Bergamot Candies

With Reggio Calabria Bergamot aroma - gluten-free

The scent of green gold in your pocket, to take everywhere

Patea's Bergamot Candies

Classic hard candies, flavored with Reggio Calabria Bergamot. Just three ingredients—sugar, glucose syrup, and flavoring—for a sweet that does exactly what it promises: it slowly releases the citrusy, floral scent of bergamot in your mouth, with that hint of bitterness that sets it apart from any lemon or orange candy. They're the simplest and most portable way to introduce Calabria's iconic fruit to those who've never tasted it, and a great gift idea that pairs beautifully with other products in the line.
 
 
 

The roots of this candy are sunk in a glass made of sugar

A hard candy is, technically speaking, glass. The sugar syrup is heated to extremely high temperatures, around 150 degrees Celsius, until almost all the water has evaporated; as it cools rapidly, the molecules don't have time to rearrange themselves into crystals and remain stuck in a disordered structure—exactly what happens to real glass. This is why a candy is transparent, hard, and fragile; it breaks into shards when chewed and melts slowly instead of crumbling. The glucose syrup in the recipe serves precisely this purpose: it prevents the sugar from recrystallizing and keeps the candy clear and smooth over time. It's an ancient technique, born in spice shops and pharmacies, where cooked sugar was the way to administer herbs and flavorings: from there come all the balsamic and citrus-flavored candies we still find in our pockets today.
 
 
 

Some information before tasting them

They're sugary sweets, so they're an occasional treat, not a food: 395 kcal per 100 g, with almost all of them carbohydrates. They contain no fat or salt. As with all hard candies, it's best to let them melt slowly rather than chew them, both to enjoy the flavor and to avoid damaging your teeth. They're not suitable for very young children, for whom hard candies pose a choking hazard.
 
 
 

How to Best Use: Bergamot Candies

• AFTER COFFEE, INSTEAD OF SWEET: a sweet closes the meal with the same function as a citrus fruit, cleansing the palate - perfect after a cup of coffee 100% Arabica Coffee Capsules or a bitter.
• TO FLAVOUR TEA AND INFUSIONS: a candy dissolved in a cup of Organic Gunpowder Green Tea hot sweetens and perfumes it at the same time, with a result similar to an Earl Grey but more lively.
• AS A THOUGHT AND IN THE GIFT BASKET: they are the light element that completes a package dedicated to bergamot, together with the 100% organic Bergamot juice, Bergamiel and Bergamot Liqueur: a short tasting tour of the same fruit in four different forms.

The Producer: Patea Farm

The Patea Farm is based in Brancaleone, on the hundred kilometers of Ionian coast where the Reggio Calabria bergamot grows. It has been processing this fruit for three generations, following the entire supply chain, from selecting the fresh fruit to extracting the essential oils and making derivatives. The candies are part of a line designed to showcase bergamot in a wide variety of forms, even the simplest ones.
 
 
 

Ingredients

Sugar, glucose syrup, Reggio Calabria bergamot flavoring. Gluten-free.
 
 
 

Nutritional Values ​​(average values ​​per 100g of product)

• Energy: 1680 kJ / 395 kcal
• Fat: 0 g
• of which saturated: 0 g
• Carbohydrates: 99 g
• of which sugars: 67 g
• Protein: 0 g
• Salt: 0 g

Food container

Store in a cool, dry place, away from light and heat, with the package tightly closed. Humidity is the main enemy of hard candies: by absorbing water from the air, they tend to stick together and lose their smooth surface. If the package is left open for a long time, it's best to transfer them to an airtight glass jar.
 
 
 

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