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of taste quality. Anthropologists have explained that many cultures have linked sweet foods with celebration and generosity. Even before large scale sugar production, sweet ingredients like honey, dates and fruit syrups were reserved for communal feasting. These foods were difficult to have at the time and because of this their rarity made sweetness fall into a luxury category. Over time, as sugar become available through global trade, sweet foods have shifted from privileges to everyday samples and this has caused changes in diets and many traditions.

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