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Candied Citron

Candied citron is citron fruit preserved in sugar syrup and used in fruitcakes, pastries, and confectionery.

Candied Citron — illustrative ingredient image

About Candied Citron

Candied citron is citron fruit, including its thick rind and spongy pith, preserved by repeated cooking or soaking in sugar syrup. It is used in fruitcakes, panettone-style breads, pastries, cookies, confectionery, and traditional holiday desserts.

Its flavour is sweet and fragrant, with a more pithy, bitter-citrus character than ordinary candied orange peel. The pieces are usually translucent and firm-tender, with a dense, chewy texture; preparation may leave strips, chunks, or small dice.

Candied citron is sold as large pieces, strips, or diced fruit, either dry on the surface or surrounded by syrup. Repeated syrup exchange, cutting, and draining affect translucency, firmness, chewiness, and the proportion of rind and pith retained.

Ingredient type
whole food

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English

candied citron

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Candied Citron nutrition & diet

Candied Citron nutritional value

Reference: Candied foods, citron

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
314kcal
Protein
0.2g
Carbs
80.2g
Fat
0.3g

Official national food-composition reference. The displayed food form is part of the estimate; cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Use the candied citron piece with syrup included or drained according to the recipe. Rind thickness, chopping, rinsing, drying, and flavoring affect the edible portion, so references for fresh citron, peel-only preparations, or other candied fruits should not be substituted.

Compare the right form: Match the reference to candied citron rind or pieces in syrup, specifying drained status, chopping, drying, and any added flavorings.

Diet considerations

Citron is a plant-derived citrus fruit, but candying preserves it in sugar syrup and may include color, flavoring, or preservatives. Fruitcake, pastry, and confectionery uses can add butter, eggs, dairy, gelatin, coatings, or cereal ingredients, making recipe and product details decisive.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Canadian Nutrient File, 2015 — 4398 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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