name: Marzipan

flavor_db_name_variants: marzipan

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Marzipan

id: 644

name_scientific: null

description: Marzipan is a confection consisting primarily of sugar or honey and almond meal, sometimes augmented with almond oil or extract. It is often made into sweets; common uses are marzipan-filled chocolate and small marzipan imitations of fruits and vegetables. It is also rolled into thin sheets and glazed for icing cakes, primarily birthday and wedding cakes and Christmas cakes. This use is particularly common in England, on large fruitcakes. Marzipan may also be used as a cake ingredient, as in stollen. In some countries, it is shaped into small figures of animals as a traditional treat for New Year's Day. Marzipan is also used in Tortell, and in some versions of king cake eaten during the Carnival season. Traditional Swedish Princess Cake is typically covered with a layer of marzipan that has been tinted pale green.

itis_id: null

wikipedia_id: Marzipan

picture_file_name: 663.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 43863

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:41:43.000Z

legacy_id: null

food_group: Confectioneries

food_subgroup: Other confectioneries

food_type: Type 2

created_at: 2011-12-02T23:44:14.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:29.000Z

creator_id: 2

updater_id: 2

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: null

export_to_foodb: false

public_id: FOOD00644