerning health, diet and lifestyle are covered in dedicated chapters. This book will be useful to anyone in industry and research establishments who has an interest in the technology of fat-containing food products, including scientists in the dairy, spreads, bakery, confectionery and wider food industries, as well those involved in the production of edible oils.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118788761
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Fats are present in some form in the vast majority of processed foods we consume, as well as in many ‘natural’ products. Changes in consumer behaviour, centered around an increased emphasis on healthy food consumption, mean that it is more important than ever for food scientists to understand the properties, roles and behaviours that fats play in food and in diets. Fats in Food Technology, Second Edition is an in-depth examination of the roles and behaviours of fats in food technology and the benefits that they impart to consumers. It considers both fats that are naturally present in foods (such as milk fat in cheese) and fats that have been added to improve physical, chemical and organoleptic properties (like cocoa butter in chocolate). Newly revised and updated, the book contains useful information on the market issues that have driven change and the disciplines that have helped to regulate the trade and use of fats and oils in food technology. Drawing on the recent literature as well as the personal R&D experiences of the authors, the book highlights those areas where potential efficiencies in processing and economy in the cost of raw materials can be made. Issues concerning health, diet and lifestyle are covered in dedicated chapters. This book will be useful to anyone in industry and research establishments who has an interest in the technology of fat-containing food products, including scientists in the dairy, spreads, bakery, confectionery and wider food industries, as well those involved in the production of edible oils.
Chocolate, Cocoa and Confectionery: Science and Technology
Author: Bernard Minifie
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401179247
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 899
Book Description
The second edition of this book achieved worldwide recognition within the chocolate and confectionery industry. I was pressed to prepare the third edition to include modern developments in machinery, production, and packaging. This has been a formidable task and has taken longer than anticipated. Students still require, in one book, descriptions of the fundamental principles of the industry as well as an insight into modern methods. Therefore, parts of the previous edition describing basic technology have been retained, with minor alterations where necessary. With over fifty years' experience in the industry and the past eighteen years working as an author, lecturer, and consultant, I have collected a great deal of useful information. Visits to trade exhibitions and to manufacturers of raw materials and machinery in many parts of the world have been very valuable. Much research and reading have been necessary to prepare for teaching and lecturing at various colleges, seminars, and manufacturing establishments. The third edition is still mainly concerned with science, technology, and production. It is not a book of formulations, which are readily available elsewhere. Formulations without knowledge of principles lead to many errors, and recipes are given only where examples are necessary. _ Analytical methods are described only when they are not available in textbooks, of which there are many on standard methods of food analysis. Acknowledgments I am still indebted to many of the persons mentioned under "Acknowledgments" in the second edition. I am especially grateful to the following.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401179247
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 899
Book Description
The second edition of this book achieved worldwide recognition within the chocolate and confectionery industry. I was pressed to prepare the third edition to include modern developments in machinery, production, and packaging. This has been a formidable task and has taken longer than anticipated. Students still require, in one book, descriptions of the fundamental principles of the industry as well as an insight into modern methods. Therefore, parts of the previous edition describing basic technology have been retained, with minor alterations where necessary. With over fifty years' experience in the industry and the past eighteen years working as an author, lecturer, and consultant, I have collected a great deal of useful information. Visits to trade exhibitions and to manufacturers of raw materials and machinery in many parts of the world have been very valuable. Much research and reading have been necessary to prepare for teaching and lecturing at various colleges, seminars, and manufacturing establishments. The third edition is still mainly concerned with science, technology, and production. It is not a book of formulations, which are readily available elsewhere. Formulations without knowledge of principles lead to many errors, and recipes are given only where examples are necessary. _ Analytical methods are described only when they are not available in textbooks, of which there are many on standard methods of food analysis. Acknowledgments I am still indebted to many of the persons mentioned under "Acknowledgments" in the second edition. I am especially grateful to the following.
