The oldest sugar in China?

in the book of songs of the western Zhou dynasty in China, there is a poem, "Zhou yuan is a beautiful place, and viola and chicory are as sweet as sweets.". It shows that caramel existed as far back as the Western Zhou Dynasty. Maltose is considered to be the earliest sugar made in the world. Maltose belongs to starch sugar, so it can also be said that starch sugar has the longest history.

among all kinds of condiments, the only one with a special domestic monograph is probably sugar. Ji Xianlin, a famous scholar, once wrote a 7,-word History of Sugar, which deeply discussed the origin and development of sugar in China.

The utilization of maltose products can be seen from the Book of Songs about 3, years ago, such as "Zhou Yuan's sweet taste, violets in full bloom". In the Book of Books, which was written about the Warring States Period, there is another saying that "plowing is sweet", which can be interpreted as that people at that time had already understood the method of making sugar from starch. From the data at that time, we can also know that people from all walks of life loved sugar at that time. "Making fun of grandchildren" was Ma Huanghou's ideal life in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was simple and practical, right?

At least in the period of Jia Sixie, the preparation method of maltose has been very mature, and it is not very different from now, and its composition may be similar.