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Golden Crystal Turbinado Sugar

Chunky golden turbinado single origin sugar from Barbados.

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Warm and complex, our Golden Crystal Sugar comes from the Caribbean island of Barbados. Its tropical location provides the perfect amount of sunlight for growing sugarcane, and the coral-rich soils filter rainwater to produce exceptionally flavorful, coarse sugar crystals.

Use as turbinado or raw sugar in beverages and baking, as a crunchy sanding sugar topping on cookies and other sweets or a rimming sugar for cocktail glasses. Barbados was the first Caribbean island to produce sugar, and this sugar represents the last remaining Caribbean coral-island sugar in production. This sugar serves as a memorial to the fraught history of sugar in Barbados and the people who created this uniquely delicious ingredient. We hope that you'll find inspiration in the role this sugar has played in the making of our modern world.

Highlights

Origin:

Barbados, The Caribbean

Aliases:

Demerara sugar, evaporated cane juice

Process:

Cane juice is extracted and boiled, then spun until golden crystals form

Tasting notes:

Aged Rum • Ripe Pineapple • Tropical Storm

Ingredients

Kosher
non gmo clear
Unrefined
Vegan
no preservatives clear
non irradiated clear
Ingredients:

Unrefined sugarcane juice (Saccharum officinarum

Cooking tips

  • Substitute for turbinado sugar in any recipe
  • Sprinkle over roll-out cookies and brownies
  • Stir into coffee and other hot drinks
  • Garnish muffins before baking

Sugar Comparison Guide

Get to know our single origin unrefined Sugars

Spice Description Tasting notes Texture and use
Jaggery Brown Sugar
Origin:

Satara, India

Rich, buttery single origin jaggery cane sugar from India
Rich, buttery single origin jaggery cane sugar from India
Origin:

Satara, India

Tasting Notes:

Gir Cow Ghee • Dried Mango • Monsoon Rains

Texture and use: Delicately crispy crystals. Use in place of brown sugar.

Gir Cow Ghee • Dried Mango • Monsoon Rains

Delicately crispy crystals. Use in place of brown sugar.
Panela Cane Sugar
Origin:

Boyacá, Colombia

Warm, fluffy, molasses-y single origin panela cane sugar from Colombia.
Warm, fluffy, molasses-y single origin panela cane sugar from Colombia.
Origin:

Boyacá, Colombia

Tasting Notes:

Green Cane Juice • Fresh Cream • Mountain Downpour

Texture and use: Light and fluffy. Use in place of granulated white sugar.

Green Cane Juice • Fresh Cream • Mountain Downpour

Light and fluffy. Use in place of granulated white sugar.
Golden Crystal Turbinado Sugar
Origin:

Barbados, The Caribbean

Chunky golden turbinado single origin sugar from Barbados.
Chunky golden turbinado single origin sugar from Barbados.
Origin:

Barbados, The Caribbean

Tasting Notes:

Aged Rum • Ripe Pineapple • Tropical Storm

Texture and use: Crunchy, coarse crystals. Use in place of turbinado or raw sugar.

Aged Rum • Ripe Pineapple • Tropical Storm

Crunchy, coarse crystals. Use in place of turbinado or raw sugar.

SOURCING

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Our Golden Crystal Turbinado sugar is made from cane grown in Barbados, the last remaining Caribbean coral island that still produces sugar.


The history of sugar production here is a dark and painful one, but our partner sugar makers are working to keep the tradition of cane sugar production alive in a way that supports the local economy and is a far cry from its troubled past.


When we visited Barbados in 2023, we were fascinated to learn about how the soil there affects the sugar's flavor. As it turns out, coral limestone in the soil filters rainwater, creating an ideal environment to grow sugarcane. The result is a beautifully clear, sweet turbinado sugar with a flavor not found anywhere else. It's a pure taste of the Caribbean.


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