We should never leave the sickness drag us down...
I wanted to have a lovely weekend, I will have one, no matter what... and candies will come and rescue me!
I am a big fan of candies and chocolate, especially since my father run a business of chocolate, candies, biscuits and ice cream during my childhood. I have always been interested in these sweetness but actually I never thought about a crucial question. Who invented the candy? When did the first candy appear? (The answer - or not - in the following part :p)
I checked out several websites, but no precise agreements seem to come up regarding these aforementioned questions... Indeed, I found out that the first candy would have appear a long long long long long long long long long long long time ago, namely the prehistoric age, while the caveman decided to use honey as a the first candy. However in other sources, they claim that candies appears a thousand year B.C. while other argue for the 13th century or even the 17th century, then created for the French Royal Court.
In my opinion, I will rather take position to the fact that nobody agreed yet on the definition of a "candy", namely in french: Bonbon (Good Good). Candies gather a large variety of definition and of products, such as chocolate, chocolate bars, licorice, marshallows, salty/sour candies, gummies...or even nuts (Weird...I know :/ ).
Anyway, the only agreement we can shape here, is that nowadays, there is no specific studies enabling to define and to frame the confectionery market value. For some, the value is by $150 billion while the chocolate industry is over $83 billion and keeps growing. If anyone, has more relevant data regarding this industry, I would appreciate if you forward it to me to update the page.
If you wish to extend your knowledge in candies, the candy industry website is made for you.
Yummmmmy, and watch out the sugar rush!
Ps: Eating candies and chocolate while watching "Charlie and the chocolate factory", is priceless!
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