Cuberdon

A Cuberdon is a cone-shaped Belgian candy, which is often referred to as " Neuzeke " ( nose ) because of some similarity with a nose in Flanders. In Belgium, French is the candy is also known as " chapeau de curé ".

Usually cuberdons have a reddish- purple color and a width of about 2.5 cm; the weight is 10-18 g The matte velvety surface of cuberdons is hard, the content - sticky jelly-like.

Production

During the production of sugar mass is stirred in large boilers and flavors as well as gum arabic added as a thickener. Add cornstarch, the negative form of the cone shape is pressed with a primitive form in the molten mass is then filled. After solidification of the " Neuzekes " be separated from cornstarch. The classic flavor is raspberry, cuberdons but are offered in more than 30 other flavors.

Economic Importance

Cuberdons were recognized by the Vlaams Centrum voor Agro -en Visserijmarketing as a regional agricultural product. Due to the limited shelf life of about three weeks cuberdons are not exported and are virtually only available in Belgium. To celebrate the Belgian EU Presidency, the European Union cuberdons were distributed to the population, on 18 September 2010 in the capital cities.