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Coconut Sugar

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Coconut Sugar is a natural sugar produced

from the sap of cut flower buds of coconuts.

Coconut sugar has been used as a traditionalsweetener for thousands of years in South

East Asian regions where the coconut tree is

in abundant supply. Coconut sugar is

different from palm sugar. Palm sugar comesfrom Palmyra tree and coconut sugar comes

from coconut palm.

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Coconut sugar has high mineral

content, a rich source

of potassium, magnesium, zinc and iron.In addition it also contains Vitamin

B1, B2, B3and B6! When compared to

brown sugar, Coconut Sugar has twice

the iron, four times the magnesium and

over 10 times the amount of zinc.

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MANUFACTURE

Coconut sugar comes in crystal or granule

form, block or liquid. It is essentially a two-step

process.It starts with harvesting or "tapping" the

blossoms of a coconut tree.Farmers make a cut on

thespadix and the sap starts to flow from the

cut.

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The sap is then collected in bamboo containers.

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The sap collected is then transferred into large

woks and placed over moderate heat to evaporatethe moisture content of the sap. The sap is

translucent and is about 80% water.

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 As the water evaporates, it starts to transform

into a thick syrup-like substance known as a

"toddy".

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From this form, it is further reduced to crystal,

block or soft paste form, or it remains in this

form.

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FLAVOUR

Coconut sugar is subtly sweet almostlike brown sugar but with a slight

hint of caramel. However, since

coconut sugar is not highly

processed, the color, sweetness and

flavor can vary depending on the

coconut species used, season when it

was harvested, where it washarvested and/or the way the "sap"

or "toddy" was reduced.

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