The Science of Sugar Confectionery
Author: William P Edwards
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
ISBN: 1782626093
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Confectionery is a topic close to many people's hearts and its manufacture involves some interesting science. The confectionery industry is divided into three classes: chocolate, flour and sugar confectionery. It is the background science of this latter category that is covered in The Science of Sugar Confectionery. The manufacture of confectionery is not a science based industry, as these products have traditionally been created by skilled confectioners working empirically. In fact, scientific understanding of the production process has only been acquired retroactively. Historically however, sugar confectionery has had technological synergies with the pharmaceutical industry, such as making sugar tablets and applying panned sugar coatings. This book gives an introduction to the subject, with some basic definitions and commonly used ingredients and then moves on to discuss the chemistry of various types of sugar confectionery. These include "sugar glasses" (boiled sweets), "grained sugar products" (fondants), toffees and fudges, "hydrocolloids" (gums, pastilles and jellies) and concludes with a chapter dedicated to sugar-free confectionery.
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
ISBN: 1782626093
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Confectionery is a topic close to many people's hearts and its manufacture involves some interesting science. The confectionery industry is divided into three classes: chocolate, flour and sugar confectionery. It is the background science of this latter category that is covered in The Science of Sugar Confectionery. The manufacture of confectionery is not a science based industry, as these products have traditionally been created by skilled confectioners working empirically. In fact, scientific understanding of the production process has only been acquired retroactively. Historically however, sugar confectionery has had technological synergies with the pharmaceutical industry, such as making sugar tablets and applying panned sugar coatings. This book gives an introduction to the subject, with some basic definitions and commonly used ingredients and then moves on to discuss the chemistry of various types of sugar confectionery. These include "sugar glasses" (boiled sweets), "grained sugar products" (fondants), toffees and fudges, "hydrocolloids" (gums, pastilles and jellies) and concludes with a chapter dedicated to sugar-free confectionery.
Confectionery Products Handbook (Chocolate, Toffees, Chewing Gum & Sugar Free Confectionery)
Author: NPCS Board
Publisher: ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS PRESS Inc.
ISBN: 8178331535
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 647
Book Description
Confectionery manufacture has been dominated by large-scale industrial processing for several decades. Confectionery implies the food items that are rich in sugar and often referred to as a confection and refers to the art of creating sugar based dessert forms, or subtleties (subtlety or sotelty), often with pastillage. The simplest and earliest confection used by man was honey, dating back over 3000 years ago. Traditional confectionery goes back to ancient times, and continued to be eaten through the Middle Ages into the modern era. Sugar confectionery has developed around the properties of one ingredient – Sucrose. It is a non- reducing disaccharide. The principal ingredient in all confectionery is sucrose, which in its refined form has little flavour apart from its inherent sweetness. This handbook contains Packaging in the confectionery industry, Structure of sugar confectionery, Flavouring of confectionery, Confectionery plant, Ingredients, Quality control and chemical analysis, Medicated confectionery and chewing Gum, Chocolate flow properties, General technical aspects of industrial sugar confectionery manufacture, Manufacture of liquorice paste, Extrusion cooking technology, Manufacture of invert sugar, Marzipan and crystallized confectionery. The manufacture of confectionery is not a science based industry, as these products have traditionally been created by skilled confectioners working empirically. The aim of this handbook is to give the reader a perspective on several processes and techniques which are generally followed in the confectionery industry. The texture and technological properties of confectionery products are to a large extent controlled by its structure. The book is aimed for food engineers, scientists, technologists in research and industry, as well as for new entrepreneurs and those who are engaged in this industry. TAGS How to Start Manufacturing Project of Chocolate, Chewing Gum manufacturing, Sugar Free Confectionery manufacturing, Liquorice Paste manufacturing, Cream Paste manufacturing, Aerated Confectionery manufacturing, Invert Sugar manufacturing, Jam manufacturing, Jelly manufacturing, Marmalade manufacturing, Toffee and Caramel Industry, Confectionery Products Business, Agro Based Small Scale Industries Projects, Bakery and confectionery Products, bakery and confectionery projects, bakery and confectionery projects, bakery plant project, bakery project