Marzipan is a confection that consists of sugar or honey and almond meal. Marzipan is distinguished by its strong almond-like aroma and it is often used for chocolate fillings, cakes icing, as a cake ingredient, or it can be shaped into small figures. Marzipan is produced from clean almonds that are immersed in water at a temperature just below the boiling point for about five minutes. When the almond’s skin loosens it is removed and naked almonds are then cooled and ground with up to 35% sugar into almond flour. The flour is roasted and cooled, and sometimes mixed with binding agents such as starch syrup or sorbitol.