Tate & Lyle Dark Brown Sugar 500 Grams

It tastes good but good for baking mostly

The product is good, as expected - not very sweet.

Perfect

Hard to find anywhere else. Best dark brown sugar from the west Indies.

When I placed order for this product, I was only trying to get hold of a key ingredient needed to make Subway-style oatmeal-raisin cookies (my favourite). I barely knew the real difference between brown sugar and powdered jaggery except that they looked different. Then I googled to understand what makes them different. Writing it down here in case anyone interested. BROWN SUGAR — It is industrially produced by mixing molasses (concentrated cane juice syrup) with refined crystallised sugar (sucrose) at a certain ratio. Dark brown sugar has more molasses than light brown sugar. JAGGERY — It is produced by boiling down molasses and setting the mixture in moulds. Upon cooling, it solidifies. Crucial difference is that sugar (sucrose) is NOT crystallised and stays “embedded” in the mixture. This means there is no industrial refining and centrifugal crystallisation involved in the production of jaggery. Jaggery and brown sugar can SOMETIMES be interchangeable in cooking, but not really in baking. You need to adjust recipes a lot to make sure you don’t mess up if you want to start using jaggery instead of brown sugar. The difference in production does alter the flavour of jaggery when compared to brown sugar although it all comes from sugarcane. In case anyone looking for good quality powdered jaggery - Vayam brand one is amazing.

Expired product shipped

I was shocked to receive this. Have been purchasing this brown sugar as it has amazing texture and good flavour too.. and this was the third time I ordered this brown sugar and received this jaggery like substance! Highly disappointed.