Candies "Mask": composition, properties and customer reviews

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Candies "Mask" are popular desserts that have been familiar to many people since Soviet times. Along with "Fires of Moscow", "Belochka", "Bird's Milk" and "Little Red Riding Hood", these sweets were in great demand. They are loved by many today. The composition of the Mask sweets, the positive and negative properties of the dessert and customer reviews of this delicacy are discussed in the article.

What ingredients are used to make this product?

The product appeared on store shelves back in Soviet times. Today it can be purchased at any supermarket.

Mask sweets contain the following ingredients:

1. Sand sugar.
2. Cocoa powder.
3. Soy lecithin (used as an emulsifier).
4. E 492.
5. Antioxidants.
6. Citric acid.
7. Vegetable oils (cocoa, palm, shea,sunflower, illipe).
8. Vanillin scent flavor
9. Powdered milk.
10. Mix concentrate.
11. Soya flour.
12. Crushed peanuts.
13. Tocopherols.

Dessert is a praline with cocoa powder, vanillin and baked milk. The method of preparing sweets has changed a lot compared to the original Soviet recipe. The composition of the "Mask" ("Red October") sweets should include cashew nuts. Today, however, manufacturers do not use this component at all. They prefer to add a cheaper product - peanuts - to dessert.

Benefits of dessert for the body

The calorie content of “Mask” sweets (one piece) is 70, 2 kcal. Such sweets are high in lipids and fast carbohydrates. Therefore, nutritionists recommend eating no more than 100 grams of this product per day.

Better limit yourself to one candy a day. When used in moderation, these sweets can benefit the body. The positive properties of the dessert include the following:

1. Candy helps to improve the functioning of the heart muscle and brain.
2. They activate the central nervous system.
3. Dessert helps to cope with fatigue, fight stress, it provides the body with energy, stimulates metabolism.

However, it should be remembered that the composition of the Mask sweets includes milk protein. People suffering from intolerance to this ingredient, such a delicacy is contraindicated.

Possible harm from eating dessert

Chocolate is a high energy food.

Excessive consumption of such sweets leads to metabolic disorders, the appearance of caries and a set of excess kilograms. In addition, the composition of the Mask sweets includes components that can adversely affect the functioning of the body (emulsifiers, aromatic additives). Therefore, peanut kernels and cocoa in the form of a drink are much he althier than such a treat.

If you are prone to allergic reactions, pathologies of the gallbladder, liver, intestines and pancreas, it is undesirable to use this product. It is also not recommended during gestation and breastfeeding. Doctors do not advise children under three years of age and patients with diabetes to eat these sweets.

Customer reviews of product quality

Today, the dessert called "Mask" is as popular as ever. It can be purchased at any store. Sweets are sold in packages weighing 250 grams. Reviews about the quality of the famous delicacy are rather contradictory.

Some consumers like the taste of dessert, which evokes childhood associations. Customers often purchase such a product and claim that it is a delicate, tasty dessert that perfectly complements any tea party and festive table.

Other people believe that the composition of "Mask" sweets has changed a lot. Manufacturers use other ingredients to make treats. This fact, according to them,adversely affects the taste of the product. And, after tasting the sweetness familiar from childhood, these people were very disappointed, because they bought something completely different from what they expected.