Organic palm sugar, 250 g/1 kg.

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Description

Palm sugar is coming to the market as a completely promising product to replace ordinary white sugar in taste and to add much more.

Palm sugar dissolves, melts, and tastes almost like sugar, but is natural and most importantly, unrefined. It is extracted from the flowers of coconut palms by carefully collecting the flower nectar from them. This nectar is then naturally dried to form brown crystals – rich in vitamins and minerals, nutrients that include potassium, zinc, iron and vitamins B1, B2, B3 and B6.

Unlike white sugar, it is not refined or bleached. This is what keeps all the nutrients in it. This is very rare with sweeteners because most are processed and refined. Even stevia, when made into a white powder, is refined.

Palm sugar is not without calories. It contains calories like any carbohydrate, but at the same time it has a low glycemic index. These calories are absorbed into the bloodstream at a remarkably slow rate compared to refined sugar. This would be extremely helpful for people with problematic blood sugar that rises sharply when consuming white sugar or other sweeteners. Palm sugar is not a medicine, but it is an exceptional food with a surprisingly low glycemic index.

The glycemic index is 35! For comparison, that of honey is between 55-60, and white sugar - 105! With this index, it comes close to milk and boiled carrots and still has a unique caramel taste.

With all that said, we can definitely label palm sugar as a Superfood. But there is one drawback - the price! A lot of effort is required to extract such a healthy product. Climbing to the tops of palm trees, collecting nectar from its flowers is quite laborious. This is followed by drying to obtain the crystals. All this takes time and patience.

Palm sugar is recommended for people with conditions for diabetes, obesity and diseases related to metabolic syndromes. A healthy source that can make our life sweeter.

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