What's the difference between single crystal rock candy and polycrystalline rock candy?

Polycrystalline rock candy, also known as big rock candy and axial ice, is naturally crystallized through traditional techniques, commonly known as natural rock candy. Single crystal rock sugar is crystallized by modern machine on the basis of traditional technology, forming countless particles with the same shape, commonly known as single crystal rock sugar. ?

Single crystal, polycrystalline and rock sugar are all made of sugar, and their nutritional values are the same. Because the crystallization process is different, the purity of single crystal rock sugar is higher. Old rock candy is made by traditional technology and has curative effect according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine. Single crystal rock sugar produced by modern technology has no curative effect as mentioned by Chinese medicine.

Old rock candy, also known as earth rock candy, yellow rock candy, lump rock candy, polycrystalline rock candy and so on. It is made by dissolving white sugar in water, removing impurities, clearing juice, evaporating, concentrating, adding a proper amount of crystallizing agent, and then gradually cooling and crystallizing. After crushing and drying, it is the main finished product, and its production cycle is about 7 days.

The preparation method of single crystal rock candy is that white sugar is heated and dissolved in proper amount of water, filtered, added into a crystallization tank to supersaturate the sugar solution, added with seed crystals for crystal cultivation, taken out after the crystal grains grow, honey removed, centrifugally dried, ventilated and dried, screened and packaged in grades.

In traditional Chinese medicine, rock sugar has the functions of moistening lung and relieving cough, resolving phlegm and removing fire. Generally, high-grade tonics and health products need to add rock sugar. It can be said that rock sugar is a good nourishing health care product. Rock sugar not only has medicinal effects, but also is essential in the compatibility of stews. For example, stewed Sydney with rock sugar has the functions of moistening lung, relieving cough and protecting throat, as well as rock sugar bird's nest and so on.