Ingredients Palm Sugar

Palm sugar comes from the sap that is taken from the male flower bunches of palm trees. How to make it by boiling the sap in a large skillet. As for the processing of this palm sugar, wood palm wood used is old. This is because the calories contained in sugar palm wood is higher than regular firewood, so the processing will be faster. But it should be noted also, fire should not be too big especially up into the skillet and lick and burn sugar is being cooked. This can cause the sugar becomes charred and make sense of the resulting sugar becomes bitter and the color to black.
The processing of palm sugar has been completed when the color of the liquid becomes thick, heavy when stirred, and when taken away from the pan and pour the mixture back will falter. if poured into cold water, concentrated liquid will form a thread that is not broken. The next process is to pour the liquid into the mold of concentrated sugar.

Ingredients Palm Sugar
Palm Sugar is believed to contain macro and micronutrients more than white sugar. Micronutrients in palm sugar, among others: Mineral salts, Thiamine (Vitamin B1) Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) Nicotinic Acid (Vitamin B3) pyridoxine (vitamin B6) Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12) Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C). Source S. Natarajan, M.Sc., Palm Sugar, Erode, Tamil Nadu.India. In 2006.

The amount of the content of each of each substance present in palm sugar is not certain comparison. several contributing factors namely the lack of research conducted, in addition, there are also differences in the type species of palm sap taken. Factors water treatment sap into sugar can also distinguish the content of these substances produced from palm sugar.