Richard Hosking: A Dictionary of Japanese Food : Ingredients & Culture. Tuttle Publishing, 14.01.2014, s. 77. ISBN 978-1-4629-0343-6. Cytat: Konpeitō コンペイトー 金平糖 comfit. A sugar candy introduced by the Portuguese in the sixteenth century, one kind of higashi. It is a small toffee sphere (5 mm in diameter) with a pimply surface, made from sugar, water, and flour in a variety of colours. Originally there was a sesame seed in the middle, later a poppy seed, but nowadays no seed at all. The word comfit derives from the Portuguese confeito.. (ang.).
