Healthy Sweetner

Natural Sweeteners in India — Jaggery, Coconut Sugar & Date Syrup

Honey is the sweetener most people reach for when moving away from refined sugar, but it is an animal product. This range covers the plant-based alternatives: organic jaggery and jaggery powder, coconut sugar, date syrup and date sugar, palmyra (nolen) sugar, and monk fruit and stevia blends.

How they differ

• Jaggery. Unrefined cane or palm sugar with the molasses retained, so it carries trace minerals and a distinct caramel note. Substitutes roughly 1:1 for sugar in Indian sweets.
• Coconut sugar. Made from coconut palm sap, granular and mild. Behaves like brown sugar in baking.
• Date syrup. Whole-fruit based, adds moisture. Reduce other liquids by about 15% when substituting for sugar in a bake.
• Stevia and monk fruit. Contribute no calories and no bulk, so they cannot replace sugar in recipes that need structure, such as cakes or caramel.
• Worth knowing. Jaggery, coconut sugar and date syrup are still sugars nutritionally. They suit people avoiding refined and bleached sugar, not people who need to cut total sugar intake — for that, check the per-serving figure on the pack.

Related: organic grocery, vegan chocolate and no-refined-sugar snacks.

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