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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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