Demerara Sugar

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Demerara is less sweet than white sugar, but makes up for it with a yummy, caramel or toffee aftertaste.

It is a coarse sugar with yellowish-brown crystals.

In other parts of the world, Demerara is sold unpurified, and some say this has the best taste. Because this unpurified state may contain moulds, though, it has to be sold refined in North America and in the UK, so much of what we get and pay for is far less than the real thing.

Cooking Tips
Very good in coffee.

Nutrition
See grass skirt suggestion under Nutrition in main sugar entry.

Storage
As for brown sugar.

Literature & Lore
Demerara sugar takes its name from Demerara, Guyana.

Also called:
Demerara (French); Demerara (German); Zucchero nero (Italian); Demerara (Spanish); Açucar demerera (Portuguese)

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