Assured Organics Coconut Sugar

Identification & Functionality

Ingredient Name

Coconut Palm Sugar

Food Ingredients Functions

Nutritive Sweetener,

Sugar Substitute

Ingredients

Coconut Palm Sugar

Technologies

Food Ingredients

Product Families

Food Ingredients — Taste & Flavor

Sweeteners & Syrups

Food Ingredients — Whole Foods, Extracts & Premixes

Alternates & Replacements

Features & Benefits

Labeling Claims

Organic

Food Ingredients Features

Balanced Nutrition,

Low Glycemic Index,

Prebiotic Effects,

Sweet taste

Features

Low Glycemic Impact: According to the Philippine Food and Nutrition Research Institute, coconut sugar has a lower glycemic index (35) than white sugar (60 to 65).  The glycemic index measures the effects of carbohydrates on your blood sugar. 

Less Fructose: Fructose is a type of sugar your body converts to fat quickly. Only your liver can break down fructose, and one of the results of this breakdown is triglyceride -- a form of fat. You shouldn't consume large amounts of fructose outside of that which you get in fresh fruit, notes Harvard Health Publications.

Prebiotic: Coconut sugar also contains good amounts of inulin, a type of dietary fiber you don't digest in your upper gastrointestinal tract. Instead, inulin acts as a prebiotic, feeding your intestinal bifidobacteria (a probiotic). Inulin and nutrients likely lower coconut sugar's blood sugar impact. ‘The Journal of Nutrition Research and Practice’.

Applications & Uses

Markets

Food & Nutrition

Applications

Food & Nutrition — Beverage

Tea, Cocoa & Coffee

Food & Nutrition — Food

Bakery

Food & Nutrition Applications

Coffee,

Pancakes,

Tea,

Waffles

Properties

Physical Form

Powder,

Solid