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confectionery  

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  • Confectionery is the generic term for all foods composed mainly of sugar. While its history is connected closely to the process of industrialization and nineteenth-century changes in taste, the history of sugar and sweetness began much earlier. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumer Culture; Confectionery]

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