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Sweeteners · Ingredients

Sugar

糖

Táng

A sweetening ingredient.

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

A sweetener sold in several forms; granulated sugar consists of small crystals.

In the kitchen

Forms the coating on tanghulu.

Sugar syrup and cooled sugar coating are preparation stages.

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