Sugar cane
- Colombian sugar cane is an integral and natural food, its production does not use chemical substances and even after the “trapiche process” all the nutritional and physicochemical properties of sugarcane are maintained.
- Sugar cane is an important source of energy for its high saccharose content (76 to 84%) and for its contribution of glucose and fructose (7 to 12%).
- Sugar cane can provide the energy the body needs to develop and complete metabolic processes.
- Sugarcane is a type of sugar that is free of substances harmful to health because it is natural.
Sugar Cane Beverage.
- Colombia is in the top five exporting countries of sugar cane worldwide.
- The “panela” consumption is one of the most important characteristics of the cultural identity of Colombian nationality.
- The main difference between the Sugar and sugarcane is that sugarcane is a healthy and balanced sweetener, also, it contains other essential nutrients for the organism. It provides enough energy for the development of metabolic processes.
Sugar cane harvest area in Colombia.
About Health
Compared to white sugar, organic cane sugar has the full- bodied taste of sugarcane and is much less processed, retaining a lot of the nutrients present in cane juice. Unrefined cane sugar contains 17 amino acids, 11 minerals, and 6 vitamins, including antioxidants that may help reverse oxidative damage. It is made up of sucrose, fructose, and glucose. Refined sugar is just sucrose and calories, plus traces of chemicals utilized in the refining process such as lime, sulfur dioxide, and phosphoric acid.
Cancer connection (https://www.cancercenter.com)
We eat more refined sugar today than our parents and grandparents did three decades ago, which has resulted in increasing obesity rates among adults and children. Obesity has been associated with certain cancers including breast, prostate, uterine, colorectal and pancreatic. On the flip side, fruits high in antioxidants— blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries and apples—may reduce your cancer risk. The fiber in fruit, found mainly in its skin, suppresses your appetite to prevent overeating and weight gain.
Presentation
The powdered sugar cane is the ideal presentation both for personal use and as a sweetener in all types of hot and cold beverages, as well as raw material for products processed from sugarcane or as a natural sweetener.
This presentation is aimed to large stores (retail) or supermarkets in which the category will be positioned sharing space with other sweeteners, without a doubt this product will be a leader in a short time.