Muscovado Sugar,Philippines price supplier

 

 

Muscovado  is a type of unrefined brown sugar with a strong molasses flavor.

 

In the Philippines Muscubados also known as "Barbados sugar" or "moist sugar" but in Antique we called it Kaeamay, which commonly used in Rice cake, Banana cue and our most well know Adobo. Muscovado is very sandy crystallize dark brown and slightly coarser and stickier than most brown sugars. Muscovado takes its flavor and color from its source, sugarcane juice. It offers good resistance to high temperatures and has a reasonably long shelf life. It is commonly used in baking recipes and making whiskey. Muscovado sugar can be used in most recipes where brown sugar is called for, by slightly reducing the liquid content of the recipe.

Muscovado sugar has 11 calories/ 4 grams (approx. 1 tsp). When produced under regulated conditions, it is nutritionally richer than other brown sugars or refined sugar, and retains most of the natural minerals inherent in sugarcane juice, as shown in this chart:

 

Antique, Roxas, Capiz, Bacolod, was the country’s source muscovado producer in the 1970s until local farmers shifted to planting other crops when prices of sugar in the world market dropped.

Muscovado sugar is made from boiling the juice extracted from sugarcane until it evaporates, leaving only 30 percent of the original volume which is then dried and allowed to solidify into dark brown sugar. People who are health-conscious prefer it over refined sugar because it is naturally produced without chemicals.

 

The conventional method of muscovado sugar milling (open pan evaporation) which is still being employed by most small muscovado mills today results in huge sugar losses from the field to the mill. This also produces lower quality sugar because of the impurities present in the product, hence affecting its appearance and marketability.

 

Mineral content of Muscovado Sugar (per 100g):

• Total mineral salts 740 mg max.
• Phosphorus (P) 3.9 mg max.
• Calcium (Ca) 85 mg max.
• Magnesium (Mg) 23 mg max.
• Potassium (K) 100 mg max.
• Iron (Fe) 1.3 mg max

This unrefined sugar goes well with coffee and other beverages, and was one of the most prominent export commodities of the Philippines, especially from the Negros region and Antique from the 1800s until the late 1970s. ^[3]  The production of muscovado sugar in the Philippines, Barbados, and elsewhere had experienced a long period of decline when large mills took over sugar production from small farmers with small mills, until consumer interest in healthy and organic foods revived interest in muscovado sugar, creating a market for muscovado sugar production from small mills once more.

 

 

Muscovado is a type of unrefined sugar with a strong molasses flavour. It is very dark brown in colour, and slightly coarser and stickier than most brown sugars. Unlike most brown sugars, which are composed of Refined White Sugar with molasses added, muscovado takes its flavour and colour from the sugarcane juice it is made from. It offers good resistance to high temperatures and has a reasonably good shelf life. The unrefined sugar goes well with coffee and other beverages. Muscovado is well known for its distinct flavourful taste and is also known to be the purest form of sugar. It is completely free from any harmful chemicals such as phosphoric acid, formic acid, sulphur dioxide, preservatives, or any flocculants, surfactants, Bleaching Agents or viscosity modifiers.

 

Classification : Golden brown to dark brown in colour. Moisture content ranges from 4 % to 5 %.

Shelf life : 8-9 months if stored at a temperature of 30-32 °C. 11-49 months on 21 °C

Storage : Store in a cool dry place with an average room temperature of 30 °C. Place in an air tight container to minimize moisture re-absorption. It has a tendency to harden with age or when exposed to air for too long because it contains more moisture than white sugar. You can soften it by storing it in a plastic bag with a raw wedge of apple for 2-3 days or simply putting it in an air tight container.

 

 

Available in:
Packaging Retail : 500g pack, 1 kg bags
Packaging Bulk : 50 kg per sack
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