SPECIALITY OF SUGARS

A.K.Srivastava
Principal Consultant
Global Canesugar Services Pvt. Ltd
E-Mail:anilssml@gmail.com
 SPECIALITY SUGARS

Also called Seasoning

Sugar is a form of
Speciality Sugars are Speciality Sugars is a way precious sugar that gives
value added sugar to individualise the product meals/drinks a special
products. and create a niche market. note and transform them
into a taste experience.
 WHY SPECIALITY SUGARS ?

With growth of sugar industry , the

1 speciality sugar segment in India has
started growing.

India is fastest growing economy among large

2 countries with 7.5% growth. The effect of growth is
reflected everywhere and sugar is no exception.

3 The sugar as a commodity is being branded as FMCG product. The

branding of sugar is becoming more and more common and
production of specialty sugar on continuously increasing trend

4 The demand for pharma, retail sugar, various types of brown sugar and
sachet , candy sugar is increasing

5 The Scope of this segment in India and export potential has been evaluated in the back
drop surplus management of sugar in India.
LEADER IN SPECIALITY SUGARS

 Mauritius sugar industry is older than India and many small

factories were initially set up which has been consolidated
into large factories ( around 300 to 11)

 Mauritius stands for world leader in Speciality sugar

segment

 Export speciality sugar to more than 50 countries

 Started the journey in seventies and hold largest market

share

 Mauritius involved in regular innovations and process

development expanded the segment by adding various
product portfolio and most of the process is a trade secret
 PRODUCTION OF SPECIALITY SUGARS

Many sugar Process Brown sugar does Development of

producing technology is not not mean to add this segment has
countries in the available in public molasses in white been done by the
world are domain and has sugar but a presenter fifteen
producing and been kept secret certain process is years back and
marketing some by the factory evolved for all many other has
product of which had types of speciality adopted the
speciality sugar. developed sugar. same product.
 TYPE OF SPECIALITY SUGAR
Speciality Sugars

Bulk speciality Sugars Packed Brawn Sugars Packed White Sugars Flavoured Sugars Other Sugars

Pharma Sugar Mango

Demerara Sugar Icing Sugar Liquid
Rock Candy Sugar Lime
Light Brown Sugar Breakfast Sugar Invert
Caster Sugar Orange
Amorphous Sugar Dark Brown Sugar
Sachet Sugar Cardamom
Muscovado Sugar
Cinnamon
Sugar Cubes
Others Brawn Sugar
Globule Sugar
Turbinado sugar
Fondent Sugar
Piloncillo sugar
Caramel sugar Herbal Sugar
Coffee crystals Fortified Sugar
Yellow sugar
Trickle sugar Molasses Granules
Golden Caster Honey Granules
Molasses sugar Brown Candy sugar
Soft Brown sugar Brown sugar Lumps
Golden bakery
Golden granulated
 BULK SPECIALITY SUGARS
Free flowing,
Sparkling white
in color
High quality
refined sugar Characteristics
Free from
Low Ash
extraneous
content
matter
Meets the
IP/BP
specifications.

Hygienically
No Bacterial
Grain size < contaminati
packed &
250 Micron, EEC Grade
on
<400Micron – I quality
and <600
Pharma Sugar Micron Uses/Demand
As a carrier for various medicines
Grading is
based on
crystal size as
per specific Used as sweetener in medicine,
client
requirement.
Higher Bulk agent in pharma dry mixers, syrup
premium for and tablets.
specialty
Sugar
Its sweetness helps to hide undesired
flavor of the active salt in syrup/tablets
 BULK SPECIALITY SUGARS
Rock Candy Sugar
Rock Candy Sugar sparking white monoclinic in shape with crystal size of Uses/Demand
5000 – 6000 microns

It is produced with slow and controlled cooling of supersaturated solution.

Alternatively by controlled evaporative crystallization
Ayurveda and herbal medicines

Lollipops for Children.

Refreshing drink during summer

Large Crystal Colour varies
size of 5000 – from 35 -50
6000 micron. IU. Hinduism it offering to GOD as “
prasadam”.

Loose
Packed in Table decoration and replacement
No Bacterial
contamination. various of deserts.
shape.
As mouth freshener mixed with
Characteristics anise ( Sauf)
 PACKED BROWN SUGARS

Demerara Sugar Moisture (%) :

 Most popular brown sugar is 0.15 max
Demerara which is named
Polarization value
after factories located near (% Sucrose): Colour (I.U) :
Demerara River in republic of 98.60 - 99.50 °Z 1500 - 2000
Guyana, pioneer in large scale
production.
 It is a type of unrefined sugar Pesticide: < Reducing Sugar
with large crystal and pale to Detection limit General Specification (%): 0.30max
golden yellow colour. It has rich
molasses flavor.
 Demerara sugar is a light
brown sugar with large golden Ash (%) : 0.30max Yellow in colour
crystals, which are slightly
sticky from adhering molasses.
 It is often used in tea, coffee, or
on top of hot cereals
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Light Brown Sugar
Light Brown Sugar Polarization
value Colour (I.U) :
Most common type of brown (% Sucrose): 3000 - 6000
Slightly or dry with coarse crystal
Sugar 88.00 - 93.00 °Z

Light Brown Sugar

Invert (%) : 1.5 Moisture (%) :
Retains some of molasses syrup on Imparts a characteristics – 4.5 Max 2.0 – 3.0
the surface of sugar crystals pleasurable molasses flavor.

