[1] Most hard candy is nearly 100% sugar by weight, with a tiny amount of other ingredients for color or flavor, and negligible water content in the final product.

After the boiled syrup cools, it is called hard candy, since it becomes stiff and brittle as it approaches room temperature.

The extended flavor release of lozenge-type candy, which mirrors the properties of modern cough drops, had long been appreciated.

[4] They are also carried by people with hypoglycemia to quickly raise their low blood sugar level which, when untreated, can sometimes lead to fainting and other physical complications, and are used as part of diabetic management.

Common legends about the yōkai Kuchisake-onna say that she can be escaped by distracting her with bekkō ame.