{"id":20662,"date":"2025-10-01T17:28:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casamira2025.casamira.es\/how-to-know-if-a-nougat-is-quality\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T17:28:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:28:33","slug":"how-to-know-if-a-nougat-is-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casamira.es\/en\/how-to-know-if-a-nougat-is-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"How to know if a nougat is quality"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you are in front of a shelf full of nougat of all kinds, doubts begin to creep in. Obviously, an artisan nougat<\/strong> will always be of a much higher quality than an industrial one, since, in industrial processes, the quality of these ingredients is lower in order to reduce costs. <\/p>\n

In industrial nougats, the aim is to obtain a higher economic yield, therefore, lower quality ingredients are used, less quantity of nuts, glucose syrup instead of sugar and thickeners such as refined flours, to give more consistency. In other varieties of nougat, such as flavored nougat, flavorings, emulsifiers and extra sugar are also added.<\/p>\n

At Casa Mira<\/a> we give you the keys to find out if a nougat is of good quality<\/strong> or not.<\/p>\n

Beware of fake nougat<\/h2>\n

It should be clarified that when we talk about nougat we are talking about the classic versions, that is, hard nougat and soft nougat.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the definition of nougat<\/strong> refers to “a mass obtained by cooking honey and sugar, with or without egg white, with the incorporation and kneading of toasted almonds, peeled or with skin. Honey may be substituted, totally or partially, by sugars in their different kinds and derivatives”.<\/p>\n

So, according to this definition, it is complicated to find out if we are buying a good quality nougat,<\/strong> or if it is a “derivative”, since many of the nougats that are usually sold in supermarkets are not really nougat.<\/p>\n

To find out if a nougat is of good quality<\/strong>, several important factors must be taken into account.<\/p>\n

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Keys to find out if a nougat is of good quality<\/h2>\n

1.- Amount of almonds<\/h3>\n

Only with the above definition of nougat, we can know neither the type nor the amount of almonds that is necessary for a nougat to be considered of quality. That is why in Jijona some minimum measures were stipulated for some of its ingredients. <\/p>\n

According to these percentages we can select the nougat in several categories:<\/strong><\/p>\n