Palm sugar

Palm sugar was originally made from the sap of the Palmyra palm, the date palm or the sugar date palm. Now it is also made from the sap of Arenga pinnata (sugar palm) and the nipa palm, and may therefore also be sold as "arenga sugar". Palm sugar is often labelled under various other names reflecting the several different species of palm utilised and its wide production area across Africa and Asia. Palm sugar is produced by tapping the sap from the inflorescence of the tree and boiling it down to produce a syrup, which is then sold as is, or allowed to crystallize into various shapes and sizes. In some instances the tree itself is tapped rather than the flowering spikes, but this is an isolated production method. Often the distinction is made between coconut sugar and palm sugar, but this only reflects the different species from which the sugar is sourced, i.e. coconut sugar is produced in an identical way. Thailand is one place where the distinction is made and the difference is due to palm sugar being produced there from the tree trunk of the sugar palm, whilst coconut sugar is tapped from the inflorescences of the coconut palm. The differences are semantic, as all the sugars under their various names are still produced from the sucrose-rich sap of a palm species.

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West Papuan Indigenous people call for KitKat boycott over alleged ecocide

AOL 20 Mar 2025
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Snack Attack: Are Better-for-You Options the New 'Munch' in Town?

The Times of India 20 Mar 2025
they replace or significantly reduce ‘unhealthy’ ingredients such as palm oil, refined flour and white sugar with their healthier counterparts such as groundnut or olive oil, millet flour and natural sweeteners such as coconut sugar and honey.

Class-action suit vs. Florida Crystals says 'consumers deceived' about farming practices

The Palm Beach Post 18 Mar 2025
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KPMG, Others to Drive Private Sector-led Investment Initiative to Boost Food Security

This Day 18 Mar 2025
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The Daily Mail 15 Mar 2025
We come by sea, skimming through pellucid waters of startling aquamarine, towards a small, palm-fringed island with icing-sugar sand. Above, a sky of intense cerulean blue, broken only by fleeting wisps of white ... It’s pert, pure and lovely ... .

A Date With Dates!

Kashmir Observer 13 Mar 2025
Although the nutritional value of dates is high in natural sugars, they may make a good substitute for refined sugars or empty-calorie sweets. Dates grow on date palms in small clusters ... Dates are divided into four groups based on their sugar content.

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Vietnam News 13 Mar 2025
... rice flour, mashed mung beans), bánh bò thốt nốt (palm sugar honeycomb cake), bánh cống (crunchy fresh shrimp cake), bánh xèo (sizzling rice pancake), and bánh khọt (deep-fried shrimp pancake).

Passover recipes

The American Israelite 13 Mar 2025
1/3 C granulated sugar ... Candied pecans or 1/4 C brown sugar for topping ... 1/4 C sugar ... In a bowl, mix the sugar and the cinnamon ... Dip the balls in the cinnamon sugar and coat thoroughly, and re-roll between your palms to smooth out any rough edges.

Lessons from the Reparations Industry, by Hans Vogel

The Unz Review 13 Mar 2025
So far with little success ... They now had full access to the archipelago’s abundant mineral resources such as oil and tin, as well as to a continuous supply of tropical plantation products such as rubber, palm oil, sugar, coffee, tea and tobacco ... ....

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New York Observer 12 Mar 2025
In the center, crispy fried rice offers texture and heartiness, but once it is mixed together, you get a seafood-focused salad that boasts vibrant sweet, savory and herbaceous flavors thanks to a tangy palm sugar vinaigrette and fresh mint leaves.

Mayans in Guatemala call on multinational companies to stay away

RTE 11 Mar 2025
Chinebal Palestina, a remote settlement of Q'eqchi Mayans in eastern Guatemala, is surrounded by palm oil plantations ... For example, we’ve got the sugar cane, the palm trees ... them not to use palm oil.

8 desi healthy alternatives to white (refined) sugar

The Times of India 10 Mar 2025
... addition to drinks, baked products, or even salads when you desire a little sweetness.Palm Sugar Palm sugar, also known as tamarind sugar in some regions of India, is extracted from palm tree sap.

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Mayan people’s battle with big companies for land ‘like fighting a monster’

AOL 09 Mar 2025
“Our slogan is for the big companies to get out of here – sugar cane and palm trees ... Asked what message he would have for people in different countries about palm oil production, he asked them to do their research on the damage they cause.
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