plan, bakery project pdf, biscuit manufacturing project, bread manufacturing project, candy manufacturing process pdf, candy production process, chocolate manufacturing project pdf, confectionery and bakery Based Small Scale Industries Projects, confectionery and bakery Processing Based Profitable Projects, confectionery and bakery Processing Industry in India, confectionery and bakery Processing Projects, confectionery project pdf, Detailed Project on bakery and confectionery, Download free project profiles on confectionery, Download free project profiles on bakery, Feasibility on Bakery and Confectionery, Food Processing & Agro Based Profitable Projects, Food Processing Industry in India, Food Processing Projects, Free Project Profiles on confectionery and bakery manufacturing, How to start a confectionery and bakery Production Business, How to Start a Food Production Business, How to Start confectionery and bakery Processing Industry in India, How to Start Food Processing Industry in India, Indian bakery recipes pdf, Industrial Market Techno Economic on Bakery and Confectionery , List of Confectionery Products, Bakery Products, list of Indian bakery products, Market Survey cum Techno-Economic feasibility study on bakery and confectionery, Most Profitable confectionery and bakery Processing Business Ideas, Most Profitable Food Processing Business Ideas, new small scale ideas in confectionery and bakery processing industry, Pre-Investment Feasibility Study on bakery and confectionery, project profiles on confectionery and bakery, Project on Bakery and Confectionery Products, project on bakery manufacturing unit, project on chocolate industry, project on confectionery and bakery processing industries, project on confectionery industry, project on Confectionery manufacturing unit, rusk manufacturing project, Small Scale confectionery and bakery Processing Projects, Small Scale Food Processing Projects, Starting a confectionery and bakery Processing Business, Starting a Food or Beverage Processing Business, sugar candy manufacturing process, toffee and candy manufacturing plant project, toffee manufacturing project
Publisher: ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS PRESS Inc.
ISBN: 8178331535
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 647
Book Description
Confectionery manufacture has been dominated by large-scale industrial processing for several decades. Confectionery implies the food items that are rich in sugar and often referred to as a confection and refers to the art of creating sugar based dessert forms, or subtleties (subtlety or sotelty), often with pastillage. The simplest and earliest confection used by man was honey, dating back over 3000 years ago. Traditional confectionery goes back to ancient times, and continued to be eaten through the Middle Ages into the modern era. Sugar confectionery has developed around the properties of one ingredient – Sucrose. It is a non- reducing disaccharide. The principal ingredient in all confectionery is sucrose, which in its refined form has little flavour apart from its inherent sweetness. This handbook contains Packaging in the confectionery industry, Structure of sugar confectionery, Flavouring of confectionery, Confectionery plant, Ingredients, Quality control and chemical analysis, Medicated confectionery and chewing Gum, Chocolate flow properties, General technical aspects of industrial sugar confectionery manufacture, Manufacture of liquorice paste, Extrusion cooking technology, Manufacture of invert sugar, Marzipan and crystallized confectionery. The manufacture of confectionery is not a science based industry, as these products have traditionally been created by skilled confectioners working empirically. The aim of this handbook is to give the reader a perspective on several processes and techniques which are generally followed in the confectionery industry. The texture and technological properties of confectionery products are to a large extent controlled by its structure. The book is aimed for food engineers, scientists, technologists in research and industry, as well as for new entrepreneurs and those who are engaged in this industry. TAGS How to Start Manufacturing Project of Chocolate, Chewing Gum manufacturing, Sugar Free Confectionery manufacturing, Liquorice Paste manufacturing, Cream Paste manufacturing, Aerated Confectionery manufacturing, Invert Sugar manufacturing, Jam manufacturing, Jelly manufacturing, Marmalade manufacturing, Toffee and Caramel Industry, Confectionery Products Business, Agro Based Small Scale Industries Projects, Bakery and confectionery Products, bakery and confectionery projects, bakery and confectionery projects, bakery plant project, bakery project plan, bakery project pdf, biscuit manufacturing project, bread manufacturing project, candy manufacturing process pdf, candy production process, chocolate manufacturing project pdf, confectionery and bakery Based Small Scale Industries Projects, confectionery and bakery Processing Based Profitable Projects, confectionery and bakery Processing Industry in India, confectionery and bakery Processing Projects, confectionery project pdf, Detailed Project on bakery and confectionery, Download free project profiles on confectionery, Download free project profiles on bakery, Feasibility on Bakery and