Candy Floss And Health & Safety

Candy floss is produced virtually entirely from sugar, with a small amount of food colouring. Like many things, sugar can be bad for your teeth if eaten to excess, but it can be enjoyed in sensible quantities without any risks. A typical serving of candy floss contains around 60 calories, it is entirely fat free and very low in carbohydrates.

From a food safety perspective, it is possibly one of the safest foods around. The raw ingredient of sugar does not lend itself to contamination in the way that uncooked meat or dairy products do, if stored correctly it has a long shelf life, and the process used to make candy floss involves heating the sugar to between 160 and 186 degrees centigrade, more than enough to kill any bacteriological contaminants that may have somehow found their way into the sugar

This does not mean however that we are complacent when it comes to public safety. All of our candy floss systems operate using the HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) system. This is a rigourous system introduced to improve hygiene within the food industry. Any possible contamination that could be introduced into our candy floss is identified and procedures put into place to eliminate the possibility of this occurring. Copies of our HACCP plan are carried on each cart. along with the paperwork that is used to monitor the correct application of these procedures. Additionally the procedures are reviewed every 3 months to ensure that they are applied and operate in the manner intended.