The Grocer’s Encyclopedia

Artemas Ward’s Encyclopedia of Foods and Beverages — New York, 1911

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BARLEY HONEY

is a Japanese product made from barley starch, generally in combination with rice flour.

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2026 Editor's Note: This is mizuame, Japan's ancient starch syrup — literally "water candy" — made by breaking down grain starch into sugar, a technique predating the arrival of cane sugar in Japan. It is still made, still used to glaze and sweeten, and is the traditional base of the pulled-candy confections sold at Japanese festivals. (Ed: BR 2026-06-04)

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