Confectionery, Food Processing & Agro Based Profitable Projects, Food Processing Industry in India, Food Processing Projects, Free Project Profiles on confectionery and bakery manufacturing, How to start a confectionery and bakery Production Business, How to Start a Food Production Business, How to Start confectionery and bakery Processing Industry in India, How to Start Food Processing Industry in India, Indian bakery recipes pdf, Industrial Market Techno Economic on Bakery and Confectionery , List of Confectionery Products, Bakery Products, list of Indian bakery products, Market Survey cum Techno-Economic feasibility study on bakery and confectionery, Most Profitable confectionery and bakery Processing Business Ideas, Most Profitable Food Processing Business Ideas, new small scale ideas in confectionery and bakery processing industry, Pre-Investment Feasibility Study on bakery and confectionery, project profiles on confectionery and bakery, Project on Bakery and Confectionery Products, project on bakery manufacturing unit, project on chocolate industry, project on confectionery and bakery processing industries, project on confectionery industry, project on Confectionery manufacturing unit, rusk manufacturing project, Small Scale confectionery and bakery Processing Projects, Small Scale Food Processing Projects, Starting a confectionery and bakery Processing Business, Starting a Food or Beverage Processing Business, sugar candy manufacturing process, toffee and candy manufacturing plant project, toffee manufacturing project
Refined Tastes
Author: Wendy A. Woloson
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
ISBN: 0801877180
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
A look at sugar in 19th-century American culture and how it rose in popularity to gain its place in the nation’s diet today. American consumers today regard sugar as a mundane and sometimes even troublesome substance linked to hyperactivity in children and other health concerns. Yet two hundred years ago American consumers treasured sugar as a rare commodity and consumed it only in small amounts. In Refined Tastes: Sugar, Confectionery, and Consumers in Nineteenth-Century America, Wendy A. Woloson demonstrates how the cultural role of sugar changed from being a precious luxury good to a ubiquitous necessity. Sugar became a social marker that established and reinforced class and gender differences. During the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Woloson explains, the social elite saw expensive sugar and sweet confections as symbols of their wealth. As refined sugar became more affordable and accessible, new confections—children’s candy, ice cream, and wedding cakes—made their way into American culture, acquiring a broad array of social meanings. Originally signifying male economic prowess, sugar eventually became associated with femininity and women’s consumerism. Woloson’s work offers a vivid account of this social transformation—along with the emergence of consumer culture in America. “Elegantly structured and beautifully written . . . As simply an explanation of how Americans became such avid consumers of sugar, this book is superb and can be recommended highly.” —Ken Albala, Winterthur Portfolio “An enlightening tale about the social identity of sweets, how they contain not just chewy centers but rich meanings about gender, about the natural world, and about consumerism.” —Cindy Ott, Enterprise and Society
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
ISBN: 0801877180
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
A look at sugar in 19th-century American culture and how it rose in popularity to gain its place in the nation’s diet today. American consumers today regard sugar as a mundane and sometimes even troublesome substance linked to hyperactivity in children and other health concerns. Yet two hundred years ago American consumers treasured sugar as a rare commodity and consumed it only in small amounts. In Refined Tastes: Sugar, Confectionery, and Consumers in Nineteenth-Century America, Wendy A. Woloson demonstrates how the cultural role of sugar changed from being a precious luxury good to a ubiquitous necessity. Sugar became a social marker that established and reinforced class and gender differences. During the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Woloson explains, the social elite saw expensive sugar and sweet confections as symbols of their wealth. As refined sugar became more affordable and accessible, new confections—children’s candy, ice cream, and wedding cakes—made their way into American culture, acquiring a broad array of social meanings. Originally signifying male economic prowess, sugar eventually became associated with femininity and women’s consumerism. Woloson’s work offers a vivid account of this social transformation—along with the emergence of consumer culture in America. “Elegantly structured and beautifully written . . . As simply an explanation of how Americans became such avid consumers of sugar, this book is superb and can be recommended highly.” —Ken Albala, Winterthur Portfolio “An enlightening tale about the social identity of sweets, how they contain not just chewy centers but rich meanings about gender, about the natural world, and about consumerism.” —Cindy Ott, Enterprise and Society