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What is Rapadura?

Rapadura is the pure juice extracted from the sugar cane (using a press), which is then evaporated over low heats, whilst being stirred with paddles, then ground to produce a grainy sugar. It has not been cooked at high heats nor spun to change it into crystals and the molasses has not been separated from the sugar.  It is produced organically, and does not contain chemicals or anti-caking agents.

'Rapadura' – can also be called Panela

Rapadura is a whole food product which can vary according to sugar cane variety, soil type and weather. This is why one batch of Rapadura may be lighter or darker than the last batch.

Because Rapadura is not separated from the molasses and is not subject to being heated at high temperatures, (it is dehydrated at a low heat), the vitamins and minerals have been retained. Read below to see the differences between rapadura sugar and white sugar.

If you are unused to the grainy texture of Rapadura, it can be ground in the Thermomix (or a powerful blender) to a fine powder to help it dissolve better. Rapadura can be used cup for cup as an alternative to sugar in all your baking and cooking In Colombia, Rapadura is not only used as a sweetener for cooking and baking, it is also dissolved in water, ice is added along with a  squeeze of lemon then served as an energy boosting summer drink.  On cold nights, the same recipe applies using hot water.

Differences in Sugars

'Raw' sugar is not really raw - it has been heated at high temperatures and a lot of the minerals and vitamins are gone.It's better than refined sugar because it has a little of the molasses still clinging to it. Some sugar is sold as 'organic' raw sugar, and people think this means it's unrefined - all it really means is that it's grown with organic agricultural methods, then refined as usual... the juice (molasses) has been mostly removed, and there's not really much goodness in it.

White sugar is refined much further... the raw sugar is centrifuged again, then the crystals are dissolved, boiled, and crystallized again into white sugar, and any lingering goodness has completely disappeared.

Brown sugar is just white sugar mixed with molasses.

View the data sheet for rapadura sugar by clicking here.
View the Organic Certificate for rapadura sugar by clicking here

FREE Rapadura Sugar & Seaweed Salt Teleseminar with Cyndi O'Meara

Want to learn even more about this amazing product as well as the all natural seaweed salt. You can  listen to a free recording with Cyndi O'Meara answering all the questions & myths about salt & sugar. Simply click on the link below to download.
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Rapadura Sugar & Seaweed Salt Teleseminar with Cyndi O'Meara (mp3)