In 2011/2012: Exports of 125,000 Ton of Special Sugar

This is what emerges from a press release issued by Aventure du Sucre at the launch of his second book recipe late 2012. The expertise of the Mauritian sugar industry in the production of unrefined brown sugars would be recognized worldwide.

The Sugar Museum Beau-Plan indicates that the production of special sugars has increased significantly since the first productions from the late 70s. Today, highlights the press, fifteen different types of special sugars - containing more or less of molasses and processed without additives - are produced and exported. They compete in the global marketplace with other brown sugars, type sugar or brown sugar are produced in Europe from refined sugar cane or sugar beet and white recolored.

However, the precise Aventure du Sucre "only specialty sugars from countries producing sugar cane can be labeled unrefined (unrefined) demonstrating the authenticity of the product."

The Sugar Museum which wants the witness of a whole of Mauritian history marked by the presence of the local sugar industry said that the first samples of special sugars were produced "in 1977 as a result of fruitful discussions between the Union of Sugar in Mauritius and the British firm Billington, one of the largest wholesale importers of sugar. " During the same year, shows the document release, held a "first production test Demerara sugar candy to Solitude." Successful trials with the result that during the sugar harvest in 1978, 2000 tons of Demerara sugar are sold Billington. "Meanwhile, the Golden Granulated sugar production is switched to Raws candy Belle Vue and 536 tonnes of sugar were exported in 1978."

With the production of these special sugars, fifteen in number today, the Sugar Museum emphasizes the need to talk about "sugar", not "sugar."

Thus, just as the choice of wine to accompany a dish, it becomes "natural sugar to choose depending on the preparation to decorate, eg the Golden Semolina in tea, Golden Bakery on pancakes, Dark Brown Soft a chocolate cake and sugar molasses for sweet sour sauce or hot drinks. "

Through these different varieties of sugar, we also discover the evolution of its use functions tastes: "Until now we were content to sweeten and soften with special sugars are scented and flavored. '

In addition, Aventure du Sucre states that these "special sugars meet quality criteria." "As is the case of bread or wholemeal flour which has been kept the envelope of the grain, unrefined specialty sugars and processed without additives, are coated with a greater or lesser proportion of molasses and nutritional support and much greater than that of white sugar. They contain important minerals for health, such as phosphorus, calcium, iron, magnesium and potassium. "