Pâtes de what? Questioning faces is what we often get when talking about these sweet delicacies. Pâtes de fruits are a traditional French confectionery made of a set fruit paste. You can recognize them easily by their typical fruit shape: apricot, strawberry, pear, orange and many more. Since 1982, Confidas produces authentic pâtes de fruits, ensuring a minimum fruit content of 50%.
10th century delicacy
Pâtes de fruits are an ancient old confectionary product. The origin of which is believed to go back to the 10th century. Originally pâtes de fruits were described as confitures sèches. Locals took to candying fruit, mainly apricot, picked from the area’s lush orchards, to preserve for the winter months. It didn’t take long before the delicacy was noticed and the demand hit full pelt.
Naturally delicious
They are composed of fruit pulp, pectin extracted from apples or lemons and sugar. At Confidas, we always stayed true to the definition of a genuine pâte de fruits by ensuring a minimum fruit content of 50%. Aside from that there is no gelatin added. So these sweet delights are 100% vegetarian. They are lactose & gluten free and don’t contain preservatives, artificial colours nor artificial flavours. Pure fruit is what you taste.
Recent trends in pâtes de fruits
People love to taste several flavours. Compare it with going to an Italian restaurant, you always doubt between two kinds of pizza. At Confidas we created pâtes de fruits made out of two flavours. A second trend are seasonal flavours such as citrus, tropical, orchard and forest fruits. We also added them to our assortment. Thirdly pâtes the fruits are, I call it an energy crush for athletes. During exercise lasting more than 60 minutes, athletes are in need for extra carbohydrates. Pâtes the fruits energy bars are a natural and vegan alternative as they consists out of two third of glucose and one third of fructose. On top of that they are very tasty and easy to digest.
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