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Orange jelly candy

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Orange jelly candy
Sticks of orange jelly candy still wrapped
TypeConfectionery
Place of originChina
Orange jelly candy
Traditional Chinese鮮橙花軟糖
Simplified Chinese鲜橙花软糖
Literal meaningfresh orange flower soft candy
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinxian1 cheng2 hua1 ruan3 tang2
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingsin1 caang2 faa1 jyun5 tong2

Orange jelly candy are finger-sized sticks of soft jelly candy that are sold in food specialty stores in Hong Kong.[1] A great deal of candy available in Hong Kong is imported from Europe, mainland China, United States and other regions around the world. Orange jelly candy is one of the few that have historically been manufactured locally in Hong Kong.[2]

History

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The 1980s version of the candy came with a thin, transparent, edible wrapper. The candy is made at Smith's confectionery factory (史蜜夫糖果廠) at Kwun Tong.[3] The jelly sticks are very soft and sweet, and they do not have a strong orange flavor despite the name.

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In the early 1990s, the company produced a hard candy named Orange Arm-Cicle (a play on the words icicle and arm because of its pointed shape and use of locomotion, much like a spinning or rotating lollipop). The actual candy, like the jelly candy, does not taste like orange; it does, however, come in a variety of flavors, often changing color during certain Public holidays in Hong Kong.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "全盒裏的「史蜜夫」(Chinese)". news.mingpao.com. Ming Pao. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  2. ^ "情尋史蜜夫 (Chinese)". hk.apple.nextmedia.com. Apple Daily. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  3. ^ Orange Jelly candy wrapper label 2007.