For today's children, eating sugar is no longer a rare thing. The supermarket is full of all kinds of sweets and flavors. But in my childhood seventy generations, candy was a luxury for children, usually only available during the New Year's holidays or when someone got married. I remember that when I finished eating candy, I would carefully clean up the sugar paper, carefully treasure it, and take it out to see it in a few days, as if I could still taste the fun of eating sugar.
Whenever I think of the taste of childhood, the deepest thing is not the memory of the taste buds, but the lingering and aftertaste of childhood time. Always stay in the softest part of our memory, and the candy that we never forget is the sweetest and warmest part.
Qingdao Candy Cold Food Factory, in the period of booming operation that year, the production of Fo Tao brand sorghum dumplings, prawn crisps and other candies are the national silver medal ministry excellent products, in the domestic and foreign confectionery market enjoys a high reputation, is the mainstream of the Qingdao candy market in the last century.
Public-private partnership Qingdao Candy Cold Food Factory "Buddha Peach Brand" assorted bag of sugar
After the liberation of Qingdao, in 1956, 10 candy workshops, such as Renju, Greater China, New China, Zizhong, Xinxin, and Sanlicheng, formed a candy factory; a cold food factory was formed by 12 businesses that produced cold food, such as Huida, Longyuan, Xinghua and Xinyuan, and the two factories were merged into Qingdao Candy Cold Food Factory in 1960.
Public-private partnership Qingdao candy cold food factory "Buddha peach brand" sorghum dumplings
By 1986, through state investment, continuous facility expansion, equipment update, and technological transformation, confectionery and cold food processing has basically achieved mechanized operation. The annual processing capacity of candy is 2000 tons, and the variety of colors reaches 115. The best-selling ones are all kinds of chocolate candy, all kinds of cream toffy, all kinds of jam gummies, and all kinds of flavored hard candies. Emerald dumplings, mung bean dumplings, pearl food and other series of products represented by the Buddha Peach brand sorghum gummies, which have won the title of high-quality brand-name products of the Ministry of Commerce, have been known as Qingdao specialties in China for many years.
State-owned Qingdao Candy Cold Food Factory
"Buddha Peach Brand" Qingdao Sorghum Dumpling (boxed)
Qingdao Haibin Fo Tao Industrial Co., Ltd. "Fo Tao Brand" sorghum dumplings
When I was a child, my favorites were sorghum dumplings and prawn puff pastry.
Sweet sorghum dumplings, soft to eat, peel off the sugar paper, a thin layer of glutinous rice paper wrapped in the outside of the sugar... Sweeter prawn crisp, bite off the dregs, eat to the throat. The skin is crisp, the heart is soft and sticky, and the taste is salty and sweet. The sorghum dumplings and prawn crisp candy that have made countless old Qingdao hearts have accompanied too many people throughout their childhood.
Prawn puff pastry, like sorghum dumplings, is a delicacy of old Qingdao's childhood. There is actually no sorghum in the ingredient list of sorghum, and it is made from raw materials such as corn starch. Sorghum caramel is just a traditional name for caramel, which does not mean that there is a sorghum ingredient in it, which is the same as the fact that there is no prawn in Qingdao prawn crisp. According to the manufacturer, sorghum caramel does not necessarily contain sorghum starch, and this caramel is named sorghum because its color is similar to the red color of the sorghum spike.
Similarly, although it is called prawn crisp, there is no prawn in it. Shrimp puff pastry is referred to as shortbread, its appearance is section by section, and it is red, like a cooked prawn, so it is called shrimp crisp. Chewed in the mouth full of crisp, both salty and sweet, the two flavors are very rich when mixed, and it is not greasy to eat at all.
Qingdao candy cold food factory peanut crisp heart sugar
Don't look at the prawn puff pastry, its appearance is simple and unpretentious, the name even sounds a little rustic, but its fragrant crisp heart is very unusual, mostly made of sesame seeds, peanuts, puff pastry and so on. Finely made prawn crisp, fine and tight layers, non-sticky teeth and no greasy mouth, melting in the mouth without leaving residue, with the indescribable crisp pine sweet between the teeth thickly dissolved, the feeling of happiness and sweetness and satisfaction is so crispy soaked in the tip of your tongue and heart, and constantly deepening and refining...
Qingdao Candy Cold Food Factory· Buddha peach brand "shrimp crisp candy."
In 1981, the "Buddha Peach" brand sorghum dumplings produced by Qingdao Candy Cold Food Factory won the system quality products of the Ministry of Commerce.
In 1984, the "Buddha Peach" brand sorghum and prawn crisp sugar produced by Qingdao Candy Cold Food Factory won the Shandong Provincial Quality Product Award.
Won the 1984 National Silver Award for "Buddha Peach Brand" sorghum dumplings
Sorghum dumplings, which are the favorite candies of countless old Qingdao, are the delicacies of childhood memories. It eats elastic, non-sticky teeth, chewy, when I was a child, I would be happy to eat a piece of sorghum, I was reluctant to swallow it for half a day, take my finger out and pull it out, I can pull it very long...
Won the National Quality Award for "Buddha Peach Food Garden" shrimp crisp candy
In 1991, the then Qingdao Food Processing Factory was merged into the Qingdao Candy Cold Food Factory to establish the Qingdao Candy Cold Food General Factory.
In 1999, Qingdao Candy Cold Food General Factory was reorganized and officially became a joint-stock enterprise, renamed Qingdao Haibin Fotao Industrial Co., Ltd.
The following carefully collected and sorted out a group of sugar paper from Qingdao Candy Cold Food Factory of different eras, let us recall those unforgettable and delicious times of childhood again....
Old sugar paper of the last century, the sweetest memory
For people in the 1960s and 1970s, the thin sugar paper has a lingering fragrance, and inches between them, it buries a sweet memory in their hearts and an unforgettable experience of a specific historical period.
Milk fat gum
Lemon protein sugar
Mandarin duck milk candy
Egg sweet candy
Multi-type fruit sugar
Hawthorn fudge
Juice fillings
Sweet potato dumplings
Egg flavor
Fruit gum
Fruity fruit candy
Lemon flavored sugar
Grass plum gum
Raw pear gum
Assorted fruity sugar
Pineapple roll sugar
Orange roll sugar
Bayberry roll sugar
Banana roll sugar
In the late 1990s, traditional products such as "Buddha Peach" brand sorghum dumplings and prawn crisp candy were gradually squeezed out of the market by foreign candies, and the Qingdao Candy Cold Food General Factory, which had undergone several restructurings, was also restructured into Qingdao Seaside Fo Tao Industrial Co., Ltd. in 1999.
After the wheels of history have been run over, what remains intact is always some "old taste" that touches the feelings. The delicious candies of the former Qingdao Candy Cold Food Factory are like this, representing the past and entangled.
Unforgettable sorghum dumplings, prawn puff pastry, all kinds of fruity sweets... Unforgettable once upon a time, when I was a child, it was the best candy, and when I grew up, it still brought us countless sweet memories!
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