Light Brown Sugar

Variation in degree of colour and
Free flowing brown colour sugar Ash (%) : 1.0- Non sugar (%) :
texture with coarse grain from 600
with fine grains of sugar.
microns to 1200 microns 2.0 2.0 – 4.5

Uses General Specification

Condiments, Direct consumption in
Baking , Making Butterscotch coffee
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Dark Brown Sugar Polarization

value Colour (I.U) :
(% Sucrose): 7000 - 11000
Dark Brown Sugar 88.00 - 93.00 °Z

Deeper colour and stronger Sugar is raw sugar which has been
molasses flavor than light brown partially processed, where only the
sugar surface molasses has been washed
off.

Invert (%) : 1.5 Moisture (%) :

– 5.0 2.5 – 3.5
Dark Brown Sugar

Blond colour and is often used in Dark brown is used where extra
tea and other beverages. flavor and colour is required.

Ash (%) : 1.0- Non sugar (%) :

Uses 2.5 2.0 – 4.5

Baked beans ,In full flavoured

Ginger bread, Mincemeat
foods.
General Specification
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Muscovado Sugar Polarization

value Colour (I.U) :
(% Sucrose): 24000-28000
Muscovado Sugar 88.00 - 92.00 °Z

Fine grain soft brown sugar with

Particularly strong molasses flavour
sticky texture and special flavour

Invert (%) : 3.0- Moisture (%) :

4.0 3.5 – 4.5
Muscovado Sugar
Light Muscovado is a fine grain soft,
Extra light Muscovado Sugar with
pale brown in colour (6000 – 9000IU)
3000 – 6000IU
with rich aroma and delicate flavour.

Ash (%) : 2.0- Non sugar (%) :

Muscovado Sugar 3.0 3.0 – 4.5

Dark Muscovado colour is (10000 – Extra dark 24000-28000 IU.

18000IU) is dark
General Specification

Most Popular in middle East and South

East Asian countries
 VARIOUS OTHER BROWN SUGARS

Turbinado sugar

• Looks like brown sugar but crystals are much bigger and free flowing

Piloncillo sugar

• This is Mexican brown sugar almost in the category of soft brown sugar

Coffee crystal

• Large brown crystals dissolves slowly when mixed with coffee with cane aroma

Yellow sugar

• Similar to Light demerara sugar, produced from the stand alone refinery rejects

Tickle sugar

• Sticky brown sugar with additives very bright appearance

 VARIOUS OTHER BROWN SUGARS
Piloncillo sugar
Turbinado Sugar
Caramel sugar

Musscovado sugar Golden Bakery

Soft Brawn Sugar

Brown sugars Coffee Crystal

Yellow sugar
Molasses sugar

Golden caster Treacle sugar

Golden Granulated
 PACKED WHITE SUGARS

These are very fine crystalline Sugars

It Free Flowing and sparkling colour. Mostly refined sugar

Easy to dissolve and mostly used in food, beverages and cafeteria.

Types of White Sugar

Icing/Breakfast Sugar Caster Sugar Sachets Sugar Cube Sugar

 PACKED WHITE SUGARS
Caster Sugar
Icing Sugar/Breakfast sugar

This sugar is granulated sugar This sugars crystal size is the finest of all
ground to a smooth powder . the types of granulated white sugar.

It contains about 3% -5% corn

starch to prevent caking.
Powdered sugar is ground into
three different degrees of
fitness. It is ideal for delicately textured cakes and
meringues, as well as for sweetening fruits
and iced-drinks since it dissolves easily.
The confectioners sugar
available in supermarkets –
10X – is the finest of the three
and is used in icings,
Confections and whipping
cream.
A sugar very similar to superfine sugar is
known as caster or castor, named after the
The other two types of type of shaker in which it is often packaged.
powdered sugar are used by
industrial bakers.
 PACKED WHITE SUGARS
Sachets Sugar
These are pouches produced for catering and hotels which
contain the right amount of fine refined sugar of one cup of tea
or coffee. Brown sugar is also packed in sachets for coffee;
tea etc. The sugar weight in each sachet is either 3gm or 7gm.

A sachet in which paper forms a narrow tube and it is heat

sealed at each end. Mostly refined sugar of <400micron is
packed for quick dispersion and dissolving.
 PACKED WHITE SUGARS
Sugar Cubes

1. Sugar Cubes are small cubes of sugar of predetermined weight. Sugar cubes are
made with fine crystalline refined sugar.
2. A range of shapes are produced and marketed but most common is cubical with
sharp edge of 15mm X 15mm X 13mm size with a weight of gram.
3. Sugar cubes are mostly used for hot drink due to its quick dissolving properties but
some times it is added with cold drinks also if slow dissolution is required.
4. The density of the cubes is to be kept as constant as possible. If it is too high, it will
reduce the porosity and if it is too low then it will increases the dissolved
completely without stirring.
 OTHER SUGARS

Liquid Sugar
• The liquid sugars are aqueous solution of sucrose in different qualities.
• The brix of liquid sugars solution varies from 62% to 67%. Liquid sugar meets
high standards for micro biological quality.

Invert Sugar
• Commercial invert sugar is a liquid produced that contains equal amounts of
glucose and fructose.
• Invert sugar is used mainly by food manufacturers to retard the crystallization
of sugar and to retain moisture in the packaged food.
 FLAVOURED SUGAR

Flavoured Sugars are made by adding flavoures of

different types as Mango, Lime, Orange, Cardamon,
Cinnamon etc to Pharma sugar with a grain size of 250
to 600 microns.

The flavoures are natural extracts of fruits or plant

source. These segment of sugar is increasingly popular
among indian consumers as these are ready to drink
category.