Many people love sweets very much, but how did it come about? source: Willem Wever
Fruit
People are age-old snackers. Candy is sweet and almost everyone likes that sweet taste. Yet candy has not always existed. For example, in prehistoric times there were no licorice. That's why the first people on earth snacked on fruit. For example, think of sweet berries. People soon discovered that you could also make things sweeter with honey. Then they learned how to make sugar from sugar cane. This created more and more opportunities to eat sweet things!
English liquorice
Is the first real candy. Only from the sixteenth century onwards were real sweets made from sugar in Europe. This candy was mainly for the rich and was called 'confectionery'. Later, sugar was extracted from beets, but this was quite expensive. Sugar became cheaper when the special sugar beet was created. Then huge sugar factories were built, and therefore also huge candy factories. There was plenty of sugar and sweets, and therefore from that moment on almost everyone could afford sweets. Tasty, but there are also disadvantages...
Unhealthy
We are all eating and drinking more and more. Not just candy. Our body does not need that much food at all and turns it into fat. More and more people are becoming overweight. Maybe that's why it's a good idea to snack on fruit, just like in prehistoric times! That is not only sweet, but also much healthier!
Mr Candy for everyone
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