Haw flakes
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| Haw flakes | |
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| Confectionery | |
 A roll of haw flakes and a haw flake | |
| Alternative name(s): | |
| Saan Zaa Beng | |
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| China | |
| Main ingredient(s): | |
| Chinese hawthorn fruit, sugar | |
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| Simplified Chinese | 山楂饼 | ||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 山楂餅 | ||||||||||||||
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Haw flakes are Chinese sweets made from the fruit of the Chinese hawthorn. The dark pink candy is usually formed into discs one millimeter thick. Some Chinese people take the flakes with bitter Chinese herbal medicine.[1] Also known as "Saan Zaa Beng" (山楂餅） in many Cantonese speaking areas around the world.
Variety
The new Haw Flakes packaging
Gourmet haw flakes are also available at specialty Chinese markets. Gourmet haw flakes tend to be larger than the Shandong haw flakes (gourmet haw flakes are about 35–40 mm in diameter whereas the Shandong haw flakes are about 25 mm in diameter.)
Regulation
Haw flakes have been seized on several occasions by the United States Food and Drug Administration for containing Ponceau 4R (E124, Acid Red 18), an unapproved artificial coloring.[2][3]
See also
References
- ↑ RTHK.org. "RTHK.org." Bitter but healing. Retrieved on 2009-05-31.
- ↑ "Enforcement Report for August 29, 2001". FDA Enforcement Report. United States Food and Drug Administration. Archived from the original on 2007-06-13. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
- ↑ "Enforcement Report for August 16, 2000". FDA Enforcement Report. United States Food and Drug Administration. Archived from the original on 2007-06-11. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
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