Mizuame is a traditional form of Japanese candy made using rice. The name translates to water candy. Other names for it include millet jelly. The name is sometimes written as mizu-ame. Mizuame’s origin goes back to the Heian era (794-1185). It was used to make amezaiku candy that was used …
Barley malt syrup comes from malted barley. Another name for malted barley is sprouted barley. Barley is an ancient grain that humans have consumed for thousands of years. Archaeologists believe that barley was one of the first grains that humans domesticated. The process of mating barley has been around for …
Rice syrup is made using cooked rice. The production method uses enzymes that turn the rice’s starches into sugars California Natural Products, a company from Northern California, claims to have invented rice syrup and rice syrup solids in the early 1980s. In the past, you could only find rice syrup …
Golden syrup is similar to light molasses in that it is made from boiling sugar cane juice. It is what is left after crystallized sugar has been removed. The syrup is refined by filtering it through charcoal. Golden syrup is thick and amber-colored with a strong resemblance to honey. In …
Vanilla sugar is a combination of vanilla beans and sugar. When the two are combined, the sugar is infused with the flavor of the vanilla beans. Some versions of vanilla sugar are made by combining sugar with vanilla extract instead of the beans. Vanilla sugar has long been used as …
Simple syrup is nothing more than a tool for adding sugar to cocktails as efficiently as possible. Sugar has been an essential ingredient in cocktails from the very start. Simple syrup consists of refined white sugar and water. The two ingredients are typically added in a 1:1 ratio, but a …
Yacon syrup comes from the yacon plant, which is a member of the Asteraceae family. It is a relative of the carrot and the sunflower. Yacon comes from the Andes, most likely the eastern part of Bolivia and the southern part of Peru. You can still find it growing wild …
Agave nectar is sometimes called agave syrup and comes from the agave plant, which has been a staple used by the people of Central America for millennia. While agave nectar has become a popular sweetener in the US and elsewhere in recent years, both it and the succulent plant from …