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Coconut sugar now in our chocolate products!

WHAT IS ORGANIC COCONUT SUGAR

A pure and simple cane sugar alternative that provides the energy and nutrition your body needs for a healthy lifestyle. Organic coconut sugar has an extremely low glycemic index, an extremely high nutrient content and an affordable price for manufacturers and consumers alike.

SUSTAINABLE HEALTH

Coconut sap sugar is derived NOT from the NUT but from the toddy / sweet sap (tuba). The unopened inflorescence is thinly sliced (6mm) Sap oozing out from the inflorescence is collected. The sap is boiled, and concentrated, to form granulated sugar Coconut Sap contains

• 12 - 18% sugar
• Essentail vitamins and amino acids
• Macro and micronutrients
• Coco Sap Sugar Profile

Glycemic Index (GI) of Coco Sap Sugar

Based on Food and Nutrition Research Institute (FNRI) study on 2007, the GI of coconut sap sugar was 35, hence classified as Low GI food.

HIGH - > 70         MED - 56 - 69        LOW < 55

The GI is a ranking system for carbohydrates based on the immediate effect on blood glucose levels. The higher the number, the greater the blood sugar response. A low GI food will cause a small rise in blood glucose level, while a high GI food will trigger a dramatic spike Coco Sap Sugar GI Determination.

Coconut sugar produces a slow energy release, which sustains the human body through your daily activities without regular sugar “highs” and “lows”.

Coconut sugar has a nutritional content far richer than all other commercially available sweeteners. The organic coconut sugar we use is especially high in Potassium, Magnesium, Zinc and Iron and is a natural source of the vitamins B1, B2, B3, B6 and C.

* Please note that some palm sugar on the market, in particular coconut palm sugar from Thailand, is also mixed with cane sugar and other malt-based ingredients…

We only use PURE coconut palm sugar from Fuji. No cane sugar added. No chemical inputs. Just pure, unadulterated palm sugar made from 100% coconut nectar from Coco Nucifera.

SUSTAINABLE PEOPLE

Smallholder farmers grow a multitude of crops on their land, supporting biodiverse landscapes that enrich the soil, preserving water sources and sustaining the local biome to ensure that trees are maintained and not cut down. This in turn sustains the people of the communities for generations to come.

SUSTAINABLE PLANET

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the World Bank has reported that coconut palm sweeteners are the single most sustainable sweetener in the world!

Why?

Because Coconut palms are an ecologically beneficial tree crop that grows in diverse, wildlife supportive agro-ecosystems that restore damaged soils and require very little water.

Coconut palms produce an average of 50-75% more sugar per acre than sugar cane and use less than 1/5th the soil nutrients and water for that production.

Coconut palms can grow in severely compromised soil (just think of sandy beaches), can survive drought conditions and still produce the sweet nectar that gives us our palm sugar.

Many traditional communities throughout the world consider coconut palms the “Tree of Life”, as they provide a variety of accessible products from which they earn their livelihoods. The production of organic coconut sugar has the single highest potential for lifting these farmers into a better life while creating a net benefit to their surrounding environment.

*Organic Evaporated Coconut Palm Sugars are not produced from the same palm species as is used for the production of Palm Oil.

MARKET OPPORTUNITY

SweetTree Organic Coconut Sugar represents a tremendous new opportunity for innovation in product formulation that syncs with current trends towards health and quality of diet. Cane sugar alternatives are gaining traction rapidly as packaged food and supplement manufacturers move towards the use of these items in new product offerings.

SweetTree Organic Coconut Sugar can be used 1:1 as a substitute for cane sugar.

While SweetTree Organic Coconut Sugar is crystallized into fine granules; the product rapidly dissolves in liquids and wet dough without residue.

SweetTree Organic Coconut Sugar offers a unique caramel sweetness with a full, round character.