Wafers

The waffle is simple enough to perform a treat that can be a great dessert and a final sweet chord in a festive dinner or family gatherings. The name waffles comes from the German word waffel or Danish wafel. This is what the new dessert made from batter, German culinary experts, who own the idea of ​ ​ making waffles, began to be called.

The first waffles began to bake back in the Middle Ages. Then waffles were considered just a kind of cookie. The main difference between the new delicacy was the method of manufacture, a kind of impression or pattern on the product and the composition of the waffles. In order to knead the right dough for waffles, you need to mix flour, cream or water, eggs and sugar. The result is a simple batter.

Waffle composition

The composition of waffles is not replete with preservatives, food additives or flavor enhancers. Therefore, talking about the benefits or harms of waffles would not be entirely correct. Waffles themselves are absolutely harmless, which cannot be said about fillings that can contain the entire Mendeleev table in their composition. The calorie content of waffles also depends only on the filling of the product. Agree, such a simple composition of ingredients in the dessert recipe simply cannot correspond to the declared by the manufacturers and a sufficiently high calorie content of waffles.

The average calorie content of the product reaches 342 Kcal per 100 grams. Nowadays, waffles with fillings are the most popular. Stuffless waffles are commonly used as a supplement to ice cream or forest berries. Waffles are taken as the basis for many confectionery products. Waffle cakes are used for making cakes, waffle tubes, cones and cups are used for ice cream or cakes.

Types of waffles

There are enough types of waffles that differ from each other, as a rule, in fillings. Perhaps the following most popular and common types of waffles can be distinguished:



without filling is a product that is waffle crisp sheets served as a supplement to desserts with ice cream, cream, fruit or berries;

with fillings - distinguish between waffles with fatty, fondant or fruit-berry fillings;



Specific types of waffles include soft, dietary (on fructose) and vitamin waffles. Waffles, like confectionery, are incredibly popular and in demand in our country. Many parents calmly allow children to consume a sweet treat, absolutely without thinking about the dangers of waffles for human health.

Harm to waffles

The most common type of waffles with fatty fillings is inexpensive and replete with a variety of tastes. However, for all the visible benefits and benefits of waffles, let's take a closer look at the composition of the product. The main harm of waffles lies in the use by manufacturers of various stabilizers and flavor enhancers, as well as indispensable preservatives and chemical food additives.

All this chemistry can hardly bring the benefits that the advertising slogans of manufacturers promise. Waffle with chemically formed fruit filling cannot really give the necessary minerals and vitamins to the human body. Moreover, frequent consumption of waffles by obese people should be avoided. Often, the waffle filling is made with the addition of heavy confectionery fats and sugar.