Muscovado Sugar
Muscovado sugar, dark raw cane sugar with caramel and malt notes from Mauritius
Muscovado sugar comes from the island of Mauritius. It is made from cane sugar and remains unrefined and natural. The chocolate-colored, slightly moist sugar, with its natural molasses content, offers robust aromatic notes. The spectrum ranges from caramel and malt to a light licorice flavor. It`s ideal for sweetening strong espresso, in the kitchen for flavoring sauces and marinades, and in patisserie for chocolate creations.
Sugar refinement is an Indian invention. When India fell under British colonial rule, the processes for cultivating sugarcane and refining sugar were exported to other British colonies. Those colonies included Mauritius, which is where what we call muscovado sugar was first produced. Muscovado sugar is a raw sugar and unlike Demerara sugar and other raw sugars, most forms of it do not get spun in a centrifuge to remove any of the molasses. As a result, it has a dark color since it retains most of its natural molasses. It is important to note that there is no legal definition for muscovado sugar, which means that any manufacturer can use the muscovado name. It is commonly applied to any molasses-rich brown sugar.