Processed

Coconut Sugar

Coconut sugar is granulated sugar from coconut palm blossom sap—brown, caramel-mild, and marketed as a less refined baking sugar. Flavour is softer than muscovado. Substitute 1:1 for brown sugar in many recipes with slight moisture differences.

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Quantity

Unit

Kg Liters Whole

Note

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Breeds & varieties

A sample of named types with their own origin and culinary profiles.

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Granulated Coconut Sugar

Organic Coconut Sugar

Characteristics

Preparations

BlockCookedGranulatedPowdered

Provenance

Fair TradeNon-GMOOrganic

Sources

Indoor FarmedOutdoor Farmed

Traits

BrownCaramelGranulatedMildRefinedSweetenerTropical

Nutrition

Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.

Nutrition Facts

Per 100 g edible portion

Calories 400

Amount per 100 g

Total Fat 0.93 g
Saturated Fat 0.5 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.21 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.19 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 19.7 mg
Salt 0.05 g
Total Carbohydrate 91 g
Dietary Fibre 0 g
Total Sugars 81.1 g
Complex / starch 2.13 g
Protein 2.12 g
Water 4.68 g

Detailed nutrients

Energy 400 kcal
Water 4.68 g
Carbohydrates 91 g
- Sugars 81.1 g
  - Monosaccharides 56.8 g
  - Disaccharides 24.4 g
- Starch 2.13 g
  - Amylose 0.53 g
  - Amylopectin 1.6 g
  - Digestible Starch 1.81 g
  - Resistant Starch 0.21 g
Protein 2.12 g
Fat 0.93 g
- Saturated Fat 0.5 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.21 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.19 g
  - Omega-3 0.02 g
  - Omega-6 0.1 g
Vitamins 24.6 mg
- Vitamin A 20 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.01 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.02 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.09 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.04 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.02 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 0.2 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 1.7 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.08 mg
- Vitamin K 0.4 µg
Minerals 294 mg
- Major Minerals 288 mg
  - Calcium 64 mg
  - Sodium 19.7 mg
  - Potassium 204 mg
- Trace Minerals 6.3 mg
  - Iron 0.9 mg
  - Zinc 0.4 mg
  - Iodine 5 µg
Salt 0.05 g
- Sodium Chloride 0.05 g

Vitamins

vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 20 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.01 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.02 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.09 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.04 · vitamin-b6: 0.02 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 0.2 · vitamin-b9-folate: 1.7 · vitamin-e: 0.08 · vitamin-k: 0.4 ·

Minerals

Sodium: 19.68 · Potassium: 204 · Calcium: 64 · Iron: 0.9 · Zinc: 0.4 · Iodine: 5 ·

Refined processed sweeteners and additives are energy-dense carbohydrate with little else.

In the kitchen

Culinary partners and combinations that usually underperform with Coconut Sugar.

Pairs well with

Classic and complementary matches

Banana
CoconutSoutheast Asian desserts
Coffee
Cream
Lime
Mango

Usually avoid with

Often clash in flavour or tradition

History

1000ID

Coconut-growing cultures boiled blossom sap into sugar.

2010

Health-food marketing popularised coconut sugar in Western baking.