Candy - candy

Japanese: あめ(飴) - あめ
Candy - candy
A sweet substance made by breaking down and saccharifying starch with enzymes or acids, its main components being maltose, glucose, and maltotriose. However, nowadays, candies made with sugar and sweet sugar are often called ame. In China, the detailed manufacturing process was already described in the 6th century Qimin Yaoshu, and the first appearance of the word tagane in Japanese literature was in the Jinmu Chronicle. In ancient times, the characters 餳 and 糖 were also used, and the Engishiki records that sugar was paid as tribute from various provinces, that there was a "sugar" store in the west market of Heian-kyo and that 3 to 7 sho of sugar were made from 1 koku of glutinous rice and 2 to of moko wheat (wheat sprouts).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
デンプンを酵素または酸で分解糖化してつくる甘味物質で,麦芽糖,ブドウ糖,マルトトリオースなどを主成分とする。しかし,現在では砂糖を用いたキャンデー類や有平糖(あるへいとう)のようなものも,あめと呼ぶことが多い。中国では6世紀の《斉民要術》にすでにくわしい製法の記載があり,日本の文献では《神武紀》に飴(たがね)とあるのを初見とする。古くは餳,糖などの字も用いられ,《延喜式》には諸国から貢納されていたこと,平安京の西市に〈糖〉があって市販されていたこと,また,もち米1石,萌小麦(コムギのもやし)2斗を原料として糖3斗7升をつくったことなどが書かれている。

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