Coconut Sugar can be considered to be the best sweetenersubstitute for the health conscious consumers and diabetics because of the manybenefits that it has to offer. Tests done by the Food and Nutrition ResearchInstitute and the Department of Science Technology of the Philippines hasrevealed a low GI or Glycemic index of 35 compared to that of table sugar’sglycemic index of 64.
Glycemic Index according to a scientist from Food &Nutrition Research Institute, is the glucose response of an individual fromfood relative to a standard glucose solution. Low glucose index food is goodfor proper control of diabetes mellitus and has shown to lower the LDL (lowdensity lipoprotein) cholesterol or known as the bad cholesterol.
Coconut Sugar is 100% natural and does not contain anyadditives or artificial flavoring. It is derived from the evaporating coconutsap through boiling in an open container where it is then allowed to cool andsolidify.
Comparative chemical analysis also revealed that coconutsugar contains higher amount of nutrients compared to brown cane sugar.According to reports, the coconut sugar has some amounts of nitrogen,phosphorus, potassium, chlorine, magnesium, sulfur and micro nutrients.
Packing is available in 1 kilo retail bags, 25 pounds and25 kilos kraft paper bags. Buyer's label is also available.