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Purveyor of coconut palm sugar.
Coco Palm Sugars are Lactose free
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Lactose intolerance is a common problem. It happens when your body does not produce enough lactase, an enzyme produced in the small intestine. Lactase is necessary to digest lactose - the natural sugar found in milk and other dairy products. In the intestines, undigested lactose leads to the buildup of gas. Within 30 minutes to 2 hours after eating dairy products containing lactose, people with lactose intolerance start to develop stomach cramps and diarrhea.
All Coconut Palm Sugars are palm sugars but not all palm sugars are coconut sugars
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All right, let's say that another way: Coconut sugar is not equal to palm sugar.
Most of the people who visit our website are looking for information about palm sugars in general, but not specifically sugar made from coconut sap. A number of you are likely to be looking for the health benefits and/or nutrition values for coconut palm sugar.
Beware, Ajinomoto re-brands aspartame as 'AminoSweet'
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You may have heard of "AminoSweet" being touted as "low calorie sweetener that tastes exactly like sugar." Well, it's the same old Aspartame that you've known of. (Yes, that controversial Aspartame.)
Things You Didn't Know About... Sugar
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Palm Sugar Conundrum
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Consumers have found it confusing. They now know there's Coco Palm Sugar but all they often see are "Palm Sugars" in the market. So, what's the difference and how can you tell them apart.
The good news is that I'm happy that people have discovered about coco palm sugars. Now, the bad news is how to tell them apart from the generic "palm sugar" moniker.
You may have heard of sugar palm trees. They're actually a reference for a group of palm trees from which sugars or syrups are derived, and not a particular kind of palm tree.
The palm sugar trees are:
2009 holiday giveaway idea: coco palm sugar gift packs
Coco palm sugars are natural, unrefined sweeteners made from the
fresh flower sap of the coconut. Production is artisanal and limited
because harvesting is done by hand, without using any preservatives to
extend the freshness of the sap (typically, about 3 hours). The sap is
then boiled for water to evaporate until only the sugar crystals remain.
Coco Palm Sugar Sweetness Scale
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The sucrose concentration in fresh coconut sap is about 12% (ave.) by weight, although
this varies from tree to tree, tree variety, and may range from 10% to over 14%.
Namnam Coco Palm Sugar is made by boiling the sap until it becomes
increasingly more concentrated and sweeter right up to the point where
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